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 FARM KIDS MINI FARMERS PROGRAM | MEDICINAL HERBS

  • The Farm Byron Bay 11 Ewingsdale Road Ewingsdale, NSW, 2481 Australia (map)

WEDNESDAY 4 MAY 2022 

9am – 3pm | $130 | ages 5 to 15 yrs. 

Discussions 

  • Healing properties of medicinal herbs 

  • Use traditionally and currently 

  • Culinary herbs and edible flowers 

  • Hunt for medicinal herbs in the garden and discuss what we find 

  • Work on our garden plot & water seedlings 

  

Activities 

  • Make natural Calendula Healing Balm from scratch. Discuss its healing properties.  

  • Collect flowers and herbs to put into our soaps. 

  • Make cute little Hand Made Soaps with essential oils, using herbs and flower petals collected from the garden. 

  • Paint a little pot and pot up some medicinal herbs 

 
WHAT TO BRING 

Children will need: 

  • Sturdy walking shoes 

  • Raincoat 

  • Sunhat 

  • Healthy lunch box and water bottle for the day 

  • Backpack (to carry above) 

  • All items need to be labelled 

  

WHERE TO MEET 

We will meet at the Farm House opposite the restaurant. Please look out for the signs to guide you.  

  

AGES 

These workshops are appropriate for children who are interested in farming, energetic and willing to work. 5yrs to 15yrs. 

  

EXTRA SERVICE 

If you are a working parent please discuss with the Farm Kids Manager if you need your child to start early or finish later than the designated program time so as to get to and from work. For an extra fee this can be arranged. 

  

PRIVATE WORKSHOPS 

Please don’t forget that if you cannot make it to our planned workshops we can tailor a workshop especially for your group. Email farmkids@thefarm.com.au for more detail.