Recipes and Rituals for Community Care

Cempoalxóchitl Healing Salve

Join us for a free workshop celebrating cempoalxóchitl (Aztec marigold) season! As the air turns drier, your skin needs extra care. You’ll learn about this special flower and how it supports your whole body.

Diana will show you how to make a healing salve that can nourish you physically and emotionally. You’ll leave with a batch of your own.

This event is part of Recipes & Rituals for Community Care. Explore the role of plants in personal and communal well-being with guest herbalists, healing artists, and wellness practitioners.

FACILITATOR

Diana is a Mexican clinical herbalist with 15 years of experience studying and practicing herbalism. Herbal medicine has played a key role in Diana’s healing journey and she has been working closely with plants, teachers, and curanderas (healers) to continue deepening her knowledge of plants. During her herbal workshops, Diana empowers participants to use their intuition and senses to guide their own relationship with plants.

ACCESSIBILITY

The kitchen/classroom is wheelchair accessible; with advance notice we can add a mat path across the greenhouse’s pebbled ground (garden entrance has a small raised threshold; garden paths are grass).
Tables adjust height; backless benches/stools available.
Kitchen is shared—we avoid peanuts but can’t guarantee a nut-free space; water provided in refillable pitchers.
First aid on-site; nearest AED is one building away.
Nearest restrooms are ~1 min walk; a gender-neutral restroom is available by key from staff.
Not a scent-free space (essential oils used in class), though we ventilate and welcome masking/distancing.
Other access needs? Contact programs@thehort.org.
All Greenhouse Education Center events happen rain or shine.