🧼🌿Farmhouse Apothecary: Soap & Herbal Body Care
Step into the warmth of the farmhouse for a restorative day devoted to traditional soapmaking, healing herbs, and the simple, soul-filling pleasure of creating something beautiful with your own two hands.
Together, we’ll slow down and explore the art and science behind cold-process soap—from understanding nourishing oils and natural ingredients to learning essential lye safety, formulation, curing, and proper storage. You’ll pour your own generous soap loaf and discover the age-old practice of infusing herbs into oils, transforming simple plants into soothing farmhouse body-care remedies.
During your day at the farm, you’ll:
- 🧼 Craft a handcrafted cold-process soap loaf, made by your own hands from start to finish
- 🌿 Explore herbs, infused oils, and natural body-care ingredients, and learn how plants heal and nourish the skin
- 🫙 Create a nourishing herbal salve or creamy body butter, a soothing remedy to carry the farm home with you
- 📖 Learn the time-honored practice of soap curing, cutting, labeling, and storage, so you can keep creating long after the day ends
- 🥗 Gather around the table for a delicious seasonal farm lunch, shared in good company
- ☕ Savor herbal tea, warm conversation, and the quiet beauty of the farm, as the world outside slips away
You’ll take home:
- 🎁 One generous, approximately one-pound cold-process soap loaf
- 🎁 A reusable silicone soap mold, ready for your next creation
- 🎁 One handcrafted herbal salve or body butter
- 🎁 Curing labels and care instructions
- 🎁 A workshop handbook to guide you as you continue crafting at home
Leave life’s stresses, screens, and demands behind for an unhurried, analog day at Piney Woods Farm. Slow down. Create with your hands. Connect with community. Grow in knowledge. And return home with beautiful farmhouse products—and a mind, body, and spirit that feel truly, deeply renewed.
- Date: December 19th
- Time: 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM
- Cost: $185 per person
- Bring-a-Friend: $350 for two ($20 savings)
- Take Home: Cold-process soap loaf, silicone soap mold, herbal salve or body butter, curing labels, and a workshop handbook
- Includes: All materials, instruction, and a farm lunch
- Capacity: Limited seating—advance registration required
Registration is limited and advance enrollment is required. Learn more and register at www.pineywoods.farm.