Gardens are more than just beautiful – they’re deeply healing. From the scent of crushed herbs to the taste of a homegrown tisane, plants support our bodies, minds, and spirits in countless ways. In this inspiring one-hour online session, you’ll explore how to unlock the therapeutic potential of your garden and transform everyday plants into powerful allies for health and wellbeing.
This one hour online Master Class, delivered by Caroline Parker will cover:
- The Healing Power of Gardening – discover how sunshine, soil, movement, and community bring balance to mind and body.
- Kitchen Herbs with a Secret Side – from thyme to garlic, learn the hidden medicinal properties of the herbs you already grow and cook with.
- New Medicinal Superstars to Grow – meet Echinacea, Chamomile, Bee Balm, Yarrow, Tulsi, Lemon Balm, and more. Learn how to grow, harvest, and use them – with recipes and real-life examples to inspire you.
- Weeds with Benefits – chickweed, cleavers, nettle… herbalists love them for their potent healing qualities. Find out how to turn “nuisance” plants into natural remedies.
- Smart Plant Selection – choose herbs not just for climate and soil, but for their many roles: food, medicine, beauty, pollinator support, pest control, and even compost boosters.
Whether you’re new to herbs or ready to take your garden to the next level, this session will show you how to grow a thriving, multifunctional garden that nourishes, heals, and inspires.
This session is part of a three part series called “Grow More”. Other topics include ‘G Australian Native Food Plants for Urban Gardeners.’, ‘Growing Culturally Diverse Food’ and ‘Medicinal Gardening’. Book the Series Package for discount and chance to win a free copy of Caroline Parkers Medicinal Gardening Book. Friends of SGA receive a 15% discount on Master Class full price tickets. You can become a Friend of SGA here. Green Garden Professional (GGPs) receive a 30% discount.
You will learn
- The alchemy of herbs, weeds and other medicinal plants
You will get
- Free access to recording for 2 weeks
Appropriate for
Home gardeners who want to learn more about the medicinal properties of plants
What to bring
- Just yourself!
What to wear
Casual
Caroline (BHSc Western Herbal Medicine) is an herbalist, gardener, forager and author of ‘The Medicinal Garden’. She lives in a cute little cottage in Central Victoria, surrounded by the Wombat Forest, where she grows herbs and flowers for her business, The Cottage Herbalist. When she isn’t in her studio hand-blending her award winning tea range, mixing up herbal preparations and teaching herbal medicine workshops, you’ll find her in her own Medicinal Garden - sowing seeds, picking flowers, building garden beds, turning compost, chatting to plants, cloud watching and zipping around on the ride-on mower.
Organized by
Sustainable Gardening Australia
603 reviewsSustainable Gardening Australia (SGA) is a not-for-profit non-government organiation dedicated to achieving a healthy biodiverse planet.
Its driving purpose is to:
- Encourage, educate and enable home and professional gardeners to adopt sustainable gardening practices to protect or enhance the natural environment;
- Provide information, education and undertake research about the natural environment;
- Reconnect people to the natural world through gardening; and
- Ensure an understanding of the impacts that gardening decisions about chemical and resource use have on the natural environment well beyond their neighbourhood.
Cancellations & Refunds
If the organiser cancels the class:
You are entitled to a full refund.
If you can't attend the class:
Terms & Conditions
SGA’s Booking Conditions
- Bookings are considered final once payment is made and no refunds will be given for non-attendance.
- If there are insufficient numbers for an event it may be cancelled or postponed by SGA. If this is the case, you will be notified and given the option of either a full refund or a transfer to a different SGA event of equivalent value.
- Please arrive 10 minutes before the scheduled starting time for registration and seating
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