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On December 21st of each year, we celebrate the shortest day, or the longest night, of the year. Some mark the occasion by burning a Yule Log each evening until Twelfth Night (January 6) or by staying up to greet the dawn. For others, honoring this special occasion means lighting candles, feasting, reading poetry, giving back to nature, or purifying sacred spaces with herbs.

Join the Herb Society for this make-and-take program, where you’ll learn multiple methods of acknowledging the Winter Solstice with beautiful combinations of herbs and other plant ingredients. You’ll create smudge sticks/bundles that produce calming and cleansing fragrances for the Solstice season, a practice used all over the world from Africa, to China, to Indigenous Peoples in the Americas. 

Audience: All ages

Location: The Visitors Center - Chase Classroom

Cost: $25 ($20 Fernwood members) - Please register by December 13

*To receive your member discount, please be sure to sign in by clicking the button in the upper right-hand corner of the registration screen.