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Growing and Arranging Locally Grown Flowers 7/6/23

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Location: The Refill Mill, Mullingar

Date & Time:  June 7th from 6.30-7.30pm.

Cost €6.15

Lake County Learning presents: Growing and Arranging Locally Grown Sustainable Flowers.

In this workshop you will use Irish grown seasonal foliage and flowers to create a beautiful arrangement to be placed in a recycled vessel. We will be discussing how to grow the same flowers at home and reduce your carbon footprint by relying less on imported flowers.

You will go home with a beautiful flower arrangement as well as knowledge of what flowers to grow in your garden to increase biodiversity.

Please bring a clean jar or small vase to hold your arrangement.

Rrefeshments will be served on the night.

Delivered by Anna Browne from Big Sky Flowers.

Funded by Creative Westmeath.

Natural Soap Making
Mullingar, 13/9/23
 

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Location: The Refill Mill, Mullingar

Date & Time: Wednesday 13th September,  6.00-9.00pm

Cost: €5.00

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Learn to create luxurious soaps, using ingredients that you can easily find in your supermarket, health food shop, hardware store or pharmacy.
Participants will learn how to make soaps from scratch, using the cold process method. All materials will be provided, including a wide variety of essential oils to scent the products, and Irish grown botanicals.

Tea and cake will be served on the night.

Each booking is for 1 single 3 hour workshop.

Natural Soap Making
Athlone, 16/8/23
 

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Location: Lowe and Co. Athlone

Date & Time: Wednesday 16th August,  6.00-9.00pm

Cost: €5.00

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Learn to create luxurious soaps, using ingredients that you can easily find in your supermarket, health food shop, hardware store or pharmacy.
Participants will learn how to make soaps from scratch, using the cold process method. All materials will be provided, including a wide variety of essential oils to scent the products, and Irish grown botanicals.

Tea and cake will be served on the night.

Each booking is for 1 single 3 hour workshop

Minimal Waste Living Talk
Athlone, 15/6/23

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Location: Lowe and Co. Athlone

Date & Time: Thursday June 15th from 11am to 12pm

Cost: €5.00

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This is a talk on practical small changes to make in the home to live more sustainably, while significantly reducing your reliance on single use plastic. We will be showing you how to use what you have and make the most of having less.

Putting our tips into practice will help you to move away from single use plastics and help you save money!

Tea and refreshments will be served on the day.

Growing and Cooking with Herbs and Edible Flowers, 19/5/2023

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Location: The Refill Mill, Mullingar

Date & Time: Wednesday July 19th, 6.30-8.30pm

Cost: €5.00

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Adding herbs and edible flowers to your food and drinks has nutritional benefits and makes for a very tasty and beautiful dining experience. Participants will learn about some herbs and edible flowers that are easy to grow,  they will taste some food and beverages that will showcase the in season herbs and edible flowers, and they will go home with recipes and ideas about how to grow and use lots of herbs and flowers.

Growing a sensory garden:
Mullingar, 22/5/23

Location: Womens Community Projects

Date: 22nd May

NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC

Learn how to turn your garden into a sensory delight, while making a safe space for a variety of wildlife.

We’ll discuss each of the 5 senses in turn, and what plants or features of a garden – from an apartment balcony to a large field – can increase mindfulness, and stimulate your senses. We will focus on low maintenance, high impact plants that thrive in the local conditions.

Participants will go home with a list of plants that are easy to grow in our Irish climate, and that support pollinators and other wildlife. And with renewed enthusiasm for the natural world and how it can support their mental health.