Creosote Salve Making Workshop

Gobernadora Salve Making Workshop: Living Creosote Bush History with Place-Based Medicine

Join me for a workshop on the history of the creosote bush as medicine and learn about the rich history of our desert place while developing your own practice with desert medicine. This will be a 2-hour workshop to converse, share, and make medicine together. You can expect to leave with the ability to make your own salves and oils from the creosote bush and other plants, as well as with a 2-oz salve or oil to take home.

Bio

Dr. Ligia Arguilez is a borderlands environmental historian and fronteriza whose work highlights the stories and legacies of U.S.-Mexico fronterizx communities by centering people, place, and nature in the desert borderlands. Her dissertation, “Making the Desert Place: An Environmental and Cultural History of the Creosote Bush from the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands,” applies borderlands, environmental, and oral history methods to the study of a common shrub of the desert borderlands.

All salve or oil making supplies included

April 28th 12-2pm

ages 16 & up

2301 Alameda Ave. 79901

Classes are non-refundable or transferrable