Lotions & Potions – Natural recipes for health and home
Saturday 15 March – Saturday 29 March, Lewes House, 32 High Street, Lewes, BN7 2LU
Join Lewes Climate Hub for a season of brilliant ways to use natural and organic ingredients – rather than harsh and toxic chemicals – to look after our homes, our gardens and ourselves.
Saturday 15 March, 11am-3pm – Green home-cleaning, FREE
Drop in from 11am for planet-friendly cleaning solutions and ideas to make your home sparkle without resorting to harsh chemicals. PLUS:
1pm-1.50pm: ‘Talk: What We Wash Away’ – Rachel Paget, operations manager at the Ouse & Adur Rivers Trust, reveals the impact of the pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and ‘forever’ chemicals that we often rinse away down our drains at home on our rivers and water health.
2pm-3pm: Green Cleaning Workshop – Join the Climate Hub team to create your own natural cleaning products using everyday ingredients – and take away our free green cleaning ideas sheet.
The Ouse & Adur Rivers Trust is a leading organisation in river and wetland restoration, delivering impactful projects through evidence-based planning, community engagement, and partnerships to enhance river health and ecosystems. oart.org.uk
Saturday 22 March, 11am-3pm – Living soil & thriving plants, FREE
Join Michael Kennard of Compost Club to learn how to make your garden or allotment flourish through the power of organic nutrients and living organisms.
11am-1pm: Drop-in workshop: Compost Tea Mixing – Come and mix your own compost tea with Michael to provide a wealth of beneficial microbes to your garden or allotment.
1pm-2pm: Talk: The Power of Healthy Soil – In this talk, Michael will explain what goes into making nutrient-rich soil that can both boost plant yields and resistance to pests.
Compost Club is a Lewes-based social enterprise founded by regenerative gardener Michael Kennard. Through workshops, courses, food waste collection and its own food-waste composting service, Compost Club aims to introduce more people to the world of composting and the many benefits it brings to our soil, air quality and water systems. www.compostclub.online
Wednesday 26 March 11am-12.30pm – Coffee morning with 360 Botanics, FREE
Join Pip de Villiers of Lewes-based natural skincare and wellness brand 360 Botanics at Lewes Climate Hub’s Wednesday coffee morning to explore the benefits that an array of organic and natural botanical ingredients can provide to skin, body and mind.
Pip de Villiers, the founder of 360 Botanics, has over 30 years of experience in holistic aromatherapy. She has been blending and creating products for family and friends for over two decades. Pip now brings her extensive knowledge to the public through 360 Botanics, offering a range of 100% natural, vegan, and cruelty-free skincare and wellness products. 360botanics.com
Saturday 29 March 1pm-3pm – Botanical potions with Daphne Lambert
£9 – book here on Eventbrite
Create three botanicals for health and well-being with Greencuisine Trust’s Daphne Lambert: a herbal-infused apple cider vinegar, a nourishing body oil, and a tonic to support your immune system. Booking essential.
Daphne Lambert has cooked, studied, taught and written about food all her adult life. She has run a nutritional consultancy practice for over 25 years working with schools, colleges and organisations looking at ways to nourish well-being. She is the founding member of Greencuisine Trust, which works to improve understanding of the inter-relationship between food, cooking, culture, biodiversity, agriculture and the environment. www.greencuisinetrust.org