Soap Making The Easy Way (using Melt & Pour soap bases)
Date: Sunday October 3rd
Time: 10:30am – 5:00pm
Fee: $160.00 Inclusive of all materials – Take home your creations)

Prepare to be inspired with stylish and innovative soap crafting the easy way, utilising Melt & Pour soap bases, natural colours, herbs, oils and fragrances. Ideal for gift giving or to dazzle your bathroom, and to know what is really in your bath soaps.
Click here to download an enrolment form or email Donna for further details
Course Notes:
- All workshop fees are inclusive of all materials. Take home your creations
- These workshops and classes will be held on the listed dates only and NOT repeated (in 2010)
- Class numbers are strictly limited to a maximum of 10 students.
- Please book early to ensure your place.
- Please bring notebook and pen to each class and your lunch where applicable.
- No enrolment accepted unless accompanied by completed enrolment form and deposit. (Visa and Mastercard accepted)
- Should a class not proceed – deposit paid will be fully refunded.
- Please arrive on time for selected workshop.
Venue: Cottage Hill Herb Farm2 Bridge Rd, Birchville, Upper Hutt Phone: (04) 526 4753 Fax: (04) 526 4751For driving directions to Cottage Hill Herbs please click here
Bath Bombs, Bath Fizzes & Bath Scrubbies
Date: Sunday September 26th
Time: 10:30am – 5:00pm
Fee: $140.00 (Inclusive of all materials – Take home your creations)

Transform your bath time into a truly pampering and relaxing experience with your own gorgeous bath creations. Easy, inexpensive and uniquely fragrant treats for gift giving this Christmas, or your own bath care with a difference.
Click here to download an enrolment form or email Donna for further details
Course Notes:
- All workshop fees are inclusive of all materials. Take home your creations
- These workshops and classes will be held on the listed dates only and NOT repeated (in 2010)
- Class numbers are strictly limited to a maximum of 10 students.
- Please book early to ensure your place.
- Please bring notebook and pen to each class and your lunch where applicable.
- No enrolment accepted unless accompanied by completed enrolment form and deposit. (Visa and Mastercard accepted)
- Should a class not proceed – deposit paid will be fully refunded.
- Please arrive on time for selected workshop.
Venue: Cottage Hill Herb Farm2 Bridge Rd, Birchville, Upper Hutt Phone: (04) 526 4753 Fax: (04) 526 4751For driving directions to Cottage Hill Herbs please click here
Creating natural skin care products
A two day basic intensive workshop designed to show you how simple, easy and cost effective it is to create your own superior, chemical free beautiful skincare products.
Over the course of two days you will learn to make your own base creams, herbal infused oils etc. study which herbs and natural ingredients are the most effective in rejuvenating, healing and improving the look, texture and health of your skin.
You will learn how to make over fifteen unique, specialized natural skin and body care products worth hundreds of dollars and you will take these home with you at the end of each day. No experience is necessary – we set you on a new and exciting path to formulating all of your personal skincare products free of any chemical contamination, and customized to suit your skins unique needs.
Dates:
Saturday June 19th
Sunday June 20th
Time: 10.30am – 5.00pm
Fee: $340.00 Inclusive of all materials
Credits: 7
Click here to download an enrolment form or email Donna for further details
During the workshop you will make and take home:
Base creams – Two types
Herbally infused oil
Healing hand cream
Skin and body oil
Moisturiser
Cleanser
Body scrub
Facial masks
Exfoliater
Lip Balm
Body Butter
Nourishing face cream
Shampoo
Conditioner
Course Notes:
- All workshop fees are inclusive of all materials. Take home your creations
- These workshops and classes will be held on the listed dates only and NOT repeated (in 2010)
- Class numbers are strictly limited to a maximum of 10 students.
- Please book early to ensure your place.
- Please bring notebook and pen to each class and your lunch where applicable.
- No enrolment accepted unless accompanied by completed enrolment form and deposit. (Visa and Mastercard accepted)
- Should a class not proceed – deposit paid will be fully refunded.
- Please arrive on time for selected workshop.
Venue: Cottage Hill Herb Farm2 Bridge Rd, Birchville, Upper Hutt Phone: (04) 526 4753 Fax: (04) 526 4751For driving directions to Cottage Hill Herbs please click here
Holistic pet care
This class will look at many of the common health problems encountered by our pets today. We look at dietary changes, herbs, supplements and natural products to enhance and improve the health and wellbeing of our pets. You will learn to create many products suitable in aiding this process. We create skin washes, ointments, capsules and other herbal products to deal with various ailments common in our animals. The class will deal with the specific needs of each student, with products created around those needs.
Date: Sunday May 16th
Time: 10:30am – 4:30pm
Fee: $160.00 Inclusive of all materials
Click here to download an enrolment form or email Donna for further details
Aromatherapy bath and body care
During this very fragrant two day comphensive workshop, you will learn how to make aromatherapy sprays, lotions, bath salts and scrubs, bath bombs, bath milks and oils. You will learn the properties of herbs and essential oils, how to blend and use them effectively. Create your own gorgeous gifts and personalized products. During this workshop you will make and take home:
• 1 Luxury bath oil
• 1 Moisturising body lotion
• 2 Types of bath salts
• 1 Gorgeous bath milk
• 2 Bath bombs
• 1 Bath and shower gel
• 1 Aromatherapy spray
• 1 Sensual massage oil
(A value of more than $200)
Dates: Saturday May 8th
Sunday May 9th
Time: 10:30am – 4:30pm
Fee: $330.00 Inclusive of all materials
Click here to download an enrolment form or email Donna for further details
Course Notes:
- All workshop fees are inclusive of all materials. Take home your creations
- These workshops and classes will be held on the listed dates only and NOT repeated (in 2010)
- Class numbers are strictly limited to a maximum of 10 students.
- Please book early to ensure your place.
- Please bring notebook and pen to each class and your lunch where applicable.
- No enrolment accepted unless accompanied by completed enrolment form and deposit. (Visa and Mastercard accepted)
- Should a class not proceed – deposit paid will be fully refunded.
- Please arrive on time for selected workshop.
Venue: Cottage Hill Herb Farm2 Bridge Rd, Birchville, Upper Hutt Phone: (04) 526 4753 Fax: (04) 526 4751For driving directions to Cottage Hill Herbs please click here
Creating a chemical free household
This most popular workshop will discuss the areas of our homes that are the most toxic, the methods we can use to eliminate the vast majority of these nasty chemicals and we will show you how easy and inexpensive it is to become chemical free. You can save around $450.00 per year by creating safe, natural and effective alternatives to chemical free cleansers, sprays, washing powders, disinfectants, tooth powder and many other commonly used household products. We use only pure, natural and ecologically safe ingredients in creating an alternative range of items. During this informative day, we will make a huge range of chemical free products for your household.
Date: Sunday April 11th
Time: 10:30am – 4:30pm
Fee: $130.00 Inclusive of all materials
Click here to download an enrolment form or email Donna for further details
Creating your own herbal medicine kit
During this informative workshop, you will make a family first aid kit from herbs that you may grow in your own garden and/or from dried herbs. You will make antiseptic washes, wound creams, tinctures, salves, chest rubs and ointments suitable for pain, injury, burns and for treating everyday health problems. We look at the essentials for your kit and look at why certain herbs and herbal extracts are the most important in a first aid kit designed specifically for you family requirements. (Take home your products).
Date: Sunday April 18th
Time: 10:30am – 4:30pm
Fee: $165.00 Inclusive of all materials
Click here to download an enrolment form or email Donna for further details
Course Notes:
- All workshop fees are inclusive of all materials. Take home your creations
- These workshops and classes will be held on the listed dates only and NOT repeated (in 2010)
- Class numbers are strictly limited to a maximum of 10 students.
- Please book early to ensure your place.
- Please bring notebook and pen to each class and your lunch where applicable.
- No enrolment accepted unless accompanied by completed enrolment form and deposit. (Visa and Mastercard accepted)
- Should a class not proceed – deposit paid will be fully refunded.
- Please arrive on time for selected workshop.
Venue: Cottage Hill Herb Farm2 Bridge Rd, Birchville, Upper Hutt Phone: (04) 526 4753 Fax: (04) 526 4751For driving directions to Cottage Hill Herbs please click here