Natural Garden Medicine Workshop

There is medicine growing all around us! From the beginning of time, humans have relied on nature to keep us healthy, but somewhere along the way we lost touch with the medicine that plants can provide. From herbal teas to salves and tinctures, there are a variety of ways that we can harness the power of plants to create herbal remedies right at home. In this hands-on session, we’ll use easy-to-grow medicinal herbs and combine them with honey and beeswax to create simple natural remedies. Each participant will leave with the remedies they create in class, and a feeling of empowerment to grow and create their own apothecary items at home. Registration closes on September 30.

Meet your instructor, Erin Masterson Holko!

Erin is a Buffalo area native. She grew up in East Aurora, working in the family garden center alongside her
dad and brothers. After attending Mount Mercy Academy in South Buffalo, she studied something
completely non-garden related at the University of Rochester. After graduating, she moved to San Diego,
CA where she did use her degree in Russian language for several years. After realizing that she much
preferred being outdoors and playing with plants and animals, Erin found herself back in the nursery
industry. Her city home garden grew to include not just fruits and vegetables, but chickens and eventually
honeybees. The more she learned about honeybees, the more the love for them grew. This passion turned
into a retail beekeeping supply store in San DIego where Erin taught others about urban beekeeping.
In 2016, Erin moved back to the Buffalo area, along with her husband and two sons. Today she lives in
West Falls with her family, a pack of golden retrievers, alpacas, donkeys, goats, chickens, and of course
honeybees. She works with her dad and her brother at Masterson’s Garden Center in East Aurora, where
she oversees green goods operations as well as many other areas of the business. In addition, she owns
and operates Beekeeper’s Garden Apothecary, growing and creating herbal remedies utilizing plants and
products sourced from the beehive