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Supporting your Immune System
with Henrietta Cummings
In this workshop, we’ll explore how the immune system works in relationship with the endocrine and digestive systems, and how stress can weaken or support our natural defenses. We’ll look at the immune–gut connection, discuss antiviral and immune-supportive strategies, and focus on practical ways to strengthen immunity in everyday life.
We’ll cover foods and herbs that nourish the immune system and support the body’s response to viral and bacterial challenges. Special attention will be given to echinacea—when it’s most helpful, when it’s not, and how to use it well—along with gentler daily allies and stronger herbs for short-term support. Together, we’ll make a nourishing mushroom broth to share during class.
Participants will go home with a detailed handout for reference, along with a jar of elderberry syrup made during the workshop. The handout will help you confidently incorporate immune-supportive foods and herbs rich in antioxidants, minerals, and other protective compounds into your daily routines.
Additional Workshop Info:
Join us for lunch (included), from noon-1pm
All workshop materials are included.
This workshop is eligible for use with a season pass.
Youth under 18 may attend free with an adult registered for the same workshop (1 youth per adult).
Early-bird pricing ($55) is available through Sept 5. After that, the cost is $75.
Meet the Instructor: Henrietta Cummings
Henrietta Cummings is a local Herbalist. She has been studying medicinal herbs since the 1970s and wildcrafting and growing herbs using organic methods for almost as long. Her passions are being with the plants, sharing herbal knowledge through teaching classes and workshops, teaching individuals through hands-on study on the farm, and cultivating a wide variety of culinary and medicinal herbs. She plants at-risk and endangered herbs to help restore them in the wild, native herbs to attract a wide variety of local pollinators, and herbs from around the world to offer a large variety of medicinal herbs and to help these herbs continue to thrive.
