While being able to try their hand as herbalists, travelers will learn about the daily use of various plants, their effect on health, as well as about strange and quite questionable ancient treatment methods. Plant adventures will allow them to get to know the average Latvian "home medicine cabinet" and different traditional remedies such as macerates, ointments, tinctures and oxymels, as well as find out what plant-related beliefs are still practiced, why Latvians smudge their house with juniper and mugwort, bring birches home for Midsummer, hang a rowan tree over the door and throw wreaths into the oak tree.

Plant Adventures are available in Latvian, English and German.

Plant Adventures are available from May till October.

Tastes of Latvia

Do you know which fruit is known as Latvian lemon and what is Latvian Matcha? During the Tastes of Latvia Adventure guests can find out more than that. We will look into healing properties of various plants and learn how they were used for health improvement, cooking and magic. We will taste five different seasonal plant based drinks (for example, mugwort oxymel, dandelion lemonade, acorn coffee, quince tea, spruce needle lemonade etc.) and seasonal plant cookies or crackers (for example, peppermint cookies or sage crackers).

Duration 1.5 hours, price for groups up to 10 persons - 120 EUR, for groups 11-30 persons - 12 EUR per person.
Price includes: Plant stories, tasting of five different plant based drinks according to season, one kind of seasonal plant cookies or crackers.

Herbal Infusion Tasting

Which infusion is called "liquid happiness", what is fermentation all about, and how does the same plant taste if it is dried or fermented? During this tasting adventure the guests will explore the variety of infusions, their tastes, colors and healing properties. We will stroll through the herb garden, get to know the plants as they grow, and taste six different, rather unusual herbal infusions.

Duration 1.5 hours, price  for groups up to 10 persons - 120 EUR, for groups 11-30 persons - 12 EUR per person.
Price includes: Plant stories, tasting of six different herbal infusions, homemade seasonal berry/fruit pie.

Herbal Infusion Adventure

During this adventure, guests will get an insight into the healing properties of various plants, learn how they were used for health improvement, cooking, and magic, as well as prepare an individually adapted herbal infusion, which they can then take home as a souvenir.

Duration 1.5 hours, price  for groups up to 8 persons - 120 EUR, for groups 9-30 persons - 15 EUR per person.
Price includes: Plant stories, herbal infusion masterclass, oxymel shot, herbal tea, homemade seasonal berry/fruit pie.

Herbal Magic Adventure

During this adventure, guests will learn about Latvian sacred plants, traditional beliefs associated with them, as well as try their hand in the ancient art of making smudge sticks, and can take the result of their efforts home as a souvenir.

Duration 1.5 hours, price for groups up to 8 persons - 120 EUR, for groups 9-30 persons - 15 EUR per person.
Price includes: Plant stories, smudge stick-making masterclass, oxymel shot, herbal tea, homemade seasonal berry/fruit pie.

Latvian Purification Adventure

Our ancestors considered both physical and spiritual cleanliness a virtue, therefore great attention was paid to it at all times. What plants were used in the past to cleanse the house and purify the spirit of people? How to remove a bad mood or the “evil eye”? What to use for washing to become more beautiful? During this adventure, guests will get acquainted with various beliefs related to physical and spiritual purity, gain insight into the Latvian bathing traditions, and create a traditional chestnut scrub to take home as a souvenir.

Duration 1.5 hours, price for groups up to 8 persons - 120 EUR, for groups 9-30 persons - 15 EUR per person.
Price includes: Plant stories, body scrub masterclass, oxymel shot, herbal tea, homemade seasonal berry/fruit pie.

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