Magical Doughnuts & Spring Alchemy with Tara of The Medicine Circle

Come celebrate Earth Day with us!! Join us on Tuesday, April 22 from 10:30am-12:30pm at our garden space in Venice for a heart-opening Spring offering led by author, forager and culinary herbalist, Tara Lanich-LaBrie.

This nourishing class will center on spring flowers and plants that calm and support the nervous system, weaving in the wisdom of seasonal rhythms and earth connection. 

Experience an unforgettable opportunity to learn from a culinary expert as Tara shares her signature techniques with pre-made lemon balm & nettle donuts. These gluten-free, dairy-free, and refined sugar-free treats can be iced with a touch of herbal magic, including rose, butterfly pea, and edible blooms. Don't miss this chance to discover the delicious combination of alchemy and doughnuts!

Together, we’ll explore how food and herbs can guide us in grounding, dreaming, and aligning with the shifting energy of spring. As a hands-on ritual, we’ll create a take-home treasure—like a spring dreaming syrup, a flower-kissed bath soak, or an herbal blend for seed-sowing visions. Come with open hands and a wild heart—let’s tend the soil of our spirits together.

Tara Lanich-LaBrie is an author and educator sharing her deep love and reverence for the plants through her unique blend of herbalism with a culinary background. 

After healing chronic pain and health issues through connection to the plants, food, and herbs, she started The Medicine Circle, a global community of plant enthusiasts and seekers. 

For more than two decades Tara has been no-till (machine-free) organic farming, growing medicinal herbs, teaching, and creating hundreds of food-as-medicine recipes and remedies for her clients, students and community, some of which are featured in her book, “Foraged & Grown: Healing, Magical Recipes for Every Season”. 

Her passion for the plants started when she was a little girl, learning from her grandmother to tend a wild herb garden, to observe and listen to the land, and to bring the herbs into the kitchen and onto the table in delicious meals. 

She went on to study to become a naturalist, an educator, apprenticed with farmers, healing practitioners, chefs and herbalists, and dedicated her life to sharing the beauty of the earth as a healing practice.