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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in Natural Medicine.

In this BB you will create a lavender flower or blossom infused oil using plant material you harvested.

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Mountain Rose Herbs shares information about lavender

Minimum requirements:
- Make an infused oil using plant material you harvested
- Use lavender flowers or lavender blossoms

To document completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pictures or a video (< 2 minutes):
- Harvested plant material (either being harvested or just harvested)
- Making the infusion (plant material in oil) with a description of the oil and any other ingredients you used
- Finished (strained) infused oil in its labeled jar

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Elizabeth Horsley

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posted 3 years ago

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To document the completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pictures or a video (< 2 minutes):
- Harvested plant material (either being harvested or just harvested)
- Make the infusion (plant material in oil) with a description of the oil and any other ingredients you used
- Finished (strained) infused oil in its labeled jar

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“Praise be to you, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, and who produces various fruit with colored flowers and herbs” St. Francis of Assisi

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posted 8 months ago

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I made a lavender oil infusion! I can't wait to try it as a face moisturizer. I also added chamomile and cottonwood buds, which gave the finished oil a beautiful red color. I used coconut and apricot kernel oils. The herbs infused in a crock pot for a couple of hours.

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