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Botanical Bitters

Date: Sun, Aug 30, 2026

Time: 9 AM - 11 AM

Venue: Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Durham

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Category: Food & Drink

In our modern era, classic bitters such as Angostura are often splashed into a cocktail. These bitters have their roots in European culinary traditions of aperitifs or digestifs (think Cynar, Campari), which all contain secret blends of botanicals that were historically used as plant-based medicine. In this interactive workshop, clinical herbalist Kelly Owensby of West of the Moon will explore how bitter botanicals have changed history, influenced our bodies’ co-evolution with bitter botanicals and had a significant impact on our overall health. Participants will experiment with tasting and formulating with 30 different herbal flavor profiles, including several N.C. native plants. Learn about the health impact and medicinal properties of different herbs, and take home a custom-crafted herbal bitters tincture to splash into bubbly water as a seasonal survival strategy.

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Botanical Bitters

When
Aug 30
Sun, Aug 30, 2026
9 AM - 11 AM
Where
Sarah P. Duke Gardens
Durham, NC
Ages
All ages
Price
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Botanical Bitters runs Sun, Aug 30, 2026, 9 AM - 11 AM.

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Sarah P. Duke Gardens is at 420 Anderson Street, Durham, NC. Open in Google Maps.

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