(Brad Davis/The Register-Herald) Fayetteville resident Betty Cottle, far left, sips a sampler of herbal tea along with other participants as teacher Victoria Hesterfield, far right, leads a small class through an Herbal Preparations Workshop Saturday, part of Fayetteville's Wild Weekend Nature Festival. Attendees learned various ways to work with plants to support their health and different methods for extracting the beneficial properties of various types of flora and vegetation, with samples of each tea or balm distributed after each demonstration.