Nothing gets us more excited than growing food and medicine in our local spaces, allotments, community gardens and growing spaces are our favourite places to be. We know the impact the plants and herbs have Read more…
What’s Herbal Cleansing about? What is Detoxification?
Traditionally people have undertaken cleanses as a good clear-out at various times of the year, the change of seasons bring an opportunity to take stock and re-evaluate. Over the past few years a cleanse has Read more…
Community Gardening as a path to Eco- Activism. Re-build Re-connect Re-store
Why Eco Activism is important in 2021 – what is happening globally with community herbalism The Pandemic reminded us why cultivating change through our eco-activism work is increasingly more important by the day. This year, Read more…
Time for a Spring clean with your garden weeds
Foraging for Fresh Spring Greens This time of the year brings with it fresh, verdant, lush foods to forage, a time to stuff our meals with greens. Vibrant new herb growth and leafy veg offer Read more…
How to Growing Oats for Medicine
Oats – Avena sativa We absolutely love oats. We love to start our morning off with porridge in the winter months and make home mixed museli or granola toasted in the oven. As the weather starts to warm, Read more…
The Budding Spring Magic – Gemmotherapy
Come the spring the promise of new life is palpable and a walk in the local surrounds shows us that on closer inspection of the trees and bushes, tiny buds are emerging. These buds are Read more…
Springtime Herbalism with Dandelion
“There is no nobler plant than the dandelion.” – Barbara Drake Boehm, New York Metropolitan Museum of Art Dandelion. Resilient. Strong. Mighty. Humble. She grows all over the world, in the cracks of forgotten sidewalks, Read more…
Connecting with Herbs over the Dark Winter Months
The Winter Solstice The winter solstice is when the earth’s tilt is at the maximum point away from the sun and marks the shortest day and longest night of the year. It is traditionally called Read more…
The Spicy Root Ginger and some Marvellous Medicine
Roots are generally high in polysaccharides (long chain sugars which act as energy for the plant) giving them sweetness, and nutty nourishment; great medicine. One of our most commonly found roots (although we usually have Read more…
Hot Spiced Apple Juice & Dandelion
The winter is upon us and each glimmer of colour and light, that we are granted in the skies above, is a total gift. The days are getting shorter and darker as the count down Read more…
