3 favourite trees and their magic, folklore and medicine. They shade us, they tower over us, they provide the most valuable life source humans need to exist: oxygen. Trees are a symbol of life. As Read more…
Blackberry Picking
Bramble – Blackberry Rubus fruticosus, or the common blackberry/ bramble as this thorny brute of a bush is more commonly known as is a familiar foraging dream around the late summer and autumnal months. The juicy Read more…
Top tips and favourite herbs for Menopausal symptoms
Tips for helping combat menopausal symptoms Control your temperature (light layers) Snack often Find a friend to hang out with Create an exercise routine Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate Reduce stress (mediation, mindfulness, movement) Favourite herbal Read more…
How to get started with Seed Saving
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…
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…
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…
