Tag: herb walk
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Rediscovering British herbs with Native Awareness
A few years ago I decided to go on a Native Awareness course, native skills one, which is an introduction to bushcraft skills and the skills of native peoples’. Learning those native skills really got me thinking about how medicinal plants are used by native people across the world as well as our ancestors in…
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Upcoming workshops, herb walks and herbal medicine talks – Feb – Aug 14
January is always a time for reflection for me and I have been planning furiously for the coming year, I love planning. I am one of those people who have a list saying “write list”. So here is my plan for all things herbal in the year ahead to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the founding of…
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Autumn herb walks and delicious autumn recipes
Forest Farm herb walk At the Forest farm herb walk we were lucky with the weather but unfortunately not so lucky with the plants. We did manage to see a lot of blood cleanser herbs, like dandelion, burdock, yellow dock, red clover and nettle. Forest Farm herb walk The herbal tea tasting went down well,…
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King Arthur, long walks and herb gathering
Tintagel castle In the last couple of weeks I have been enjoying the last of summer on long walks with my puppy (and husband). On our holiday in Cornwall we visited several lovely dog friendly beaches. We also visited Tintagel castle which was a first for me even though I’ve been to Tintagel many times…
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The September Taff trail Herb Walk
On Sunday 1st September I set out for the monthly herb walk on a lovely warm but breezy afternoon. The Taff trail was busy with cyclists enjoying the good weather but luckily the route I had chosen was quieter. Melingriffith Water pumpAt 2pm, alongside the Melingriffith water pump, I met up with three lovely ladies…