- May 23, 2024
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Ten Questions to get to know Nicola Sabin

  Thousands of people worldwide engage with The Herb Society through our social media, especially instagram, our website and this blog.    Nicola Sabin is a Trustee for The Herb Society, a voluntary role.  Get to know Nicola and what inspires her through this quick snapshot in ten questions.  1. What’s your first memory of being inspired by herbs? My ...
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- May 14, 2024
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Ten Questions to get to know Kate Huet

  Thousands of people worldwide engage with The Herb Society through our social media, especially instagram, our website and this blog.    Kate Huet MNIMH leads the Trustees as Chair Person for The Herb Society, a voluntary role.  Get to know Kate and what inspires her through this quick snapshot in ten questions.  1. What’s your first memory of ...
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- May 1, 2024
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Is the answer blowing in the wind?

The pasqueflower is beloved of herbalists. A beautiful seasonal herb, it combines startling brilliance with wispy fragility. Medicinally it has very specific uses and requires much care in administration. Similarly, acquiring supplies of pasqueflower requires much care. It is rare in the UK so should not be gathered in the wild, instead, herbalists will ...
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- April 12, 2024
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A herb shop on every corner

Herbal living I would love to see herbs embraced more into our everyday lives in Britain. Not just considered as an embellishment to food, or a pretty addition to the garden, but truly relied upon as bringers, maintainers and restorers of health and vitality. Especially with an attitude towards prevention being better than cure, we ...
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- March 15, 2024
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Violets in the Spring

Gerard summed up violets as ‘delightfull to looke upon and pleasant to smell’ Sweet violets These are the qualities that have ensured violets have a familiar place in our hearts and are perhaps one of the best know wild flowers. As Culpeper agrees, they are ‘so well known they need no description’. Apart from the small ...
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- February 19, 2024
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Radiant Rowan

Words by Kayleigh Sinclair --- Radiant Rowan! Although the Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) has the common name of mountain ash, it is not related to the Ash tree but takes its name from the similarity between the pinnate leaves arranged alternatively with a terminal leaf at the end. A relatively hardy plant and native to the British Isles, it ...
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- February 15, 2024
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Pancakes Anyday

Words by Kristine De Block, Medical Herbalist --------------- Sunshine in a pan Pancake Day is a delightful tradition that's celebrated with joy in many corners of the world. Across Europe, the tradition of pancake making is a cherished ritual. These golden, round treats are symbols of the sun's life-giving warmth, a beacon of hope during the chilly ...
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