Growing sustainable medicine (various dates in 2023)

Castle Orchard, Putley. Ledbury HR8 2RH Castle Orchard, Putley, Ledbury, United Kingdom

With Rowan McOnegal, qualified medical herbalist for over 30 years. Learn about growing your own herbs and making and looking after medicinal and culinary herb gardens.Ensure you have top quality fresh herbs to use for herbal teas, remedies and cooking by growing your own. This is a practical two day course covering sourcing good quality …
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Four Seasons of Herbal Medicine ~ Summer

Helmsley Walled Garden Cleveland Way, York, United Kingdom

The use of herbs as natural remedies is as old as time. Whilst our understanding of their properties has expanded, our fascination with them remains. Join this full day workshop to explore the therapeutic properties of seasonal herbs through three traditional hands-on methods: Organoleptics - Like learning the skill of wine tasting, we’ll distil a herb's medicinal properties through taste …
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Lavender Herbalism Workshop ~ July

Yorkshire Lavender Terrington, York, United Kingdom

Long used throughout the ancient world and into the present, lavender is a timeless herb with an abundance of traditional uses. It is also highly regarded by modern day herbalists to support healing for a wide range of ailments and is a mainstay of British apothecaries. Whether you’re a lavender aficionado, keen gardener, or loving maker of home crafts, if you want …
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Art of natural perfumery

Castle Orchard, Putley. Ledbury HR8 2RH Castle Orchard, Putley, Ledbury, United Kingdom

A weekend workshop with with Rowan McOnegal, qualified medical herbalist for over 30 years. An appreciation of a lost art as we explore the creative and sensual possibilities of using natural oils in perfumery. Natural essences resonate with our emotions and our memories, as well as our body, mind, and spirit. This weekend we will delight in the …
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Lavender Herbalism Workshop ~ August

Yorkshire Lavender Terrington, York, United Kingdom

Long used throughout the ancient world and into the present, lavender is a timeless herb with an abundance of traditional uses. It is also highly regarded by modern day herbalists to support healing for a wide range of ailments and is a mainstay of British apothecaries. Whether you’re a lavender aficionado, keen gardener, or loving maker of home crafts, if you want …
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Natural health chest (various dates in 2023)

Castle Orchard, Putley. Ledbury HR8 2RH Castle Orchard, Putley, Ledbury, United Kingdom

With Rowan McOnegal, qualified medical herbalist for over 30 years. We will be using the principles of holistic natural medicine for maintaining health and wellbeing and discussing herbal approaches to, and useful herbal preparations to have on hand for, common ailments. We will look at many different herbs in different forms, and make preparations from them. This will include making a tisane, …
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Growing sustainable medicine (various dates in 2023)

Castle Orchard, Putley. Ledbury HR8 2RH Castle Orchard, Putley, Ledbury, United Kingdom

With Rowan McOnegal, qualified medical herbalist for over 30 years. Learn about growing your own herbs and making and looking after medicinal and culinary herb gardens.Ensure you have top quality fresh herbs to use for herbal teas, remedies and cooking by growing your own. This is a practical two day course covering sourcing good quality …
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Nature, healing and wellbeing weekend retreats (autumn)

Greencuisine Trust Lewes

Join Julia and nutritionist Daphne Lambert for an incredible weekend in the gorgeous countryside near Lewes where they share their extensive knowledge. This educational retreat will deepen your knowledge on the power of plants with simple remedies you can use at home. Through harvesting from the wild, learning to grow and sharing food, this retreat is for anyone …
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Four Seasons of Herbal Medicine ~ Autumn

Helmsley Walled Garden Cleveland Way, York, United Kingdom

The use of herbs as natural remedies is as old as time. Whilst our understanding of their properties has expanded, our fascination with them remains. Join this full day workshop to explore the therapeutic properties of seasonal herbs through three traditional hands-on methods: Organoleptics - Like learning the skill of wine tasting, we’ll distil a herb's medicinal properties through taste …
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