- March 15, 2022
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Introductory course: Herbal medicine and sustainable futures

Sharing knowledge of over 20 years in herbal medicine. Come and learn about what you need to grow and how it can improve your health and wellbeing. During the session we will: Learn to identify wild plants from meadows, hedgerows and woods Understand the different plant properties that make them valuable food and medicine Make and taste tonics, macerated oils and salves Discover traditional food preservation techniques ...
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- March 15, 2022
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Foraging Course – 5 sessions over 5 months

Plant connection & practical medicine making. This course is for anyone, whether you are a seasoned gardener or brand new to horticulture. Learning about foraging from a medical herbalist with 20 years experience who uses plants all the time is one of the most rewarding experiences. There are so many plants called weeds that are actually edible; you can pick ...
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- February 23, 2022
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Herb Walks in Cheshire 2022 (monthly dates between March & September)

Come and join me, Kate Huet (MNIMH) around the lanes and paths surrounding the picturesque village of Great Budworth in Cheshire. Learn about the historical uses, mythology and current medicinal benefits of the plants, trees and bushes that we will discover on our walk. Understand how to forage, where to forage and when not to forage. Return home with a deep appreciation ...
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- June 12, 2021
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Herb of the Month: June 2021

Choosing a herb for Herb of the Month in June is tricky. It would hardly be a stretch to say that it’s like standing a child in a sweet shop and asking them to pick just one sweet out of the endless number of jars filled with sweets of all colours, tastes, and smells. ...
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- March 30, 2021
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Foraging Workshops

A series of 5 Thursday morning workshops on 1st April,  22nd April, 27th May , 17th June and 1st of July   Herbalists in the past believed that the medicinal plants you most needed grew wildly around you, you just had to identify them.   This is a Fun, practical, inspiring  opportunity to forage the wild plants of spring, , prepare herbal remedies, learn how to ...
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- June 4, 2020
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All about Sweet Cicely

Written by Julia Russell - Herb Society member and practising herbalist (AMH member)   Sweet Cicely (Myrrhis odorata) is currently flowering along hedgerows, byways, field margins and on river banks in the Northern British Isles.   A word of caution if foraging for this plant, as it is a member of the carrot family (Apiaceae); a family including ...
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- May 26, 2020
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Wild rose (Rosa canina)

Written by Nicky Westwood - Herb Society Trustee I photographed these in the dunes whilst walking on the west coast of Jersey with a friend.  It was wonderful to see how many flowering herbs had settled naturally there.  The hips (fruit) are noted for their high element of Vitamin C.  As a post war child, ...
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- April 18, 2020
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Alexanders

Written by Nicky Westwood - Herb Society Trustee How lovely to celebrate the spring and take the time, as we can now in this period of Covid-19, to look around us and enjoy the herbs that grow wild in our area. The field next door to me is currently full of Alexanders.  They love their ...
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- February 25, 2020
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Spring Harvest & Feast

Enjoy Spring's bounty, tasting and discovering the season. We will be foraging and brewing and cooking our harvest. Event Cost - £10 (payable to organiser) Dunham, Cheshire - Full address will be supplied upon booking
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