Meet the Ambassadors: Seed SistAs
1st August 2025
Founded in 1927 by Hilda Leyel as 'the Society of Herbalists', the Herb Society is the foremost proponent of herbs and all their uses in the UK. By encompassing all... Read more
Lady Margaret Meade-Fetherstonhaugh
27th March 2025
Welcome to the fifth and final blog in our month of celebration for International Women's Day and Women's History Month. Title image to this blog shows Lady Meade-Fetherstonhaugh (second from... Read more
Important women of 20th Century Herbalism: Maud Grieve
21st March 2025
Welcome to the fourth blog in our month of celebration for International Women's Day and Women's History Month. Words by Nichole Bahrt Sophia Emma Magdalen Grieve, known as Maud, was... Read more
Eleanour Sinclair Rohde – Founding Advisor
14th March 2025
Welcome to the third blog in our month of celebration for International Women's Day and Women's History Month. Words by Kate Morgan-Owen When Leyel founded the Herb Society, the... Read more
Prehistoric Women Healers
6th March 2025
Words by Rox Madeira from Wise Herbal Ways There is a new view of prehistory, emerging from the growing voices of women and evidence of Matriarchal societies. Studies of... Read more
Ten Questions to get to know Malcolm Dickson
1st July 2024
Thousands of people worldwide engage with The Herb Society through our social media, especially instagram, our website and this blog. Malcolm Dickson is the owner and creator of Hooksgreen... Read more
Ten Questions to get to know Kristine De Block
15th June 2024
Thousands of people worldwide engage with The Herb Society through our social media, especially instagram, our website and this blog. Kristine De Block, BSc Hons is a Medical Herbalist... Read more
Ten Questions to get to know Nicola Sabin
23rd May 2024
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... Read more
Ten Questions to get to know Kate Huet
14th May 2024
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... Read more
Biophilia and the healing power of Nature: What makes medicine, ‘medicine’?
24th November 2023
Words by Neil Allies There is a phrase that is sometimes used amongst practitioners – a ‘brown bottle herbalist’ – meaning, at its extreme, someone that uses herbs straight out... Read more
A Note On Hilda: Hilda gets reviewed in Open Up Chorlton magazine
9th June 2021
Written by Ghislaine Howard, citing Katherine Watson "I have long had a penchant for scouring charity shops for old gardening books, of which there are many, reflecting the eclectic dedication... Read more