Herbal remedies & medicine courses

Introduction to herbal remedies An introductory day of plant knowledge, traditional healing and remedies. Learn how to use herbs medicinally, including sensory sessions and tastings. We will look at ... Herbal medicine: how the plants help us to heal The plants: identification and how we use them The remedies: we will cover the basics - teas, tinctures, oils, salves Your first steps: growing your own herbs, wild harvesting, preparation, preserving

Introduction to herbal medicine - A weekend course covering the basics of herbalism and using herbs in the home Course Overview An Introduction to Herbal Medicine Making. An exploration of the uses of herbs and learn to make your own top quality cosmetics and herbal preparations. Includes ID, growing, harvesting from my organic garden, drying and storing herbs. A practical 2 day workshop making teas, decoctions, infused oils, ointments, creams and other remedies This herbal medicine making course run by qualified herbalist Rowan McOnegal, who has 30 years experience of...

The Art of natural perfumery - Create your own perfumes using essential and infused oils How to use essential oils to make your own unique perfumes Course Overview: 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 aromas of the natural world, creating our own individual perfumes using essential oils and other natural ingredients. The...

The Natural Health Chest: Assemble your own herbal medicine chest for health and wellbeing, including herbal approaches to common conditions Course Overview Grow your own medicine! On this one day course you will learn how to assemble a personal medicine chest using the principles of holistic medicine, for maintaining health and wellbeing. We will discuss herbalism, and herbal approaches to common ailments and useful herbal preparations to have on hand for them. We will look at many different herbs in different forms, and make some preparations from them. This will...

Botanical gin and Wild Cocktails Find out about the history of gin and explore the huge range of fresh and dried herbs and spices that you can use to make your own gin blend. From its origins in the Middle Ages, gin has evolved from a herbal medicine to an artisan product. Create your own botanical gin using freshly foraged herbs from the garden, together with dried herbs and spices, and learn to identify and blend these botanical ingredients to make your own gin creation, which you will take away...

The Spice of Life a practical exploration of the medicinal use of spices. One day course on using spices for pleasure and healing Course Overview Explore the medicinal use of spices A practical day workshop making cordials, infused oils and other warming remedies with cardamom, frankincense, fennel, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and many other spices. We will also discuss some of the principles of herbalism, and the art of herbal medicine.

The use of plants as medicine predates written history and their use to treat disease is almost universal among non-industrialised societies. In Europe and the US, the use of herbal remedies has become more widespread as the scientific evidence about the their effectiveness has become more widely available. A recent BBC report stated that about a quarter of all adults in the UK have used a herbal medicine in the past two years, mostly bought over the counter in health food shops and pharmacies. Many of the pharmaceuticals currently available...

Our Wildcrafted Cocktail Courses are designed to get you outdoors and thinking outside the box. The Wildcrafted course is an action packed day filled with foraging, preparation of ingredients, creating cordials and syrups, making and designing a recipe for a cocktail and most importantly tasting your creations. All your ingredients will be sustainably foraged from around the course venue. Depending on the season we will see what nature has to offer. You are more than welcome to bring anything from your garden to include in your cocktail but we will...