Courses

This course is a practical two day workshop, exploring the traditional uses of (mainly native) herbs and  how to make a range of herbal remedies. Harvesting herbs from Rowan's organic garden in the heart of Herefordshire, this weekend course will enable you to make herbal remedies safely and confidently from fresh and dried herbs.

We will make some top quality skincare and many other herbal preparations. The course also includes how to identify, grow, harvest, dry and store herbs.

The course covers:

• The principles of domestic herbal medicine, using seasonal tonics, and self help guidelines
• Identification (ID), wild crafting, growing, harvesting, drying and storing herbs
• Skincare and medicinal preparations such as teas, tinctures, inhalations, baths, ointments, infused oils, creams, rubs, and syrups

The 'hands-on' approach aims to increase your confidence in and knowledge of the use of herbs for healing. You will make at least 3 herbal preparations and take away ideas for many more.

Courses are held at my eco home in rural Herefordshire and run throughout the year, using seasonal herbs, for example, nettle, ground ivy and cleavers in the spring, marigolds flowers in summer, and elecampane and other roots and berries in the autumn and winter.

There is always something to harvest!

One day workshop.

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, an infused oil, an ointment, a cream, which you will take home with you, together with an increased confidence in, and understanding of, herbs and our relationship with them.

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 perfume using essential oils and other natural ingredients.

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.