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2009 Workshops
Medical herbalist, Christina Stapley has been
growing, studying and using herbs for over 35 years. In 2009 she
will be tutoring a series of workshops on herb cultivation, modern
and historical uses of herbs at the locations listed below. Where
the days are demonstrations only, these are marked as such.
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The following Workshops |
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Sowing the Seeds of Good Health.
Saturday 14th March.
The day will be about planning a source of fresh herbs for your harvest to suit your lifestyle. Discover herbs for salads and teas, from growing in windowsill pots to sowing and planting a small herb garden to delight you all year round. We will be looking at tasty seeds to eat and trying new recipes. There will be a special emphasis on herbs offering useful herb seeds; this includes how to gain the most from them in food and home medicine. Fennel, sunflower, pumpkin, aniseed, milk thistle and more plus a planting plan for the twelve most helpful herbs for your garden and information on their uses.
10-4pm. £20. Lunch not included. |
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How Well Are You Ageing? (The first of three workshops).
Wednesday April 29th.
Could you improve your health in old age, starting now? Do you have specific worries? This workshop offers the opportunity for you to find out about the effects of ageing on different body systems. With a light-hearted approach to the subject, strategies are given for improving your chances of remaining as healthy and agile in mind and body as possible. The nutritional, restorative, warming and soothing qualities of herbs will be explored and emphasised. Care of the brain, joints and muscles, and immune system will be covered in these first sessions. Information, advice and practical experience of simple recipes to make at home will be part of the day.
10-4pm. £20. (£10 O.A.P’s). Lunch not included. |
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A Herb Walk.
Sunday May 17th. In the Calne area.
Identifying herbs and their uses in medicine or cookery.
2 - 4pm. £10. |
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How Well Are You Ageing? (Second of three workshops).
Wednesday May 27th.
Could you improve your health in old age, starting now? Do you have specific worries? A day suitable as a follow ?up workshop to the first in the series, or to be enjoyed as an informative but light-hearted session on its own. On this day you will be able to find out about the effects of ageing on more body systems. Care of the heart and circulation, lungs and digestion will be covered on this second day. The nutritional, restorative, warming and soothing qualities of herbs well suited to these body systems will be explored and emphasised. Information, advice and practical experience with simple recipes are all part of the day.
10-4pm. £20. (£10 O.A.P’s). Lunch not included. |
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Harvesting and Blending Herbs
Saturday June 13th .
Choosing the right time for harvesting of individual herbs. Sustainable harvesting of flowering tops and foliage. Blended flavours and seasonings - in cookery with dried herbs and making vinegars. Blending herbs in fragrances – pot-pourri and herb pillows for specific conditions and occasions. Blending herbs in teas for enjoyment, boosting health, or as medicinal remedies. Talking about flavours, interactions between the herbs, dosage and contra-indications for common herb teas. An opportunity for hands on experience.
10-4pm. £20. Lunch not included. |
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A Herb Walk
Identifying herbs and their uses in medicine or cookery.
2 - 4pm. £10. |
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How Well Are You Ageing? (Third of three workshops).
Thursday July 16th.
Could you improve your health in old age, starting now? Do you have specific worries? The series of workshops continues with a light-hearted presentation takes a seriously informative look at what is happening in your body and how what you eat, do and occasionally, think, influences it. This third follow –up workshop offers the opportunity for you to find out about the effects of ageing on more body systems. Care of the skin, hair and nervous and urinary systems will be covered on this third day. The nutritional, restorative and soothing qualities of suitable herbs will again be explored and emphasised. Information, advice and practical experience with simple recipes are all part of the day.
10-4pm. £20. (£10. O.A.P’s). Lunch not included. |
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A Medicine Chest from Garden and Hedgerow
Saturday August 22nd
Looking after herbs as autumn approaches. Useful first
aid herbs. Treatment for bites and stings, sunburn, sprains,
stomach upsets, stress etc.
Commonly grown herbs and their uses for everyday problems,
preparation, dosage and contraindications. Rules for
safe home medicine with some hands on experience. Making
oils, teas, poultices and compresses. Fruits, Berries
and herbal Syrup.
10-4pm. £20. Lunch not included. |
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A Herb Walk.
Sunday September 27th. 2 - 4pm. £10.
In the Calne area.
Identifying herbs by their seedheads and fruits, herbal folklore and uses. |
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Making Herbal Christmas Gifts and Decorations.
Saturday November 28th.
6 items to make. Complete up to 5 on a day filled with fragrance, colour and the spice of Christmas. Choose from 1. A cinnamon sled with sacks of frankincense, myrrh and spices, pulled by reindeer. 2. A leaf printed scarf or herb-filled sachet. 3. A candle decorated with pressed flowers. 4. Small wreath of kitchen spices, seasonings and herbs.5. Afternoon Tea Collection – a selection of nicely presented winter herbal tea blends and herb jellies to spread on bread or scones. 6. Novelty Scented Tree Decorations, Lavender angels or hanging stars and balls covered with spices.
9.30 – 4pm. £25 + Cost of materials.
Website www.heartsease-herbalist.co.uk
Email: Christina.stapley@tiscali.co.uk
Or Tel: 01249 821087. |
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23 Bennett Street, Bath, Somerset |
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Georgian Herbs in Peace and War.
Saturday April 18th.
Co-tutors Christina Stapley B Sc. Phyt. MCPP and Ruth Mannion-Daniels B.Sc Hons Biol. B.Sc Phyt MNIMH.
Within the Georgian period 1714-1830 great changes took place, yet herbs were used to save lives throughout that time in very different circumstances. The herbal secrets of the ladies’ stillroom medicines, cosmetics and preserves in the early years will be opened in the perfect setting.
Ruth, a specialist in the work of naval surgeons at the end of the period will reveal which herbs were essential to the work of naval surgeons at the battle of Trafalgar as they worked to try to save limbs and lives.
An understanding of the treatments will be given alongside practical experience making authentic recipes from household books and herbals. A fragrant day is promised with distilled aromatic waters, herb sugars, dried herbs and gum resins amongst the ingredients of recipes for everyday problems and serious illnesses alike.
10.15-4.15pm. £30.
Lunch not included and may be taken at the Assembly Rooms nearby. |
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A Herbal Celebration of Jane Austen’s Bath.
Sunday May 24th.
Co-tutors Christina Stapley B Sc. Phyt. MCPP and Ruth Mannion-Daniels B.Sc Hons Biol. B.Sc Phyt MNIMH.
As Jane Austen was writing her novels in the early nineteenth century, herbs played a large part in household medicine and cookery. The choice of recipes on this exploration of the role of herbs in the early nineteenth century has been inspired by mentions of remedies, wines, dyes, needlework projects and cookery recipes from Jane’s letters and household. We will consider the roles of both mild and powerful herbs for health at this time. With parsley, savory, mint and more picked from the kitchen garden for seasonings, others also took their place as pest repellents and in keeping the rooms, linen and clothing smelling fresh and sweet.
10.15-4.15pm. £30.Lunch not included. |
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Exploring Plant Families - Umbelliferae.
Tuesday June 16th.
Co-tutors Christina Stapley B Sc. Phyt. MCPP and Ruth Mannion-Daniels B.Sc Hons Biol. B.Sc Phyt MNIMH.
A day spent getting to know one family of herbs – the Umbelliferae. You will learn how to identify which herbs are family members and what they have to offer in health support and treatments both chronic and acute for your own family. Herbal medicine for the very young to the very old will be covered. Enjoy practical experience of making recipes such as teas, syrups, aromatic waters, ointments etc. The family of Umbelliferae includes some of the most useful herbs such as the Fennel, Anise, sweet Cicely, Angelica and many more. It is an important family to know for it also contains poisonous members such as hemlock. Learn to distinguish friendly from the dangerous.
10.15-4.15pm. £30. Lunch not included and may be taken at the Assembly Rooms nearby. |
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Roman Delights.
Thursday July 2nd.
Co-tutors Christina Stapley B Sc. Phyt. MCPP and Ruth Mannion-Daniels B.Sc Hons Biol. B.Sc Phyt MNIMH. Looking at herbs in health, day to day cookery, treats and scented luxuries in the lives of those Romans who used the baths here during the Roman occupation of Britain. A practical day making authentic recipes with the added interest of knowledge of their background in Roman medicine, daily life, folklore and religion. Evidence from both military and the combined Romano-British ways of life will be presented and experienced through making the recipes.
10.15-4.15pm. £30. Lunch not included and may be taken at the Assembly Rooms nearby. |
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Exploring Plant Families – Rosaceae.
Tuesday October 13th.
Co-tutors Christina Stapley B Sc. Phyt. MCPP and Ruth Mannion-Daniels B.Sc Hons Biol. B.Sc Phyt MNIMH.
An introduction to the botany of this family reveals the often little known relationship of the rose with so many familiar fruits, such as raspberry, blackberry, plum and quince. Equally unsuspected may be the inclusion of lady’s mantle, salad burnet and meadowsweet. A practical day with many delicious recipes.
The glories of the Apothecary’s rose may have passed with the summer but the rose will still be very much present in dried form, preserves and delicious aromatic water. Other members of the Rose family are at their best providing fruits and berries for our winter health – sloes, crab apples, rowan berries, hips and haws are very much part of our traditional autumn harvest to fill winter store-cupboards with remedies and treats. We also look at harvesting roots with the meadowsweet, as well as making health-giving teas with agrimony, raspberry leaf, rosehip and hawthorn.
10.15-4.15pm. £30.
Lunch not included.
Website www.heartsease-herbalist.co.uk
Email: Christina.stapley@tiscali.co.uk
Or Tel: 01249 821087. |
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Chiltern Open Air Museum, Bucks. |
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Remedies from Celtic Native Herbs.
Saturday 16th May.
The factual evidence from archaeology revealing health, herbs and living conditions of the time provides a sound background for considering possible applications of herbs in Celtic medicine and looking at those treatments with a long history of use and known therapeutic potential today.
Gathering and identifying native British herbs in the woods and valley close to the round house will be part of the day led by qualified medical herbalist and herb historian, Christina Stapley. Herbs from other areas will also be supplied for discussion of their possible uses across time. Practical experience of making a poultice, teas, ointment, an infused oil, a plaster and pills make this a day of experience invaluable for safe home medicine.
10-4pm. £45.
www.coam.org.uk
Email: educationcoam@btconnect.com
Tel: 01494 875542. Ask for Melissa Maynard |
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Victorian Herb Favourites to Enjoy
Saturday 4th July.
Dipping into Victorian books and records enables a deeper look at the world behind the popular image of lavender, violets, moth balls and chamomile tea. We will be looking at Victorian problems and celebrations and making herbal recipes for rich and poor. Country cures and cookery add a homely hedgerow touch beside Dr. Coffin’s flourishing botanic medicine, available for the poor in industrial towns in the north. We will be making drinks to soothe and refresh and stock the winter store cupboard ready for colds, confections of horehound and liquorice, mixed herbal teas, perfumed bags for drawers, and spicy herbal flavouring for cookery. Some recipes made can be taken home.
10-4pm. £45.
www.coam.org.uk
Email: educationcoam@btconnect.com
Tel: 01494 875542. Ask for Melissa Maynard. |
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Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton, West Sussex |
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Cottage Herb Garden.
Friday 22nd. May.
When is a flower not a flower? When it is also an herb. Discover the hidden uses of familiar garden flowers from the herbaceous border. The importance of fragrance, beauty, and, above all, usefulness when choosing plants to grow, continued from the Medieval period to the Industrial Revolution. Forgotten uses will emerge as we explore all aspects of growing, maintaining and harvesting traditional, popular garden plants. These will include Lilies, Hollyhock, Golden Rod, Roses, Mallows, Soapwort, Dahlias, Aquilegia, Sunflower, Iris and the smaller Violets, Houseleek etc. Samples of wines, dyed materials, remedies and skincare products will inspire a choice of designing your own ideal border or plot for personal needs or making recipes.
9.30-4.30pm. £50.
www.wealddown.co.uk
Email courses@wealddown.co.uk
Tel: 01243 811464. |
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The Secrets of the Tudor Stillroom.
Friday 19th. June.
Earlier recipes form a background for exploring the Elizabethan dominance of perfume against pestilential air in the form of pomander beads, tussie mussies,
scented mixes and distilled aromatic waters and vinegars. Sources of recipes and instructions are explored, together with practical experience in making cough sweets, herb honeys, salves and drinks alongside the fragrant luxuries. Some herbs featured-
rose, rosemary, elecampane, pot marigold, frankincense, marshmallow, yarrow, hyssop, betony, St. John’s wort and angelica.
9.30-4.30pm. £50.
www.wealddown.co.uk
Email courses@wealddown.co.uk
Tel: 01243 811464 |
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15th Century – Herbs In the Medieval Manor.
Saturday 20th. June.
From household accounts, cookery recipes and leechbooks comes a wealth of information and recipes using herbs as flavourings, colourings, preservatives, fragrances, medicines and pest repellents. In making recipes participants will learn balancing herb flavours in sweet and savoury dishes to create a delicious spread on the table in North Cray. Scented water for washing, blending fragrance and protection in strewing herbs and decorating the house for special occasions will bring the past to life. Sage, parsley, garlic, tansy, pot marigolds, rosemary, saffron, and wormwood are some of the herbs used and discussed on the day.
9.30-4.30pm. £50.
www.wealddown.co.uk
Email courses@wealddown.co.uk
Tel: 01243 811464. |
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Herb Dyes and Designs for Silk and Wool Embroidery.
Saturday 11th July.
Enjoy a day of true needlework inspiration from the past. We will be looking at the important place of herbs in embroidery on clothing and household items from the Elizabethan to Georgian periods. Jacobean crewelwork will be included. Samples of historical and modern embroidery and crewelwork will enrich this opportunity for a hands-on approach.
Learn how to create your personal design album using photographs, leaf prints and samples, apply designs to fabrics and dye silks and wools in varying shades of colours produced during the workshop.
Possible dyes include madder, brazilwood, fennel, comfrey, weld, dyer’s chamomile, elderflower, dyer’s greenweed and indigo. Sources of thread, dyes and fabrics from silk to bark cloth will be given.
9.30-4.30pm. £50
www.wealddown.co.uk
Email courses@wealddown.co.uk
Tel: 01243 811464. |
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Herbs for Health.
Monday 20th. July
From the cottage herbaceous border of the past we identify suitable herbs to supply home remedies for a small medicinal garden today. Guided by medical herbalist
Christina Stapley, this is a day to learn about practical and safe home use of herbs.
Follow the stages of gathering to drying and storing for use in herb teas, foot or handbaths and soothing pillows. Learn how to preserve fresh herbs in honey or honey syrups, oils or vinegars. Historical and modern recipes provide applications in treating everything from insect bites to sore throats or diarrhoea. Effective traditional herbs featured include marshmallow, elder, fennel, chamomile, lemon balm, houseleek, sage, thyme, lavender and more.
9.30-4.30pm. £50.
www.wealddown.co.uk
Email courses@wealddown.co.uk
Tel: 01243 811464. |
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17th Century. Herbs of the New World.
Thursday 20th. August.
In looking at this century of change, trial and discovery we will give special attention to those herbs the settlers felt it vital to take with them as they set out for North America. These were herbs such as the great mullein, plantain, pennyroyal, and tansy. We will be making recipes from the medicine of the period, with those exotic introductions from the New World also being featured, the gums, balsams, sassafras, Virginian snakeroot etc. Cookery enters a new and exciting time with cakes, biscuits and comfit recipes using herbs such as rosemary, coriander, angelica and rose to make on the day.
9.30-4.30pm. £50.
www.wealddown.co.uk
Email courses@wealddown.co.uk
Tel: 01243 811464. |
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18th Century. Stillroom Secrets.
Tues 22nd September.
Despite the growing interest in chemical medicines, for most of this century the stillroom continued to be the scene of distilling aromatic waters for medicine and cosmetics. Remaining a hub of activity many preserves of all kinds were made there including fragrant powders, foods and confections. The range of recipes on this day is wide and will include harvesting and preparation of roots and any viable hedgerow fruits. Seasonal roots to be harvested include Elecampane, Soapwort, Meadowsweet, Sweet Cicely, Orris, Liquorice etc. Additional herbs featured will include Rosemary, Myrtle, Southernwood, Asarabacca, Lavender and Maiden-hair.
Period recipes on the day range from snuff and hair tonic, through gargles, medicinal cooling and warming drinks to potted cheese and confections.
9.30-4.30pm. £50.
www.wealddown.co.uk
Email courses@wealddown.co.uk
Tel: 01243 811464 |
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Christmas Gifts and Decorations with Herbs.
Saturday 5th December
Wednesday 16th December
Choose to make up to five gifts and decorations on a day bright with the colours and heady with the scents of Christmas. Get away from the work of Christmas to have a fun day making your choice from:
1. Tree Decorations. Gilded star anise & cinnamon stars & woodland birds and animals made from seed-heads, seeds and nut husks to hang from the tree.
2. A kitchen wreath with spices, bags of herbs for seasonings, mulled wine and teas.
3. Christmas pot-pourri.
4. Table decoration inspired by the table parterres of the 18th century, made with elegant swirls of coloured herb powders on a stencilled base with miniature potted trees. Perfect for a Christmas party.
5. Snowman. Made quickly in soft white fur fabric and filled with soothing herbs.
6. Sugar and Spice – A unique selection of Jars of sugar flavoured, coloured or fragranced with your choice from Vanilla, Rose, Cinnamon, Lavender, Pot Marigold, Angelica and more. Pack them into a presentation basket or container supplied by you. These can be used to decorate cakes or desserts, make sweets etc.
7. A Christmas stocking of gold or silver net containing any of the following:- aromatic rose water, herbal soap, body lotion, cream, bath sachets or shower gel.
8. Pressed herb decorated Candles. Or the option to fashion your own flower shaped or seasonal candles with wax moulded with the heat of your hand.
9. A Yule log with festive greenery, a candle, dried seed-heads, herbs and spices.
10. Gift Wallet for Embroiderers. Your choice of design from several suitable for adult or child, with your selection of herb-dyed embroidery silks and simple to make presentation wallet.
9.30-4.30pm. £45.
www.wealddown.co.uk
Email courses@wealddown.co.uk
Tel: 01243 811464 |
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Butser Ancient Farm. Hants. |
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Remedies from Native British Herbs.
Saturday 30th. May
A day for exploring those herbs available to our ancestors and examining both their traditional uses handed down to us, and the ways in which they are used in herbal medicine today. There will be time to look at each whole herb with a clear guide to recognizing individual herbs, as we make safe and useful herbal remedies. These will include teas, ointment and oils for everyday conditions. One recipe will be available to take home. Herbs featured will include, betony, agrimony, meadowsweet, marshmallow, burdock, nettle, ribwort plantain, elder, St. John’s wort, self-heal and yarrow.
10-4.30pm. £45.
For more details – www.butserancientfarm.co.uk
Email: joyce@butser.plus.com
To book call 023 9259 8838. |
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Roman Day, Herbs in the Villa
Sunday 19th July.
A workshop to celebrate the popular herbs grown for use in the Roman home. We owe some of our most valued herbs, thyme, sage, bay, white horehound, lovage, garlic and more to the coming of the Romans. Through the works of Pliny, Celsus, and other Roman writers we can understand why they felt it so essential to bring these Mediterranean herbs to Britain. In making authentic cookery and medicinal recipes in the actual “Roman Villa” at Butser, we can also explore how these herbs can be part of our lives today. Led by medical herbalist Christina Stapley, the course offers information on safe use of herbs in treating everyday problems. Breathe in the uplifting perfumes as you mould rose petals with exotic ingredients to make the ‘rhodides’ of Dioscorides, or weave herbs in wreaths to cure headaches, and taste delicious recipes. Learn to blend herbs to make flavourings, drinks and salves. In short, learn about Romano-British daily life.
10-4.30pm. £45.
www.butserancientfarm.co.uk
Email: joyce@butser.plus.com
To book call 023 9259 8838. |
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Hedgerow Basketry.
Sunday 4th. October
A day primarily for beginners, no previous experience is necessary to enjoy making a basket to take home. For those with some previous experience, whether of synthetic cane or willow only; the exploration of colours, textures and possible experimentation in using a range of materials in the green state has proved to be inspirational.
Instruction will be given in choosing the right stems, harvesting times and methods, storage and preparation of weavers and stakes. Practical experience in the ancient craft of basket weaving and design will lead to a working knowledge of the textures, appearance and flexibility of various natural materials. Some materials are provided and information on suitable stems to harvest from home for possible inclusion is given on booking.
10-4.30pm. £45.
www.butserancientfarm.co.uk
Email: joyce@butser.plus.com
To book call 023 9259 8838. |
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Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre |
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Herbs from the Roman Garden
Saturday 6th June.
Beginning in the Roman herb garden, looking at ideas from the 1st Century on
favourite gardens of Pliny the Younger and other writers, we will then explore the use of those herbs popular in Roman cookery. The practical results of this study can be eaten at lunch. In the afternoon herbs for fragrancing the Villa may be made into a garland and scented powders, and for personal hygiene, we have the delight of deodorant pomander beads or rhodides from Dioscorides. This is followed by a fascinating dip into the role of herbs in Roman medicine. A busy day with a true appreciation of the scents, tastes and floral beauty of ancient Rome.
10-4.30pm. £45.
www.flagfen.org
Email:info@flagfen.org
Tel: 01733 313414. Fax: 01733 349957 |
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 Medieval Meals and Medicine.
The use of herb flowers in cookery, plentiful spicing and seasoning, enliven the recipes made. As with the Roman period, all recipes used are sourced from contemporary material. If attended as part of a herb week-end this second day offers a chance to compare flavours, colours and varied herbal tastes between the Roman and Medieval periods. Medicine is also very different, despite the remaining influence of Greek and Roman medicine in some herbals. Egyptian influences can also be found in Medieval prescriptions. Ideas on sickness and healing, plague and childbirth provide a background to making herbal remedies of the time. Ointment to take home.
10-4.30pm. £45 or £80 for both days.
www.flagfen.org
Email:info@flagfen.org
Tel: 01733 313414. Fax: 01733 349957 |
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Celtic Remedies from Native Herbs.
Friday 18th September.
This is a day about learning to identify medicinal herbs, their properties and possible uses in the Iron Age for salves, healing drinks and more. Instruction will be given by Christina, a practising medical herbalist, on picking the correct plants, where they are to be found and the strength and nature of each herb. In order to attempt an answer to the perennial question of why particular herbs should have been selected in the first place; we look also at living conditions and therefore medical needs of the time and the herbs such a life would naturally bring into everyday experience. Simple recipes will be made to illustrate the healing properties of many native herbs that may also be appreciated today.
10-4.30pm.
www.flagfen.org
Email:info@flagfen.org
Tel: 01733 313414. Fax: 01733 349957 |
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Peat Moors Centre, Somerset. |
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Understanding Remedies from Native British Herbs
Saturday 27th June
Sunday 28th June
On each of the days an appreciation of the herbal habitat, 2000 years ago and
today will be encouraged by a walk close to the famous "Sweet Track";
identifying and gathering herbs. Led by medical herbalist, Christina Stapley,
both days will offer the opportunity to understand the qualities of therapeutic
herbs resulting from their environment.
The first day may be looked upon as an introduction to native herbs.
Also the ways in which their properties may have been discovered.
Hands on participation in practical exercises making safe recipes
for home use today will include teas, inhalations, an oil, cream
or ointment. On the second day we will build on knowledge imparted
on the first day. This
day will however also be suitable for those who already have some
knowledge or experience of herbs. We will consider individual herbs,
how their environment
affects their strengths and properties and explore contraindications
for their use. More remedies will be made and careful guidance given
on identification of
those herbs likely to cause confusion. The important elements of
growing, harvesting and storing herbs for the best therapeutic properties
will be part
of the day.
10-4.30pm. Fee £40.
www.peatmoorscentre.org.uk
Email: peatmoorscentre@somerset.gov.uk
To book Tel: 01458 860697. Fax: 01458 860246.
10-4.30pm. Fee £40. |
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Jane Austen's House Museum, Chawton, Hants. |
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Herbs in Housekeeping and Health.
Sunday 5th July.
Demonstration and Display of the Uses of Herbs as Jane Austen was writing her novels in the early 19th Century. |
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Jane’s Herbs, Elegant and Essential.
Bank Holiday Monday. 31st. August.
Demonstrations and Display of the Uses of Herbs
at the dawn of the 19th Century.
10 -4.pm.
www.jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk
Tel: 01420 83262 |
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Allen Gallery, Alton. Hants. |
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Medicinal Herbs
Monday 27th. July.
Medical herbalist Christina Stapley will lead a practical session in the morning in the lovely garden of the Allen Gallery exploring the nature and uses of native herbs such as the humble daisy, dogrose, plantain and many more. William Curtis illustrations for Materia Medica provide a source of inspiration. Looking at their historical and modern uses opens a new appreciation of the usefulness both of certain ‘weeds’ and the native garden flowers around us. We will make simple and safe home remedies including herbal teas, an ointment, and a poultice.
10-12noon. £10. |
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Herbs in Craft and Cookery.
In the afternoon Christina will reveal the role of herbs from the William Curtis botanical garden in cookery and we will be making some simple recipes involving herb seasonings etc. On the practical side looking at botany the fun way through leaf printing, pressed and dried flower projects helps us to relate to the beauty of the William Curtis illustrations of the ornamental and more exotic plants in his famous Botanical Magazine.
1.30-4pm. £10.
Or book as all day. £15.
www.3.hants.gov.uk/museum/allen-gallery.htm
Email: tony.cross@hants.gov.uk
Tel:01420 82802. |
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West Dean College, Singleton, West Sussex |
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Herbs for Healing – (Designing a Garden and Recipes)
Wednesday-Friday 26-28th August.
Priced with and without accommodation.
The course begins with a stimulating introductory session on the evening of the 26th. On the following day we will cover designs for a garden offering both a beautiful and fragrant sanctuary to enjoy working in; and harvests of health-giving and stress-relieving herbs. Experience of suitably inspirational and calming tea blends will enhance the day in addition to exploring growth habits, textures and fragrances in the college gardens.
On the second day attention will be focussed on maintaining our ideal garden by harvesting the herbs and how to preserve their properties and enjoy them to the full in practical recipes.
www.westdean.org.uk
Email: short.courses@westdean.org.uk
Tel: 0844 4994408
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 Alpine Herbs and Health.
Monday 7th – Friday11th. September.
This course consists of the combination of a holiday in the Alps with all the splendour and health offered by the stunning village location 1,200 metres above sea level and increasing your knowledge of herbs. It includes short walks in the Alps led by local herbalist Karen Jones and a guided tour of the magnificent Alpine garden at 6,000 metres.
Time will be spent identifying herbs in their alpine habitat, then making traditional herbal cures in Wengen. Short breaks will give opportunities for personal time. Topics covered by Christina and Karen will be:- uses of Alpine favourites such as bilberry, gentian, arnica, etc., local recipes and a discussion of how, why and if they work; herb identification skills and recording herbs by making a herbarium of pressed specimens of common herbs. Practical experience will be given in blending and sampling teas, making medicinal liqueurs, ointments, oils, creams etc. Discussion on diet, guidance on growing herbs at home, their properties, preparations and cautions are all part of the holistic approach to the subject. A day visit to the Alpine garden on Schynige Platte is included. Course 3 full days, an evening and a morning £250.
For more details Email: Christina.stapley@tiscali.co.uk
Or karenwengen@netscape.net
Call Karen on 01 33 855 5023.
Or Christina on 01249 821087. |
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