Herbal Medicine Workshops at Railway Fields

From the BTCV
Work shop 1 - Saturday 31st October 12pm to 4pm
Preparing you and your family to deal with Winter colds and flu
An afternoon of making and sharing kitchen remedies to be used with friends and family to combat those winter viruses.

We will focus especially on ingredients to be harvested and sourced in and around Green lanes and Railway Fields, as well as a couple of medicinal plants that participants may want to grow in their own gardens. We will try out recipes for delicious preventative tonics, as well as some not so delicious ones! We will explore practical strategies for bringing down fevers and soothing sore throats and tickly coughs. Participants will get a chance to experience herbal snuffs and make their own personalised anti-flu remedies.


and the other workshop will be on:-
Workshop 2 - Saturday 14th November 12pm to 4pm
Staving off those winter blues
A nourishing afternoon of fresh air, remedy making, sharing of plant medicine, and other strategies for lifting our mood in those chilly months when there is less daylight.

We will focus on those light midsummer herbs, lemon balm and hypericum; the stimulating warming herbs – chilli, ginger etc; herbs to cut through torpor and sluggishness –mugwort, nettleseed, dandelion root; and explore the mood altering properties of chocolate. Each person will have the chance to make their own special tonic to get them through the winter.

Places are limited so if you're interested please email or telephone to get your name on the list. The cost of each workshop is £25 waged and £15 concessions.

If you want to know any more about the above two workshops please don't hesitate to contact Catherine Price

Tel: 020 8348 6005
Mob: 07739 447958