Combating stress: herbs for relaxation and tension
A relaxed day aimed at understanding how our inability to cope with stress can cause of many emotional and physical ills. This day focuses on identifying and reducing stress, relaxation techniques, and both tonic and relaxing herbs. It covers many of the topics included in the book “Making Time for Me” by Penelope Ody.
5 September

Grandmother’s Secrets: rediscovering old herbal traditions
This day looks at some of the traditions and folklore associated with herbs going back to Saxon times and includes workshop sessions making pot pourri, herbal teas, and other seasonal herbal products. Weather permitting, there will also be time to look at both garden and hedgerow herbs.
21 May

Herbs for Women (half day)
A short course looking at various approaches to using herbs for treating women’s ailments drawn from both Eastern and Western healing traditions. The course includes a review of the properties of the more popular herbal remedies for gynaecological problems including black cohosh, sage, agnus-castus and Dang Gui.
12 June

Herbal healing traditions and simple remedies
This day course looks at the traditional use of herbs in both East and West and how these approaches can be applied to family healthcare. We shall make and tasting simple remedies for home use, such as teas and syrups and the course also covers suggestions for treating everyday ailments including common colds, coughs, and digestive upsets.
10 June, 4 September

Herbs in healthy eating and cookery
A healthy digestion is key to well-being. This day starts by look at herbal approaches to healthy eating including both Western and Chinese systems of food balancing. There will be practical sessions on using herbs in cooking and making simple herbal oils and mustards. There will also be an opportunity to discuss simple remedies for everyday digestive problems.
14 July

Make your own herbal home remedies kit
An opportunity to make your own herbal home remedies kit with a mixture of creams, oils, tinctures and syrups to combat everyday household ills. A busy practical day which will give you at least four herbal products to take home as a basic herbal remedies kit
22 May, 15 July

Making herbal creams and ointments
This is a practical workshop day making focusing on herbal remedies for external use including various creams, infused oils and ointments as well as production of simple cosmetic products such as face creams, moisturisers shampoos and balms. At the end of the day everyone will have a collection of at least four herbal products that they have made to take away.
11 June