Gatherings

This hands-on foraging workshop will begin outdoors, moving slowly through the ancient woodland to learn how to confidently identify the wild weeds of Spring, understand their medicinal and nutritional uses, and harvest them respectfully and sustainably.

We'll be wild harvesting nettle, cleavers, plantain, chickweed, water mint and other seasonal gifts from the forest.

Then we’ll congregate back in the apothecary kitchen to turn our freshly foraged plants into medicine. Sitting together around the table, we’ll work with our hands - chopping, infusing, stirring - learning simple, traditional methods for making remedies you can easily recreate at home. This is a deeply nourishing part of the day: unhurried, communal and rooted in the ancient practice of making medicine together.

Along the way, you’ll learn:

• How to safely identify key spring plants
• When and how to harvest with care for the plant and the land
• Traditional ways to prepare herbs as medicine
• Simple apothecary skills you can use in your own kitchen

You’ll leave with three remedies you’ve made yourself, along with a deeper confidence, a sense of connection, and the quiet joy that comes from shared experience around a table.

This course is suitable for beginners - no prior knowledge needed. Just a willingness to be curious, to learn, and to work with your hands.

In this seasonal afternoon workshop, we’ll explore how this beautiful plant works in the body - how it supports cleansing, digestion, vitality and emotional wellbeing.

We'll head out into the ancient woodland and meadows of Wildwood to gather dandelions blooms... but this is not just a foraging walk!

After harvesting our plants, we will gather together in the apothecary kitchen - sitting around the table, learning with our hands, and transforming fresh blooms into real, living medicine. Together, we will harvest, prepare, and craft remedies that you’ll take home and continue working with long after the afternoon ends.

What’s Included:

• An introduction to Dandelion’s medicinal, nutritional and energetic qualities
• Guided foraging in Wildwood’s ancient meadows
• Practical instruction in harvesting and preparation
• Hands-on medicine making in the apothecary kitchen
• Your own handcrafted remedies to take home
• Herbal tea, home made refreshments and a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere

This workshop is ideal for beginners and those wishing to deepen their relationship with plant medicine. No prior experience is needed - just curiosity and a love of nature.

You’ll leave feeling inspired and empowered to weave the magical healing powers of Dandelion into your daily life.

To honour this turning of the seasonal wheel, I’m delighted to offer this special workshop: a deep dive into the beloved healing herb, St John’s Wort - the sunshine herb, known for bringing warmth, light, and ease to the nervous system.

We’ll gather in our beautiful Wildwood Apothecary Barn, nestled just behind the medicine garden - a sacred space where our hand-harvested herbs are dried and stored.

We’ll begin at 11am with a heart-led exploration of St John’s Wort and her healing gifts, before stepping into the medicine garden to meet her in her summer glory. You’ll be guided through a hands-on introduction to harvesting this special plant, with space to explore this magical plant in her natural habitat.

We’ll then return to the Barn to alchemise our freshly gathered flowers into a vibrant body oil and a healing tincture - powerful plant medicine for you to take home.

Traditionally harvested at Midsummer, St John’s Wort is at her most potent at this time. Together, we’ll honour this moment, gathering and crafting in the old ways, and calling in the living energies of the Earth.