About Us

The Woodland

Our family has stewarded this land for the last 30 years; a cherished, largely untouched 13-acre corner of ancient woodland on the south coast of England. The land is alive with a rich diversity of native trees and wild plants - many of which have been part of human healing and wisdom for thousands of years. This is where our work unfolds: tending the plants, preparing herbal remedies and sharing what we learn through workshops, gatherings and personal coaching.

The Retreat House

Wildwood is also our home - a place we live in and share. Building the house was the culmination of a long-held dream - to create a welcoming space where change can unfold through learning, resting, and connecting to the woodland. The house is the venue for many of our indoor workshops and overnight retreats.

The Medicine Garden

The Medicine Garden is at the heart of everything we do. It’s a working herb garden, home to a wide range of medicinal plants used in our Wildwood Apothecary products . Here you’ll find many familiar and much-loved herbs - calendula, chamomile, mugwort, comfrey, St John’s wort and many more. Each plant is tended with love and harvested by hand in small batches, following the rhythms of the seasons.

We run regular, hands-on workshops and courses from the Medicine Garden where you can meet the plants in person, learn how to identify and harvest them ethically, and create your own herbal remedies to take home.

The People

Julie and Elliot are partners in life and in tending this space. Their work is shaped by seasonal living and years of listening to the quiet intelligence of the land.

Jules is a registered naturopath, nutritional therapist and herbalist. Her work is rooted in a deep belief in food as medicine, the ancient wisdom of plants, and the importance of time spent in nature for human health and wellbeing. Her teaching is grounded, practical, and infused with warmth and enthusiasm, shaped by years of study, practice and lived experience.

Elliot is a qualified yoga, breathwork and meditation coach, speaker and writer on the subjects of philosophy and mysticism as well as being a passionate woodsman. He offers Transformational life coaching on a one-to-one basis and runs Men’s circles, retreats and mentorship programmes for men of all ages. His teaching is fuelled by a passion for truth, growth and connection.

Apothecary

The Apothecary grew gradually from Jules’ early days as a naturopath, making potions here and there for family and friends, into a collection of well-loved remedies shaped by years of practice, learning and relationship with the plants.

Today, the Apothecary forms a central part of our work. Each offering is made by hand, in small batches, using traditional herbal methods and carefully chosen ingredients. Plants are grown and gathered with respect for season and sustainability, and every remedy is prepared slowly, with love and care.

Apothecary

Gatherings

We run workshops and events throughout the year to learn, forage, heal and celebrate together. Our gatherings are an opportunity to be part of a community of like-minded people, learning to honour the old ways through folk herbalism, plant wisdom, men’s circles and women’s covens!

Gatherings

Retreats

We host intimate overnight retreats at Wildwood, absorbing earth-based wisdom, practising healing meditative rituals for body and mind, connecting deeply back to the land, and sharing wholesome vegetarian meals.

Retreats

Nutritional Therapy

Everything begins with the land – the food we eat, the rhythms we keep and the plants that grow around us all play a part in our health and vitality. Jules offers one-to-one Naturopathic Nutritional Therapy consultations that weave all this together using food and lifestyle choices to support your wellbeing in a gentle, personalised way.

Nutritional Therapy

Transformational Coaching

As human beings we are continually growing, shifting and shedding like the natural world around us. Elliot offers one to one Transformational Coaching using the philosophy, science and techniques of the ancient ones in order to heal the body, recover from addiction, expand consciousness or simply open your heart…

Transformational Coaching

Men’s Work

In the busyness of the modern world, Wildwood also provides a much needed space for men to come together to evolve body and mind. Elliot works with those searching for meaning, purpose, truth and support in men’s circles around a wild fire with breathwork, meditation, philosophy, saunas, ice plunges and music.

Men’s Work