This one-day workshop is the first of a five-part course to give you a grounding in looking after yourself using foods and herbs. It will cover the basics of: herbal therapeutics, identifying mint and other plant families, basic food self-care, and remedy making: herb chewing, herbal tea, breakfast smoothie, herb crush.

This award-winning course is for anyone interested in healing plants and foods, health, gardening or working with communities. Led by medical herbalist and author, Alex Laird, the course includes discussion, tasting and identifying healing plants, practical remedy making and assessing your own health and diet. It’s about the pleasure of sharing knowledge, growing, eating, drinking and turning that plant into a simple remedy!

Ticket Information:
Tickets are £125 per person for this course.

• The fee for the day includes lunch, handouts, and a remedy to take home.
• Please indicate any dietary requirements or allergies for the lunch of the courses at the relevant field on the the payment page. If you have no dietary requirements or allergies, please add N/A on the field.

We strongly recommend attending this Self-Care Basics session before any of the next four Living Medicine sessions, to give a grounding in foods and herbs as medicine.

Dates of Living Medicine Courses in 2023:

Living Medicine: Self Care Basics – Sunday 5 March
Living Medicine: Digestive Discomforts – Sunday 7 May
Living Medicine: Sleep, Anxiety & Fatigue – Sunday 2 July
Living Medicine: Skin & First Aid – Sunday 3 September
Living Medicine: Coughs, Colds & Allergies – Sunday 5 November

If you plan to attend all five courses in this series, we are offering a 15% discount (£531 instead of £625). You can find the Living Medicine whole body package listed on our ‘What’s On’ page.

This event will take place at the Garden and in our Learning Classroom space and will go ahead whatever the weather. You should dress appropriately for the Great British weather. Please bring your own apron if you wish.