Herbal history

Discovering Jura in the Inner Hebrides - a Scottish island wilderness

Is this a land that time forgot?

Jun 17 •

MAKING RECIPES #12 Handmade soap with herbal ingredients that exfoliate

Ways to incorporate herb colours, a swirl of bark powder and more in cold process soap making

May 8 •

A wrist plaster for the ague

Traditional medicinal recipes were not just sticking plasters!

Mar 4 •

Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) research notes

How I fell in love with this North American beauty

Feb 25 •

MAKING RECIPES #10 Vibrant vinegars and healing benefits

These vinegars deserve a rebrand from 'sour' to 'eager'!

Jan 6 •

Tree bark offers a sustainable herbal medicine

Household recipes for constipation and coughs

Oct 24, 2024 •

Bring on the fragrant quince, both culinary and medicinal delight

There are health benefits not only from the aromatic fruits but also bark, leaves and seeds.

Sep 22, 2024 •

Discovering medicinal trees in the grounds of the University of Exeter

Visit and explore the extensive gardens at the Streatham Campus in Devon, UK, with thousands of trees and shrubs, and so many are medicinal!

Jun 20, 2024 •

On being interviewed about a lifetime of herbal medicine

A series of five chats about designing and using the wealth of medicinal trees and shrubs

Jun 4, 2024 •

MAKING RECIPES #6 Growing and distilling witch hazel sustainably

How we can benefit from this wonderful shrub and help to reduce pressure on wild populations

May 22, 2024 •

Discovering botanical gardens of the Canary Islands

Medicinal trees and shrubs of Gran Canaria and Tenerife

Jan 7, 2024 •

Making Recipes: Eau de Cologne and Aromatic Compound Waters

Discover the history of Eau de Cologne, and see a selected recipe with a magic ingredient

Oct 30, 2023 •

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