Wild Herbalism through the seasons: AUTUMN Fire Cider

Take a deep dive into the native plant medicines and energies of each of our four seasons with herbalists and nature-based facilitators Jessie Martelhof and Amy Cox. This Autumn we will be making Fire Cider Vinegar. 

Learn about the native herbal medicines which grow during each season, and how to make a range of herbal remedies from them in this mainly outdoors-based, nature-connected experience of herbalism. 

As well as Herbal remedy making we will also offer some mindful and creative nature-based activities to allow us to drop even more deeply into the plants and the landscape.

We will gather around a cosy fire and share a warm snack together in the cooler months.

CONTENT

Learn about what can be wild foraged or found in the garden during each season with information on foraging safety and identification. Learn what types of herbal remedies might be useful at different times of year, such as cleansing remedies in the spring and immune boosting remedies in the autumn and winter. 

Make herbal remedies to take home using a variety of herbal medicine-making techniques including the making of tinctures, vinegars, salves, oils and teas. Some will be made on an open fire. For this Autumn workshop you will learn to make the most pungent of herbal winter tonics - FIRE CIDER; a folk remedy popularised in North America, containing Apple cider vinegar and a range of pungent fresh kitchen spices such as ginger, garlic, chilli, turmeric and some local herbs foraged from the garden.This is Kitchen herbalism at it’s best, simple to make and effective. This powerful antimicrobial remedy can be used for coughs, colds, sore throats and more.

Connect a little more deeply with the plants and the natural environment by trying some meditative and creative practices, such as mindfulness in nature, nature art and mindful tea tastings.

Reflect on the different energies of each season and the ways that we can engage more deeply with them to enhance our lives and live more in harmony with the cycles of nature.

Tea and snacks will be provided.
In the cooler months we will work around a cosy fire.

You will need to dress for the weather, the sessions will be mainly outside and a shelter will be provided in case of rain.

Full location details will be sent to you after booking.

ACCESSIBLITY: The venue is a garden and small woodland with rough woodchipped pathways. It is on ground level and there are no steps to climb.
There is parking very close by and a bus route.



MEET THE FACILITATORS

Jessie Martelhof is a Brighton-based Medical Herbalist and teacher who has a busy holistic health practice and has been leading Wild Medicine foraging Walks and medicine-making workshops in and around Brighton for many years.

Jessie is a big advocate for the therapeutic power of connecting more deeply with the living world around us. She has a BSc in Herbal Medicine from Lincoln university and she is currently studying for a Certificate in Nature-Based practice with Circle of Life Rediscovery.

Amy Cox is a nature-based facilitator, hedgerow herbalist, craftswoman and singer based in Stroud. She has been teaching a range of traditional crafts and is a founder of the The Birch Collective who run nature-based wellbeing projects in the South-West with young people.

Amy has spent 3 years studying with the School of Intuitive Herbalism and she facilitates plant journeys which are meditative explorations of our intuitive relationships with plants. She is also a singer and brings songs into her plant walks as a way to learn about and connect with plants in a different way.

INVESTMENT
£55

Includes snacks, hot drinks all day and all medicine making materials.

We also have 2 x bursary places available @ £40 a ticket. These are for people on a low income who wouldn't be able to come without the bursary.

CANCELLATIONS AND REFUNDS POLICY:

We will offer a full refund for cancellations of over 30 days.

There will be no refund for cancellations of under 30 days.

If you cannot make a workshop you may pass your ticket onto someone else.

Please contact us directly by email to request a refund on info@wovenroots.co.uk

Jessie & Amy 

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