Herbcrafting

OPTION ONE – GET OUT OF THE OFFICE AND INTO NATURE!

As well as the guided herbal walk, where we will identify some common helpful herbs and their uses, we will also discuss how to keep you and your colleagues healthy and happy using natural resources that are easy to find and source.

None of the problems associated with modern living need hold you back from success in your job if you only know the amazing properties that plants have in easing our everyday ailments.

We are what we eat but that doesn’t mean it has to be boring and dull. Nutrition is a vital factor in keeping us alert and energised. Learn about superfoods that can cleanse, revitalise and give you the stamina to realise your career goals.

Learn how to conduct a simple detox weekend when too many business lunches have taken their toll.

Above all come and revel in the sanctuary of the natural world in an area of outstanding beauty and recharge those exhausted batteries. Don’t you deserve it?

OPTION TWO – FAMILY OUTING

Learn about first aid in the wild – you never know when it might come in handy. Learn simple digestive aids for upset tummies and soothing herbs to lift your mood when it all gets too much. Learn how to deal with stings and bruises when miles from the chemist and what plants you should avoid.

See what lovely salads can be made from common weeds and learn how nutritious they can be.

Make salves, tinctures and teas from natural plants and empower yourself to heal your own family from the simple ingredients all around you.

Learn which plants you should tell your children not to play with and which ones are their friends. How the nettle sting might hurt but never harm and how the friendly dock leaf will soothe the sting – and obligingly – never grows too far away from its tinglemaking neighbour.

Learn how to make a poultice on the spot and a nutritious tea to boil on the campfire and provide you with minerals and vitamins to strengthen bones and immunity.

Keep yourself safe armed with sensible information and enhance your outdoor experiences by feeling connected to the natural world in a vibrant and life-affirming way.

Even in winter you tell identify trees by their bark.

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