learn with us
We offer a range of creative workshops and courses to suit different people, interests and time commitments. We also collaborate with a range of skilled facilitators.
Some of our courses are priced at a sliding scale. Sliding scale is a mechanism where people pay different fees based on their income and other factors. This increases access for those who would traditionally be financially excluded. We also offer concessionary and bursary places.
Take a look below to see what we currently have on offer and please follow our newsletter to keep updated.
Upcoming WORKSHOPS
As part of our community medicine making autumn/winter series
Join us as we make healing remedies with herbs grown, harvested and dried from the garden and local lands. We will make remedies to take home, but also meet plants in the garden, drink tea and learn about how we can take care of ourselves and others during this season.
Workshops take place at our community herb garden for September and October, we will then move indoors come November.
Saturday October 10th
1-4pm
We return to the garden for another annual fire cider making session. A folk remedy made with pungent, aromatic and spicy herbs, made with apple cider vinegar to support immunity and fight off colds/flus (this is an alcohol free recipe). This year we will be including our garden grown garlic and onion! As well as adding other herbs like horseradish, chillies, ginger and more. We will also include other antiviral and immune supporting herbs from the garden like yarrow, thyme, oregano and more. We will also make an infused herbal honey that can be used to support coughs and colds.
Sunday 18th October
10-1pm
As part of our community medicine making autumn/winter series
Join us as we make healing remedies with herbs grown, harvested and dried from the garden and local lands. We will make remedies to take home, but also meet plants in the garden, drink tea and learn about how we can take care of ourselves and others during this season.
Workshops take place at our community herb garden for September and October, we will then move indoors come November.
About the workshop:
In this session we will be crafting a skin healing balm with oils that we have infused over the summer months, including calendula, yarrow, lavender and comfrey. We will learn a bit more about these plants, taking care of our skin and how to make infused oils. With herbs that have been dried over the summer months we will also make a tea blend for vitality and wellbeing.
Ticket price
Concessions/unwaged/low waged: £15
Standard price: £25
In this workshop you will learn how to make our very own herbal cough syrup. We will be digging up elecampane and marshmallow roots from the herb beds. Two herbs that are particularly supportive to the respiratory system and learn more about their properties and how we can properly prepare root medicines. We will also learn about other herbs growing in the garden like thyme, hyssop and fennel, amongst others that we can take for coughs. There will be lots to try and you will get to go home with your bottle of cough syrup for the winter months ahead.
Ticket price
Concessions/unwaged/low waged: £15
Standard price: £25
Herbal Courses
COURSES RETURNING IN 2027
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Grow Your Own Herbs Day Course
Join us for a one day course and learn how to grow your own herbs.
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Outdoor Summer Herb School
Join us this summer for a five week evening herbal course
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Herbs for Women's Health Series
A special summer series exploring herbs for women’s health led by local herbalist Annie Gardner
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Learn the Art of Distilling Plants and Herbs
Spend a day immersed in the ancient craft of distilling aromatic waters (hydrosols) with a traditional copper alembic still with UK/Fes-based researcher and folk herbalist Miriam Hicklin
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Spring Folk Herbalism Series
Join us for a 5 week practical folk herbalism series, connecting to the plants of Spring and making remedies for your home apothecary.