Wild Medicine Tribe 2024
NEW for 2024
Come and join the Wild Medicine Tribe
The world has changed! Whilst many of us struggle to navigate the post-Covid world we now live in, there is also a deep yearning to reconnect to the Earth. We are drawn to learning the wisdom of our ancestors, developing new Earth-based skills, learning how to forage, make medicines and explore a different way of being. Many of us want to live in a way that is re-connective, healing and nourishing.
It is the Medicine of the Earth that we need right now, Wild Medicine!
Join the Wild Medicine Tribe for Weeds and Wild Medicine 2024 as we deepen our re-connection to the land learning about herbal medicine, wild foods, eco crafts, rewilding and ancient skills as we explore what it is to connect to nature in a way that is accessible and makes us feel happy.
Starting on on 27th March we bring you the best from our much loved online herbal course along with new material, taking us deeper into the wisdom of the Earth as we remember what it is to be part of the Earth again and learn wild skills.
Learn Herbal Medicine with us
Our herbal allies for the year include: Dandelion, Nettle, Elder, Hawthorn, Cleavers, Chickweed, Comfrey, Woundwort, Oak, Birch, Rosebay Willowherb, Marigold, Yarrow, Rowan, Plantain, Valerian, Elecampane, Angelica, Meadowsweet and many more healing herbs
We learn to make: Tinctures, elixirs, infused oils, creams, lotions, salves, lotion bars, glycerites, syrups, ferments, poultices, teas, soaps, shampoo bars, nettle beer, vinegars and healing wild foods
Your Wild MedicineTribe subscription includes:
A live 90-minute Zoom call each month with interactive discussions on Earth wisdom and Herbal medicine to help you connect to the Herbal Allies of that month. Don’t worry if you miss it as it will be recorded and put on the member’s page within a few days.
Each Monthly members page contains pre-recorded videos on:
Herbal Medicine;
Plant identification, Herb walks and foraging, Medicine-making and other herbal skills, Detailed herbal handouts and recipes, and medicinal mushrooms.
Eco Home;
Natural cleaning products, fire lighters, herb candles
Relaxation and home spa products to make at home
Bath salts, lotion bars, Soap and shampoo bar making
Wild Food
Wild fermentation, pestos, wine-making
Eco crafts
Elder beads, seasonal wreaths, shamanic rattle making, eco printing, Rowan berry necklaces.
Earth connection
Ceremony, working with moon, guest teachers, community.
Exclusive Facebook group.
Our live monthly Zoom call will be on a Wednesday night each month for 90 minutes and it will be recorded.
Dates for live zoom calls are:
27th March, 24th April, 15th May, 19th June, 24th July, 21st August , 11th Sept, 23rd Oct, 20th November, 11th December, 22nd January 2025, 19th February 2025.
Join us for the Early Bird cost of £30 by monthly subscription increasing to £35 from 1st March.
Working with the Seasons
Spring
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Spring Equinox
Zoom call -27th March 2024; 7pm-8.30pm
-Herb walk
-Tap the Birch trees
- Dandelion and Burdock drink
-Make an Ancient grain sourdough starter and bread.
-Make wild garlic pesto and lacto-fermented wild garlic
-How to make natural firelighters
-Making Willow bark cordage
- Dandelion coffee
Herbal Allies- Dandelion, Burdock and Wild Garlic
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Beltane
Zoom call 24th April 7pm - 8.30pm
Wild Herb walks.
-We start the Dandelion wine to be finished over the season.
-Make Delicious wild green pesto
-Make a medicine bag for our offerings to the land
-Explore ethical foraging
-Make a wild spring green succus, nettle soup, nettle beer and ground elder frittata.
-Make a bramble gemmotherapy elixir
-Herbal Allies are Nettle, Cleavers, and Ground Ivy
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The Vitality of Spring
Zoom Call - 15th May 7pm - 8.30pm
-Ceremony on the land and making earth altars
-Herb walk
-Make Infused oils, lotions and salves
-Nettle and Horsetail hair mask
-Thistle lemonade
-Soap and Shampoo bar making
-Nettle cordage.
-Using herbs in cooking
-Herbal Allies are Plantain, Hawthorn and Horsetail
Summer
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Midsummer
Zoom call 19th June 7pm - 8.30pm
-Herbs walks from the shores of Lake Bala
- Bugle elixir, Elder flower cordial and a Horsetail tooth powder.
-Elderflower cordial
-Tincture-making
-Mugwort Ceremony
-Earth Altars and mandalas on the land
-Eco Printing
-Herbal Allies; Mugwort, St Johns wort and Elderflower.
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Lammas
Zoom call -24th July -7pm - 8.30pm
-Herb walks from Mill Barn Gardens in Lancashire
- natural sunscreen, deodorants, and insect repellent
-Stove top hydrosols
-Herbal vinegars
*Nettle seed energy balls.
*Making saining or smudge sticks
-Kapoori tea
-Rattle making for ceremony
-Earth oracling
-Herbal allies are Rosebay Willowherb, Lime blossom and Purple loosestrife
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Late summer
zoom call date to be announced
-This month includes herb walks from Angelsey with guest teacher Craig Worrall
-Herbal first aid
- Rowan berry necklaces, folk magic with Rowan
-Corn husk cordage and mats
Herbal Poultices
-Cream making
-Body lotion bars
-Plantain bite cream
-St Johns wort sun infused oil
-Herbal allies: Marigold, Yarrow, and Eyebright
Autumn
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Autumn Equinox
Zoom call 11th September 7pm - 8.30pm S
-Herb walks from the Sandwell Valley Country Park in Birmingham
-Making apple cider vinegar
-Fermented dragons breath Haw relish
-Bramble foraging baskets
-Hazelnut flap jacks
-Elderberry Rob
-Haw and Elder ketchup
-Hedgerow oxymels
-Fruit leathers
-Hedgerow mulled drinks
-Herbal allies are Elderberry, Haws, Blackberry, Hogweed seeds,
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Samhain
Woodland Medicine - Zoom call 23rd October 7pm - 8.30pm
-Herb Walk from Tockholes wood in Lancashire
-Mushroom foraging with guest teacher Colin Unsworth from Forest Horizons
-Incense making
-Herb candles
-Acorn Coffee and Flour
-Sloe gin
-Spruce resin salve
-Horse Chestnut Leg Gel
-Horse chestnut laundry liquid
-Rosehip syrup
-Fire cider vinegar
-Herbal allies - Rosehips, Horse chestnuts and Sloes
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Preparing for winter
Zoom call 20th November 7pm - 8.30pm
-we explore death in nature as part of the cycle of life and grief of loss in the natural world.
-Medicinal mushrooms,
-Herb walk
-cough syrup
-Hot infused herbal cough glycerite
-Thyme and rosemary chest rub,
-Cough fire cider vinegar
*Cough sweets
-Cold busting drink.
- Managing coughs, fevers and colds.
-Elder beads and whistles
-Herbal allies; Turkey tail mushrooms, Mullein, , Thyme, and Elecampane.
Winter
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Winter Solstice
Wintering- zoom call 11th December 7pm - 8.30pm
-Christmas wreaths and natural decorations
-Raw chocolates
*Luxurious massage bars
-Warming foot soak
-Bath bliss salts
-Aroma sticks
-Body butter
-Vitality balls
-Coping with stress, anxiety, low mood and sleeping difficulty.
-Herbal allies are Rose, Valerian and Chamomile.
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Imbolc
Return of the light - Zoom call 22nd January 2025 7pm - 8.30pm
-Wassailing ceremony
-Make a wassailing brew
-Make a Bridies eye or Bridgets cross
-Make pendants from antlers
-Focus on digestive health
- fermented foods: Sauerkraut, brines, kimchi, kombucha and ginger beer
-Herbs for Healthy liver function
-Digestive bitters tincture
-Soothing indigestion lozenges
-Household products: from scratch: Castile soap, washing up liquid, laundry liquid, natural fabric conditioner, antibacterial surface cleaner
_Herbal Allies: Dock root, milk thistle, globe artichoke
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Emerging from Winter
zoom- call - 19th February 2025 7pm - 8.30pm
-A deeply nourishing iron tonic
-Anti inflammatory teas
-Golden milk
-Joint and muscle back soaks
-spinning from foraged sheep’s wool
-bone broth and other nourishing foods
-Scarlet Elfcups
-Our herbal allies this month are: Willow bark , Dock root and Turmeric.