The relationship between people, plants and fungi for both food and medicine goes back thousands of years. In recent years, this knowledge has almost been forgotten....

Take a gentle stroll with Vicky and learn about the wild, edible, and healing summer herbs growing around the urban green spaces of London Uncover their past uses by the communities around them.

Discover:

• wild plant and tree identification

• folklore & traditional uses of herbs

Please bring a notepad and pen, and dress appropriately for potentially muddy fields and rain. Walks go ahead, even in inclement weather. Waterproof shoes are advised. Terrain will be paths but with slopes and uneven terrain. If you have any accessibility requirements, contact us.

£40/£30* concessions. (please see T&Cs below). If you want to bring children, please contact us.

Location on booking, NW3.

Nearest trains:

• Hampstead Heath Overground, 5 min walk;

• Hampstead Underground (Northern Line) 15 mins walk.

Cancellation Policy

Join Kim by the floating apothecary to walk and talk around the herbs of the towpath…

The relationship between people, plants and fungi for both food and medicine goes back thousands of years. In recent years, this knowledge has almost been forgotten....

Take a gentle stroll and learn about the wild, edible, and healing summer herbs growing around the canal and towpath of the River Lea. Uncover their past uses by the communities around them.

Discover:

• wild plant and tree identification

• folklore & traditional uses of herbs

• receive a follow-up identification, recipe and further reading handout

Please bring a notepad and pen, and dress appropriately for potentially muddy fields and rain. Walks go ahead, even in inclement weather. Waterproof shoes are advised. Terrain will be paths but with slopes and uneven terrain. If you have any accessibility requirements, contact us.

£40/£30* concessions. (please see T&Cs below). If you want to bring children, please contact us.

Location on booking, SG12.

Nearest train (on oyster) St. Margarets (Herts) (5 min walk) Twice hourly, direct trains from Liverpool Street (40 min) and Tottenham Hale (20 min). Trains from London arrive at 9.51 and 10.21.

Cancellation Policy

5-7 pm BST

Join Kim Walker and Vicky Chown, herbalists, foragers, and authors of the best-selling book 'The Handmade Apothecary' for a herbal beauty workshop in the stunning Kew Gardens.

Discover the power of plants to create your very own botanical beauty duo: a herbal-infused facial massage oil and a 3-in-1 herbal face mask, scrub and cleanser.

By the end of the workshop, both products will be ready for you to take home and enjoy. 

Tickets Botanical beauty workshop | Kew

5-7 pm BST

Join Kim Walker and Vicky Chown, herbalists, foragers, and authors of the best-selling book 'The Handmade Apothecary' for a herbal beauty workshop in the stunning Kew Gardens.

Discover the power of plants to create your very own botanical beauty duo: a herbal-infused facial massage oil and a 3-in-1 herbal face mask, scrub and cleanser.

By the end of the workshop, both products will be ready for you to take home and enjoy. 

Tickets Here

Join Kim by the floating apothecary to walk and talk around the herbs of the towpath…

The relationship between people, plants and fungi for both food and medicine goes back thousands of years. In recent years, this knowledge has almost been forgotten....

Take a gentle stroll and learn about the wild, edible, and healing summer herbs growing around the canal and towpath of the River Lea. Uncover their past uses by the communities around them.

Discover:

• wild plant and tree identification

• folklore & traditional uses of herbs

• receive a follow-up identification, recipe and further reading handout

Please bring a notepad and pen, and dress appropriately for potentially muddy fields and rain. Walks go ahead, even in inclement weather. Waterproof shoes are advised. Terrain will be paths but with slopes and uneven terrain. If you have any accessibility requirements, contact us.

£40/£30* concessions. (please see T&Cs below). If you want to bring children, please contact us.

Location on booking, SG12.

Nearest train (on oyster) St. Margarets (Herts) (5 min walk) Twice hourly, direct trains from Liverpool Street (40 min) and Tottenham Hale (20 min).

*We also have 2 complimentary spaces for unwaged/low-waged participants (in receipt of benefits, unemployment, etc.) on a first-come, first-served basis. Please email if you would like to know more about this.

10 am - 4 pm BST

Join Vicky & Friends over at the Seed Saving Network for a day of seed celebrations & music…

Now in it’s second year, our seed saving network has distributed over 1200 packets of free, organic, open-pollinated seeds to growers across the uk. We want people to grow wherever they can - in flats, allotments, window boxes, community gardens, houseboats, tower blocks - if there is space for sowing, get growing. we think that growing food and saving seed is one of the most important things we can do to promote a healthy and biodiverse planet.

So join us on september 4th to celebrate seed saving the world over, featuring seed savers from west bengal to the london freedom seed bank.

All donations will go to the jeevika development society, an organisation in west bengal, india which works to support livelihoods in sustainable agriculture and promote gender equality amongst farmers.

Vicky, Sonia and the gang will be holding a seed swap so don't forget to bring your seeds!

entry is free of charge, but please reserve a ticket below..

https://seedsaving.network/pages/international-festival-of-seeds

From Rosehip+Rye:

We are inviting you to our peaceful Dacha with the garden to learn - and taste - the aromas, flavours and rituals of the herb garden.

We grew up in the 'New East' with our mums telling us to eat our 'vitamichiki' in the summer, and only now we are realising how much wisdom - and flavour - there is in their advice.

Vicky from Handmade Apothecary will take us through a sensory herbal meditation and teach us how to make a couple of tea/infusions from easily available herbs.

We, Rosehip + Rye, will share some simple ways for using up herbs (and their stalks!) in tasty ways and feed you a meal where a herb is a queen.

Book here:

https://shop.rosehipandrye.co.uk/products/garden-sanctuary-supper-with-handmade-apothecary

The relationship between people, plants, and fungi for both food and medicine goes back hundreds of thousands of years. In recent centuries, this knowledge has almost been forgotten....

Take a gentle stroll and learn about the wild, edible, and healing spring herbs growing around Hampstead Heath. Uncover their past uses by the communities around them.

Discover:

• wild plant and tree identification

• folklore & traditional uses of herbs

• top tips for recipes and remedies

Please bring a notepad and pen, and dress appropriately for potentially muddy fields and rain. Waterproof shoes are advised, just in case.

£40/£30* concessions. (please see T&Cs below)

*We also have 2 complimentary spaces for unwaged/low-waged participants on a first-come, first-served basis. Please email if you would like to know more about this, please don’t be shy, we were there once too.

Location on booking, but around NW3 (Hampstead Heath Overground)

*T&Cs

The walk will go ahead even if the weather is not ‘perfect’: unless there are severe weather warnings. Kim & Vicky reserve the right to make the decision if the walk goes ahead and will inform participants. If such circumstances occur, a refund or a transfer of the ticket will be possible.

Full refunds are possible if cancellations are no later than 14 days before the walk. 50% refunds are available if cancellations are over 14-7 days. No refunds are possible if the attendee cancels less than 7 days before the walk.

****Please Note Date Change. This event is now on Sunday 4th July ****

Join us by our floating apothecary to walk and talk all about the herbs of the towpath…

The relationship between people, plants, and fungi for both food and medicine goes back hundreds of thousands of years. In recent centuries, this knowledge has almost been forgotten....

Take a gentle stroll and learn about the wild, edible, and healing spring herbs growing around the River Lea. Uncover their past uses by the communities around them.

Discover:

• wild plant and tree identification

• folklore & traditional uses of herbs

• top tips for recipes and remedies

Please bring a notepad and pen, and dress appropriately for potentially muddy fields and rain. Waterproof shoes are advised, just in case.

£40/£30* concessions. (please see T&Cs below)

*We also have 2 complimentary spaces for unwaged/low-waged participants on a first-come, first-served basis. Please email if you would like to know more about this, please don’t be shy, we were there once too.

Location on booking, but it will be in Stanstead Abbotts SG12. https://goo.gl/maps/PDw3vsvrek51n27J7

Nearest train is St Margarets (Herts), and it is within a 10 min walking distance from there. The train takes 40 mins from London Liverpool Street, and 20 mins from Tottenham. It is in the Oyster zone.

*T&Cs

The walk will go ahead even if the weather is not ‘perfect’: unless there are severe weather warnings. Kim & Vicky reserve the right to make the decision if the walk goes ahead and will inform participants. If such circumstances occur, a refund or a transfer of the ticket will be possible.

Full refunds are possible if cancellations are no later than 14 days before the walk. 50% refunds are available if cancellations are over 14-7 days. No refunds are possible if the attendee cancels less than 7 days before the walk.

Short Intro Herb walks, £12 each, at the Lambeth Garden Musem, SE1

There will be three walks: 12pm, 2pm and 4pm

Deatils here: https://gardenmuseum.org.uk/events/herbival/

Join us in the garden and glasshouse for magic, folklore, stories and making art with herbs and plants.

£5 (for children aged 6-10 years). BOOKING ESSENTIAL.

Tickets here

OmVed Gardens

***SOLD OUT***

To go on the waiting list email handmadeapothecary@gmail.com

Lukasz will also return soon… Join the mailing list to hear first when he does.

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Join Handmade Apothecary’s Kim Walker and special guest Dr. Łukasz Łuczaj, Professor of Botany at Rzeszow University, one of Europe’s foremost experts in Edible Plants.

Łukasz is the author of 9 books on foraging, including ‘Dzikie rośliny jadalne Polski’ [Wild edible plants of Poland] (2002), ‘Podręcznik robakożercy’ {Worm eaters handbook] (2005), and ‘Dzika kuchnia’ [Wild Kitchen] (2011).

He was also awarded 2018 Ethnobotanist of the Year from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81ukasz_%C5%81uczaj

A walk combining the medicinal and edible plants of the season.

This workshop is the first part of the Omved Gardens preserving series, hosted by Vicky Chown and Jo Marchandise. Following the seasons and the harvest, they will share tips and hacks from the garden and kitchen at Omved Gardens. Vicky will take you on a foraging and plant ID tour around our locality in North London. Following this, Jo will explore the basics of preserving and fermenting techniques, using the wild-foraged produce and common leftovers from the kitchen.

Free, Tickets Here

View the recording:

YouTube Live

In collaboration with the Royal College of Physicians. Did you know that the doctors used to prescribe eating plenty of onions for healing coughs?  Or that dandelions were given to help you go to the loo? Join Kim Walker and Vicky Chown of Handmade Apothecary to discover how herbs were used as medicines in past centuries, as well as today. In this interactive, online session you will go on a plant hunt, learn how to make an authentic 18th century remedy and make your own herbarium to preserve plants and flowers.

Tickets

Tickets cost £4.50 (plus the £1.40 Eventbrite booking fee). The suggested age for attending children is 7–11 years and an adult must be present for the duration of the event. Tickets are limited and pre-booking is essential.

BOOK HERE

Join us for the second of our workshops, this time focusing on propagating herbs, mint and carrots.

Have your seeds, secateurs and soil at the ready to follow along at home.

This is an online event. RSVP through Eventbrite to receive details for joining us.

4.30-5.15

Learn a number of propagation methods - cuttings, seed sowing and root division/layering

5.15-5.30

Break

5.30-6.00

Delve into beginner's botany, discover how to identify the mint and carrot families and meet some that you might find on a forage.

Join us for the third weekly workshop, this time looking at herbal infused oils (part 1) and plant identification (part 2).

Explore the sensory world of botanically infused oils. We will cover infused oils for both internal and external use for health and cooking. Focusing in on Saint John’s Wort, Calendula, garlic and rosemary and looking at their medicinal qualities.

Would you like to improve your plant identification? Starting to understand botany, plant features and how to recognise plant families helps faster identification. In the world of ethnobotany (plants and their uses), knowing plant families can also help with exploring their uses. Join Kim for an introduction to 2 common British plant families that are vital to know when foraging for food and medicine, the Rosaceae (Rose) and Asteraceae (Daisy) families.

This is an online workshop. RSVP on Eventbrite to receive details for joining.

4.30-5.15

Learn how to infuse herbs in oils for health.

5.15-5.30

Break

5.30-6.00

Delve into beginner's botany, discover how to identify the rose and daisy families and meet some that you might find on a forage.

This is a free online event. Please RSVP on Eventbrite to receive Zoom login details.

4.30-5.15

A digital tour around Omved Gardens looking at some varieties of wild herbs and flowers discussing their folklore, health benefits and significance to an abundant and healthy garden

5.15-5.30

Break

5.30-6.00

Meet 5 useful trees commonly found around the UK, learn their identification features and learn their traditional uses as foods and medicines.

In conjunction with John Forage London

£50

TICKEt LINK: https://www.foragelondon.co.uk/walks-courses/

Join us by our floating apothecary to walk and talk all about the herbs of the towpath…

The relationship between people, plants and fungi for both food and medicine goes back hundreds of thousands of years. In recent centuries, this knowledge has almost been forgotten....

Take a gentle stroll and learn about the wild, edible and healing spring herbs growing around canal and towpath of the River Lea. Uncover their past uses by the communities around them.

Discover:

• wild plant and spring tree identification

• folklore & traditional uses of herbs

• focus on the different wild garlics popping up in March

You will also receive tasters and a follow up identification and recipe handout.

Please bring a notepad and pen, and dress appropriately for potentially muddy fields and rain. Waterproof shoes are advised.

£35/£30* concessions. (please see T&Cs below)

*We also have 2 complimentary spaces for unwaged/low waged participants on a first come, first served basis. Please email if you would like to know more about this.

Location on booking, E5.

T&Cs

The walk will go ahead even if the weather is not ‘perfect’: unless there are severe weather warnings. Kim & Vicky reserve the right to make the decision if the walk goes ahead and will inform participants. If such circumstances occur, a refund or a transfer of the ticket will be possible.

Full refunds are possible if cancellations are no later than 14 days before the walk. 50% refunds are available if cancellations are over 14-7 days. No refunds are possible if the attendee cancels less than 7 days before the walk.

By popular demand, we have opened up a March walk, as April 18th s now fully booked.

The relationship between people, plants and fungi for both food and medicine goes back hundreds of thousands of years. In recent centuries, this knowledge has almost been forgotten....

Take a gentle stroll and re-discover the wild winter herbs and plants growing around The woods and streets of North London and their past uses by the communities around them.

Discover:

• wild plant and spring tree identification

• folklore & traditional uses of herbs

• Focus on the different wild garlics popping up in March

You will also receive tasters and a follow up identification and recipe handout.

Please bring a notepad and pen, and dress appropriately for potentially muddy fields and rain. Waterproof shoes are advised.

£35/£30* concessions. (please see T&Cs below)

*We also have 2 complimentary spaces for unwaged/low waged participants on a first come, first served basis. Please email if you would like to know more about this.

Location on booking, N6/N10

T&Cs

The walk will go ahead even if the weather is not ‘perfect’: unless there are severe weather warnings. Kim & Vicky reserve the right to make the decision if the walk goes ahead and will inform participants. If such circumstances occur, a refund or a transfer of the ticket will be possible.

Full refunds are possible if cancellations are no later than 14 days before the walk. 50% refunds are available if cancellations are over 14-7 days. No refunds are possible if the attendee cancels less than 7 days before the walk.

Join us for a very merry herbal Xmas present-making workshop. With a few seasonal snacks and tipples, you will join us in the cosy Queen’s Wood Cabin to create a set of seasonal goodies, one for yourself and one for a friend (or just to keep all for yourself :-p)….

• 2 x Elderberry Elixirs to comfort the spirit

• 2 x Scented natural wax candles to comfort the mind

• 2 x Christmas body Scrubs to comfort the body

£70/£55 Concessions

This festive season get back to nature in this Christmas Apothecary workshop. You will create two natural products in this hour-long workshop using all natural ingredients like clove, ginger and more. Perfect as a gift (or just treat yourself!)

You’ll be guided through the workshop by two medically trained herbalists Vicky (ex Neal’s Yard Remedies and forager) and Kim (doctoral student at Kew Gardens) to make and take away a Winter Wellness Tea and Gingerbread Body Scrub.

All products are vegan (honey is optional within products). All ingredients are animal friendly.

Ages: Adults (16+)

Location: Learning Space A, Postal Musuem, Phoenix Place, London WC1X 0DL

25 November 2019 / 19:00 - 20:00

£35 TICKETS HERE

Forget stinky sprouts, have you ever received a smelly Christmas Card before? Inspired by the ‘Rimmel’ perfumed Victorian Christmas card in our collection, make your own scented card using dried flowers, festive spices and essential oils. The wonderful Handmade Apothecary team will be on hand to help to spread Christmas cheer from toes’ to noses.

• Ages: Best for ages 7+

• Times: 11.00, 12,00, 14.00 and 15.00

• Duration: 40 minutes

• Cost: Free but booking essential

  TICKETS HERE

Postal museum, Phoenix Place, London WC1X 0DL

Location: Omved Gardens, Townsend Yard Highgate, London N6 5J

Duration: 11am - 3.30pm =4.5 hours (4 hours + 30min lunch). 

Join herbalists and best-selling authors Kim & Vicky on a full day of herbal learning. Starting with a herb walk, you will learn to identify and reconnect with the stories of the seasonal, wild plants that grow all around. We will be harvesting the season’s bounty along the way so bring any special scissors/clippers and small baskets with you (though we will also provide some).

We will then break for a vegan/gluten free lunch (provided) followed by a workshop turning our foraged bounty in bespoke herbal remedies.

These herbal apprenticeship courses aim to teach the participant the basic skills of holistic herbalism for use in the home with friends and family.

They run throughout the seasons, each one focuses on a number of body systems, herbs that correspond to those body systems and season and a different form of herbal preparation (eg tinctures, teas, creams, balms). They are hands-on, interactive and experiential. Each participant will take home a detailed handout, their handwritten notes and drawings and of course the medicines we have made that day to add to their own herbal apothecary. The herbal apprenticeships are designed to:

• Bring people closer to nature and learn the forgotten language of healing with plants

• Teach the basics of herbalism to use in the home

• Teach you how to know and identify medicinal and edible wild plants

What will you learn?:

• Botany and identification

• The basics of how the body works and how to treat it holistically

• Harvesting and processing herbs

• Making herbal preparations

• Materia medica – the healing properties of various herbs

Winter

• Body systems covered: respiratory system, immune system

• We will take a look at the immune system as a whole, focusing in on medicinal mushrooms, Elderberry, Echinacea and other beneficial herbs for cold and flu season. We will also have a look at what role the immune system plays in allergies and how best to treat them holistically.

• Preparations: syrups, oxymels, chest rubs, foot baths

It's getting colder and damper and darker. Some might be sad, but we are happy because it means it's a mushroom type of time. We will be teaching a medicinal mushroom discovery workshop at the 2019 Fungifest run by @fertilegrounds.art
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There's a whole exciting range of fungi-based identification, edible, medicinal and craft workshops with foragers, scientists and artists.
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Look out for edibles with @mamxanadu and the king of fungi @rogerphillipsmushrooms. .
It looks like a rich and meaty mushroom-broth of a day. Cant wait! 👏🍄👏🍄
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Details:
Sunday 6 October, 11am-8pm
Hoxton Docks, 55 Laburnum St, E2
£42
Tickets: www.fungifest.uk

Organised by Forage London, here is the blurb for the page, booking through link below.

“Just to be completely clear, this event is for people on a low income, income support, housing benefit etc. At the event you will be asked to provide proof of your income status as well as photo ID. Please do not use this as an opportunity to get something for nothing (almost nothing anyway). I have set up this, and a series of other events, to give a learning opportunity to people who couldn’t otherwise afford it. Please be advised, if you have received a gift voucher it is not valid for this event. That’s the end of the official sounding bit.

This will be a morning exploring the edible delights of one of North West London’s most interesting areas. The walk will be led by one of Forage London’s experienced foraging teachers and will last for about three hours, involving safely picking and eating various leaves, berries etc as we go along, with various new foods and drinks to try (made from different wild ingredients we’ve previously picked, cooked, fermented, pickled etc), learning to identifying plenty of edible plants and discussion touching on numerous topics including, nutrition, medicine, herbalism, botany, cookery, horticulture and history.”

If this event is fully booked and you’d like to go on the cancellations waiting list, please email john@foragelondon.co.uk

NW3

£5

https://www.foragelondon.co.uk/walks-courses/london-w12-september-28th-wild-food-walk-for-the-low-waged-no-waged/?fbclid=IwAR2NiNrPJR3NMs6vQNvywm6-bgRD8mnKjhlHmVIEmK8qskbJcJHck8anv7s

Location: Omved Gardens, Townsend Yard Highgate, London N6 5J

Duration: 11am - 3.30pm =4.5 hours (4 hours + 30min lunch). 

Join herbalists and best-selling authors Kim & Vicky on a full day of herbal learning. Starting with a herb walk, you will learn to identify and reconnect with the stories of the seasonal, wild plants that grow all around. We will be harvesting the season’s bounty along the way so bring any special scissors/clippers and small baskets with you (though we will also provide some).

We will then break for a vegan/gluten free lunch (provided) followed by a workshop turning our foraged bounty in bespoke herbal remedies.

These herbal apprenticeship courses aim to teach the participant the basic skills of holistic herbalism for use in the home with friends and family.

They run throughout the seasons, each one focuses on a number of body systems, herbs that correspond to those body systems and season and a different form of herbal preparation (eg tinctures, teas, creams, balms). They are hands-on, interactive and experiential. Each participant will take home a detailed handout, their handwritten notes and drawings and of course the medicines we have made that day to add to their own herbal apothecary. The herbal apprenticeships are designed to:

• Bring people closer to nature and learn the forgotten language of healing with plants

• Teach the basics of herbalism to use in the home

• Teach you how to know and identify medicinal and edible wild plants

What will you learn?:

• Botany and identification

• The basics of how the body works and how to treat it holistically

• Harvesting and processing herbs

• Making herbal preparations

• Materia medica – the healing properties of various herbs

Autumn

• Body systems covered: Liver, digestives, musculo-skeletal

• Autumn is the time for harvesting roots and fruits, learn how to support the liver and musculo-skeletal systems with herbs such as Dandelion root, Burdock, Horse Chesnut, Rosehips and more.

• Preparations: tinctures, syrups, decoctions, vinegars

• please email us to be added to the waiting list

Next workshop (book separately)

Winter

• Body systems covered: respiratory system, immune system

• We will take a look at the immune system as a whole, focusing in on medicinal mushrooms, Elderberry, Echinacea and other beneficial herbs for cold and flu season. We will also have a look at what role the immune system plays in allergies and how best to treat them holistically.

• Preparations: syrups, oxymels, chest rubs, foot baths