Introduction To Herbal Medicine Weekend
Ragman’s Lane Farm May 21st -
Ragmans Lane is a 65 acre farm designed on permaculture principles. It produces apple juice, shitake mushrooms and willow and is developing a new Community Supported Agriculture growing scheme. Comfortable bunkhouse accommodation or room for your tent or caravan.
The weekend costs £140. This includes accommodation in the bunkhouse on Friday and Saturday nights, evening meal on Saturday, breakfast on Saturday and Sunday. Please bring some food to share for lunch on Saturday and Sunday.
An inspiring and illuminating weekend to get you started on the road to understanding modern herbal medicine. The aim of this weekend is to offer an intensive introduction to the healing power of plants in a most beautiful setting under expert guidance.
The course will involve practical work with herbs, tasting and getting fully immersed in the subtle depths and nuances of several of our most useful indigenous plants, with the main emphasis being on showing you how to use herbs as part of a holistic approach to healthcare.
The weekend will involve, group work, formal teaching sessions, practical demonstrations, herb walks, and open discussion.
Areas covered include:
You can book online here via Paypal, which is a secure online banking service that takes most credit and debit cards. Or you can send a cheque for £140 payable to ‘Urban Fringe Dispensary’ to:
Urban Fringe Dispensary, 58 Colston Street, Bristol. BS1 5AZ
Full refund available if, for any reason, the weekend is cancelled.
Once you have booked you will receive confirmation and full details of the weekend. You can find out more about Ragman’s Lane Farm here.
Some things people said about the last one we did in June 2009:
“I really enjoyed the course and feel like I have learnt a lot. I felt the philosophy behind the course made it more potent and relevant to other isues I have been thinking about.”
“A very enjoyable and interesting weekend that has encouraged me to learn much more about herbal medicine.”
“Herbalism has moved from seeming like a good idea to being a necessity for social change!”
“I feel better for coming and very de-
Holistic practice: seeing herbal medicine as permaculture applied to health
How to experience herbs and learn their properties through direct perception
Herbal pharmacy: plant identification, rules of harvesting. Herbal preparations
Kitchen pharmacy: practical use of herbs on a small scale, techniques and applications
Information Centre