The Spring Returns!

Can you feel the little green shoots starting to rise up... come join Hedge Herbs and Gone Wild Herbs for the first herbal outing of the year, with a guided plant walk on Walthamstow Marshes, on Saturday 12th March, 12noon-2pm

We will meet at The Mill, 7-11 Coppermill Lane, E17 7HA - 11.45am.
You need to book a place in advance - call Rasheeqa on 07784 506 494 or email rasheeqa@hedgeherbs.org.uk

Come ready for opening your senses to the landscape and its inhabitants, and to hear and share good stories of the healing plants. We'll spend part of the walk focusing on one plant and learning about the Goethean science approach to studying nature, where we use all of our sense perceptions to gather information. Those of you who attended our herb tastings at the Curve Garden last summer will know something of this. We will share knowledge of traditional & current uses of the plants we find, their history & folklore and how to prepare them into remedies.

We are offering a programme of monthly walks through the spring & summer seasons this year - see www.hedgeherbs.org.uk for more info and dates...

Happy New Year! and News…..

It has been a long winter and we are slowly crawling out of our winter hibernation.

Steph has given birth to her daughter Florence on 4th December, who has been brewing over the summer and we are sure has soaked up all that herbal knowledge from our gatherings at the Curve garden and beyond. She's a real beauty.

Unfortunately I am not wearing my super purple (medicinal) mushroom jump suit here, but I am very happy instead!

We are starting to plan new events and herb walks for spring and summer with Nat from Hackney Herbal at the Cordwainer's Garden, another season with Dalston Eastern Curve Garden, and a community medicine making and masterclass with Made In Hackney in Stoke Newington.

We will let you know dates and times when everything is confirmed. Watch this space!

In the meantime much warmth to you till spring arrives.

The Gone Wild Herbs Collectivexx

Late Autumn Herb Walk

Join us, Sarah, Steph & Rasheeqa, for a seasonal plant walk rambling over Walthamstow Marshes to find out what medicinal and edible goodness lies out there at this time of the year.

We'll search for nourishing roots and blood vitalising berries - immune support for the season. Find out how you can become part of a plant medicine community with us as we go on our mission to make a local community apothecary for us all….

When? Saturday, 14th November, 2pm-4pm
Where? Walthamstow Marshes

Meet us at The Mill on Coppermill Lane at 1.45pm

Cost: £7.50/£5 concessions

To Book: Call Rasheeqa on 07784 506 494

All welcome.

Again looking forward to see you there, the Gone Wild Herbs Collective xx

Early Autumn Herb Walk

A late summer guided medicinal herb walk over Wanstead flats with Rasheeqa & Steph.

When? This Saturday, 3rd October, 12noon-2pm
Where? Wanstead Flats, London

Meet us outside All You Read Is Love bookshop/cafe at 877 Leytonstone High Road, E11 1HR, at 11.45am.

Cost: £5 per person

To Book: Ring or text Rasheqqa on 07784 506 494 to book your place (and if you need any directions, more info etc).

All welcome.

Looking forward to see you there, the Gone Wild Herbs Collective xx

Resources on this website

Hi All,

we will slowly be bulking out this website and fill it with resources, info, books and links that we have been sharing over the summer.

So watch this space!

Lovely greetings from the Gone Wild Herbs Collectivexx

Last Session Harvest Party Celebration….and Tasting of Fire Cider!!!

Thank you all for coming in such a large number and bringing a wonderful sharing mood, a huge Reishi mushroom, unknown herbs (to us) from Portugal and a lovely warm banana cake - yum - and many more foodie goodies.

We tasted Meadowsweet tincture (the vodka gave us a good kick), and dug up the famous Fire Cider!

It was very surprising because the fire cider tasted very different from how it smelled.

A nice warming spicy throat experience, but the smell was - mmmh - hard to describe…..some mentioned gherkin water…..
We were wondering if the smell came largely from the horseradish root that was in there?!?

The Curve garden will leave mounted photographs of our sessions and workshops exhibited in the garden (Herbal Health Bar, large greenhouse, toilets!) up for another couple of weeks, so have a look in case you are around, you might be featured.



We hope you had a such a lovely time as we had, and will be in touch soon about more events we are planning.

Autumn colour greetings from the Gone Wild Herbs Collectivexx

                    

Our last Thursday at the Dalston Eastern Curve - Celebration!

Join us for our end of residency celebration at the Dalston Eastern Curve garden this Thursday 17th September from 6.30pm onwards!

We will spread out into the garden and make a harvest party of feasting and sharing what we have made and learnt this summer.

Come and join us to

Strain out and sample the plant medicines we have made together

Dig up the Fire Cider that we buried at the last Sunday workshop

See an exhibition of photos and results of our sessions and herb tastings

And generally celebrate our Gone Wild Herbs project, the beauty of the Curve garden and the turning of the season!

We would love it if you bring along any herbal goodies or wild foraged foods you might have made to add to the feast, and of course any recipes or stories.

We will also share ideas about how we will continue this project in London and welcome your feedback and thoughts on future movements. This is a collectively created project and we want to go on that way. We will let you know how you can keep in touch and join us in future activities.

Elderberry Sirop - yum

Bring yourselves, your friends, and your late summer party vibes!

Looking forward to seeing you Thursday.

With love from the Gone Wild Herbs collective x

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Making the Fire Cider

Burying the Fire Cider