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2010-08-12 13:36
Celebrating Herbs Festival(by kind permission of Pryce & Marjorie Watkins,Wynyards Farm, Upper Slaughter, Glos, GL54 2JR)10-12 September 2010A fun weekend for all the family!Keynote Spea… Read More
2010-06-27 14:47
Herbal Matters is moving into Apotheca.Apotheca is a new site dedicated to sharing information about plants, ethnobotany and medicine. It's not just a blog, but a fully functioning website w… Read More
2009-10-30 12:22
Demonstration and mass lobby at parliament to save Herbal Medicine. in April 2011 new EU rules come into force regarding medicinal products, covering herbs. These EU rules, once applied woul… Read More
2009-09-09 19:34
Living Medicine is running a Herb Tea stall on the Feast on the Bridge event this Saturday 12th September.This is a wonderful event on Southwark Bridge, part of the Thames Festival which is… Read More
2009-09-09 17:28
Bringing the food back home: indigenous foodways, nutrition and biodiversity in western CanadaNancy J. Turner, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., CANADA Nancy J. Turner says:Indigenous… Read More
2009-08-15 11:54
In this post:1. The programme for a fascinating conference, Western Herbal Medicine: Ancient Heritage and Modern Practice, due to take place in Lampeter, Wales later this month. I gather the… Read More
2009-07-27 19:11
So much has happened in the last few weeks and inevitably this blog has suffered.Having left my position at the National Botanic Garden of Wales before Christmas, I was then swept off on my… Read More
2009-07-10 20:40
Thanks to everyone who showed interest in what was going on at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, as well as for all the encouraging comments. My posts felt somewhat chaotic because I didn't… Read More
2009-07-03 02:09
We're now at the end of our first week at the Smithsonain Folklife Festival 2009. It's been a wonderful experience so far and a real pleasure to be surrounded by so many talented and interes… Read More
2009-06-26 13:24
A few photos have now been added to the last two posts. More to come soon hopefully Read More
2009-06-26 13:23
It's the evening of the second day of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2009. Cameron and I are sitting in the dedicated hotel ballroom ready for one of the evening socials. Already three of… Read More
2009-06-26 13:16
Finally I've made it onto the internet since arriving in Washington two days ago. This is just a quick post on progress so far. I'll add photos later once I've had a chance to upload them [p… Read More
2009-06-26 13:16
Finally I've made it onto the internet since arriving in Washington two days ago. This is just a quick post on progress so far. I'll add photos later once I've had a chance to upload them [p… Read More
2009-06-16 09:33
Many a time I've looked at this blog of recent and wanted to write about the various things done or new things discovered. But I simply haven't had time and can't remember ever being busier… Read More
2009-06-03 13:12
Recently there has been much discussion about new legislation which is being proposed to regulate the herbal medicine and supplements industry in the UK. Opinions on the issue are divided an… Read More
2009-05-17 15:58
Thanks to Sarah Head of Tales of a Kitchen Herbwife, I have my first ever blog award. Given that I'm still such a newbie to the whole blogging scene, an award is something that I hadn't… Read More
2009-05-08 23:18
Oh it's been ages since I've had time to write a new post. We seem to be stampeding towards the Smithsonian Folklife Festival at an ever increasing rate and the workload just keeps mounting… Read More
2009-04-17 10:59
Today I feel I can finally draw a close to my experiments with logwood (Haematoxylum campechianum) which, would you believe, began well before last Christmas. Now I have a range of samples a… Read More
2009-04-17 10:58
My next venture into the world of natural dyeing features one of my favourites - onion skin (Allium cepa).This is one of the easiest and most readily available natural dyes to experiment wit… Read More
2009-04-15 12:00
I don't know how many are familiar with the story of the Scythian Lamb or "Vegetable Lamb of Tartary" as it's also known.I think the story is a lovely one and I have particular reason for ap… Read More
2009-04-14 15:54
I'm really enjoying my efforts to relate the various colours of dye plants to their medicinal uses. For someone who already understands all the chemistry of this stuff I'm sure it's all too… Read More
2009-04-14 15:53
I've just come back from a two-day induction which has finally given me some idea of the personality of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. It was brilliant. Totally informative with very lit… Read More
2009-04-14 15:50
At last, after a glut of work and a dodgy internet connection, I shall finally relate the events of last weekend - a visit to two special places.My activities are currently largely dictated… Read More
2009-04-14 15:48
With the weather so glorious and hoping not to sound too repetitive, I thought I'd relate my second visit to the Physician's Well in less than a week. This time however I was armed with a br… Read More
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