St Werburghs Medicine Garden

16/06/2022

Two places left on our favourite course to teach in the summer based in 5 different community gardens around Bristol. The first class will be visiting this herb garde. The course is on five Wednesday evenings 6.30 till 9pm starting next week 22nd June.
For more information on the course and to book a place: https://www.rhizomeclinic.org.uk/plant-studies.html

22/02/2022

Want to know how to use the herbs & spices in your kitchen to make potent medicines? Learn to make quick cough syrups, chest salves, bitter liqueurs, immune stocks, golden milk and different fermented foods. We teach how to make medicine to support immunity, digestion, blood sugar and inflammation, using herbs, spices, medicinal mushrooms and seaweeds.
Rhizome Clinic's online Kitchen Medicine course starts 25th February and there are still a couple of spaces left. We love this course as it can give you useful skills to make medicine from what you can find easily in your kitchen or a nearby grocery shop.
Our passion is teaching people about local wild medicine but that's not that useful if it is winter, or you are on holiday or not near any plants. This course can really broaden your herbal knowledge and skills, making you able to very versatile, particularly in combination with our foundation course. It is an entry level course so no experience needed.
Each week we send you videos and handouts talking about the herbs and therapeutics. Alongside these there is a video demonstrating the weekly practical. These videos are then followed up by a live Q and A the following week to talk through any questions. All details and booking form are on our website: https://www.rhizomeclinic.org.uk/kitchen-medicine.html

Discover the way to make medicines from your food and to make food your medicine. Learn how to look after yourself, friends and family with herbs and spices found in your kitchen cupboard.
We will cover supporting digestion, treating acute viral illnesses and supporting long term immunity, inflammation, balancing blood sugar and using fermented foods. This is a six week course focusing on using and making herbal medicines only from what you might find in your kitchen. For more details about the course and book a place look at the event or our website :https://www.rhizomeclinic.org.uk/kitchen-medicine.html

The cost of all our courses are sliding scale: Full waged: £220, low waged: £190, unwaged/lost job/unable to work: £150

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23/06/2021

***STOP PRESS*** We've had a last minute cancellation on our Outdoor Herbal Summer School that starts tonight. Get in touch asap if you're interested in the place.

There are 5 classes from 6.30pm - 9.00pm on Wednesday evenings starting June 23rd and finishing on July 21st.
Cost is £170 full or​£150 concession.

This course will use basic botany and intuitive methods that engage our senses to identify and connect with medicinal plants. Each class will be spent outside exploring a community garden and discussing the herbs we find. This is one of our favourite courses as we are outside in these beautiful community gardens around Bristol and are able to show you and harvest the fresh herbs (This year the first two classes are at Grow Wilder in Frenchay).

Each week you will also look at a particular plant family. This will expand your understanding of how plants are organised, enable you to recognise patterns among related plants and their medicinal uses. Learning plant families and their shared botanical and medicinal characteristics is a great way to deepen your herbal knowledge.

​You do not need to have been on any previous courses or have any prior herbal knowledge to join us.

09/01/2021

Just a reminder for folk in this critical time about our self help Covid page that we compiled last year. It includes information on which herbs to use generally and for specific symptoms, breathing techniques and supplement advice.
https://www.rhizomeclinic.org.uk/self-care-covid-19.html

For anyone who has Covid-19 or knows they may be in the vulnerable/at risk group we are offering shorter focused consultations and will respond with a care package that can be picked up or delivered. If you are experiencing symptoms of Covid-19 we will be in daily contact with you and respond to changing circumstances with appropriate herbs. We are collating info from medics and herbalists all over the world to be able to respond as effectively as we can.

NO-ONE who has symptoms of Covid-19 will be turned away due to lack of funds which is why we are asking people to donate money or gift an immune tonic. (see below)
Our support and advice does not contradict the NHS advice to seek medical advice by calling 111 if you believe you are experiencing symptoms of the virus, particularly breathing difficulties.

Donations
We also want to be able to gift herbal packages to vulnerable people, particularly those who have lost jobs or are struggling financially, but also to all those frontline workers in minimum wage jobs working very hard in healthcare/shops/deliveries etc
If you know of anybody who would benefit from this please email us at rhizomeclinic@gmail.com and we will do our best to prioritise the most in need
We can give our time for free but herbs need to be paid for so if you would like to donate some money to help someone access herbs, then you can do so here https://www.paypal.me/rhizomeclinic

09/12/2020

Here is the Herbalists Without Borders, Bristol hot off the press! It is packed full of herb gardening info, monthly gardening tips, when and what herbs to propagate etc and some beautiful artwork. To buy a copy and support the project: https://herbalistswithoutbordersbristol.bigcartel.com/

13/11/2020

The Herbalists Without Borders, Bristol fundraising calendar is back!! This year we have focused on herb gardening. The calendar is packed with way more information than any of our previous calendars with monthly herb gardening tips, herb recipes & medicinal information, gardening tips from top herb growers and some seriously beautiful artwork.
This calendar funds our project enabling us to give out free herbal medicines to refugees in Bristol which we have been doing for the last 4 years. You can pre-order copies here:

We’re back with our third fundraising calendar for Herbalists without Borders Bristol and this year we are focusing on herb gardening. Our...

01/06/2019

We will be at the medicine garden tomorrow as it's the first Sunday of the month from 12-2 pm. Great to see how all the herbs are blossoming. Please welcome to join us with harvesting and general gardening.