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Cath Couzens, MNIMH
Award-winning Medical Herbalist
🌿 Online health consultations
🌿 Junior Herbalist Club Leader
🌿 Herb School for Magical Grown Ups
🌿 Herbal workshops, walks and talks

11/05/2026

Congleton Physic Garden 💚🌿

I had a great day on Saturday at the Congleton Physic Garden Open Day doing tours around the gardens and chatting all things herbal medicine with the visitors.

It was lovely to catch up with some old faces and make new contacts including

Thank you to everyone who visited and showed so much interest in herbal medicine 🌿

Cath
Medical Herbalist

10/05/2026

Congleton Physic Garden is such a hidden gem and I had a great day yesterday showing people round the garden and sharing some herb knowledge 💚🌿

07/05/2026

🌿 Join me on Thursday 28th May for a special 2 hour stand alone session of Junior Herbalist Club.

🌿 This class will include making herbal 'potions' to take home. Children will be encouraged to use magnifying glasses to look at the plants, learning about plant ID and we'll create a plant ID discovery table.

🌿 We'll make herbal infusions to try (everything is optional for those sensitive to new flavours), children will create leaf rubbings as well as make their own Cinnamon lip scrub and Lavender sleep pillows to take home.

🌿 Children under 8 will need a parent/guardian to stay with them for the duration of the class, please note the class is suitable for 6 years and above, or keen nature loving/foraging 5 year olds!

Herbal tea will also be provided for grown ups. Please note children will need to wear clothes/shoes that can get messy.

🌿 Tickets are £31 per child and there are a maximum number of 14 children for this session. Use the link below to book!🌱
https://buytickets.at/woodsideapothecary1

Junior Herbalist Club was originally established in 2014 and is supported by the National Institute of Medical Herbalists. It's the only nationally recognised herbal medicine course for children. It is delivered by Medical Herbalists who have undergone specific training in order to deliver the course. Due to the popularity Level Two and Three can also be enjoyed once Level One/Two has been completed.

04/05/2026

Thank you to everyone who joined me on Saturday for my spring herb workshop!

🌿 We tasted teas, Nettle pâté, Nettle and Banana bread, found so many herbs on our herb walk from Chickweed to Wood Avens, Pilewort, Elder in flower, Butter Bur and lots of Cleavers, Dandelions, Plantain and Nettles.

🌿 Everyone made a spring herbal vinegar and their own bespoke tea to take home and we sampled roasted Dandelion root 'coffee' and learnt about the alkaline powers of Plantain.

I'm now planning my workshops for the summer and autumn including tincture making over the summer, and my Christmas herbal wreath event will be back too.

Let me know below or DM me if there's something you'd love to learn!

Next Saturday you'll find me at the Congleton Physic Garden open day 🌿

See you soon,

Cath
Medical Herbalist

30/04/2026

The Hawthorn hedgerows have turned white...

In Celtic mythology this wonderful tree is associated with protection and love. It's also a tree of fertility for Pagans and Hawthorn is strongly associated with the festival of Beltane on 1st May, or 'May Day'. It bloomed in perfect time!

Hawthorn is cardioprotective, a peripheral vasodilator and is indicated in hypertension, I've created herbal prescriptions containing Hawthorn to support patients with hypertension, anxiety and arrhythmias and it's one of my favourite herbs to harvest.

Hawthorn is full of oligomeric proanthocyanadins (flavonoids) which can repair the linings of blood vessels.*

Energetically Hawthorn is also associated with boundaries - something you can't help but notice when you're picking the flowers and trying to avoid the sharp thorns...

The flowers have the highest levels of flavonoids, but I like to use the flowers and leaves together, combined with other herbs such as Tilia Cordata (Linden/Lime) in a tea or tincture.

Last year I made an incredible winter brandy with the berries and you can then add flowers to the brandy in the spring to double the effect.

Have you ever harvested Hawthorn flowers or berries?

Cath
Medical Herbalist

*Don't forget to see a medical herbalist if you're going to start taking medicinal herbs

27/04/2026

Spring Herbal Workshop!
Join me on Saturday 2nd May at Prestbury Village Hall from 10am – 12.30pm for a nourishing, hands-on morning celebrating the abundance of spring 🌱

We’ll be diving into the vibrant world of seasonal herbs together:
✨ Try a delicious spring wellness shot made with Cleavers and Plantain
✨ Create your own herbal tea blend to take home
✨ Head out on a herb walk to connect with what’s growing now and improve your plant ID
✨ Make a beautiful spring herbal vinegar to enjoy with food

There’ll also be plenty of opportunities to taste and explore seasonal flavours, including:
🌿 Learn how to make a Nettle pesto
🌼 Taste a roasted Dandelion root ‘coffee’
🧁 Indulge in Nettle cakes
…and learn how to cook with and use dandelion in everyday life

This workshop is all about reconnecting with nature, supporting your body through the seasonal shift, and gaining practical, simple ways to bring herbs into your daily routine.

There are four spaces available and these can be booked below:
https://buytickets.at/woodsideapothecary1

I hope to see you there!

Cath
Medical Herbalist

26/04/2026

The blossom this year is so beautiful 🌸

Another great afternoon on the new allotment, a bit more weeding and the first herbs planted. California Poppy, Echinacea and Chamomile 🌼

I have a couple of herbal medicine consultations available this week and the last two spaces at my spring workshop on Saturday 2nd May. Come and make Nettle pesto!

DM for details 🌿💚

Cath

25/04/2026

My happy place 💚🌿

The sunniest of days with my brother and we dug over one raised bed, got the soil in three planters and started a no-dig bed.

I now have the difficult decision of which herbs to plant where!

Happy Saturday all 🌞

Cath 🌿
Medical Herbalist

23/04/2026

Announcement 🎉

Life sometimes throws curve balls in our path and then all of a sudden another door opens, so I'm excited to be popping up in some new Cheshire market locations in the coming months. I won't be at Treacle Market anymore so instead I'm having a much needed day off 😊

You'll find me with the plants on my Apothecary stall at the Congleton Physic Garden open day on Saturday 9th May, chatting and selling all things herbal 🌿

Later in May you'll find me at at The Edge on Saturday 30th May from 10am-4pm. There's nothing better than seeing you under the trees with the backdrop of the ancient woodland 🌳

If you'd like details of my Junior Herbalist Summer Schools do message me as bookings are now live.

Although I don't have a shop, you can always contact me directly regarding teas, tinctures and herbal remedies 🌱

Thank you to all of you who've supported me once a month in Macclesfield and I'm looking forward to seeing you again at new markets!

See you soon ❤️

Cath
Medical Herbalist

22/04/2026

🌿 Spring Herbal Workshop 🌿

Join me on Saturday 2nd May at Prestbury Village Hall from 10am – 12.30pm for a nourishing, hands-on morning celebrating the abundance of spring 🌱

We’ll be diving into the vibrant world of seasonal herbs together:
✨ Sip delicious spring wellness shots
✨ Create your own fresh herbal teas
✨ Head out on a gentle herb walk to connect with what’s growing now
✨ Make a beautiful spring herbal vinegar
✨ Blend your own cleansing herbal tea to take home

There’ll also be plenty of opportunities to taste and explore seasonal flavours, including:
🌿 Nettle pesto
🌼 Dandelion ‘coffee’
🧁 Nettle cakes
…and learn how to cook with and use Dandelions in everyday life

This workshop is all about reconnecting with nature, supporting your body through the seasonal shift, and gaining practical, simple ways to bring herbs into your daily routine.

Spaces are limited, so get in touch to book your place or use the link below 🌿
https://buytickets.at/woodsideapothecary1

Cath
Medical Herbalist

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Macclesfield

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm
Sunday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+447843382386

Website

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