Edava Botanics

18/07/2025

Had an absolutely fantastic day today at in Derbyshire for the festival!

Thank you to all the team at Weleda and all the speakers! All the talks were fabulous and very interesting to hear about such a multitude of topics!

Things I learnt today:

● Get out in nature as much as possible! It actually increases cognitive functioning and decreases anxiety!🌳

● Homeopathy and Arnica have their place in integrative oncology 🌼

● Practitioners showing empathy increase patient safety, promotes faster healing and decreases practitioner Burnout. 💗

● Arnica and other daisy family members are beneficial tools to have in your integrative medical toolkit..for many reasons...🌼

● How to integrate herbs into conventional healthcare and if we all utilised integrative medicine how much we could save the NHS per year.

● Biodynamic farming and how phases of the moon affect our plants and how to use it to our advantage 🌙

● How important community is and how peoples viewpoints are beginning to change on using nutrition, herbs, lifestyles changes before conventional medicine. ☀️

● How much I love plants! Seeing lots of poisonous plants today was fantastic! 🌿

● Chums exist (cherry and plum hybrid) very tasty 🍒

● How badgers help the compost stay healthy - this was my favourite learning experience 🦡

Cannot wait for the next one!

17/06/2025

Northern Herbalist Meet 2025!

Thank you to everyone who came to this event! I was thrilled to have part in organising it!

After being tired of lots of herbal medicine events being so far away, I decided to bring the event to the North East!

It was great being able to meet lots of lovely practitioners and have lots of exciting discussions!

Please stay tuned for the next event and creation of an idea!

Well done to everyone at for taking part and helping to carry out and create this event!

Thank you to everyone who came!

Best wishes,
Dyl x

09/06/2025

🌼 Today, we did my first herb walk in beautiful overgrown victorian gardens 🌼

🪷 It was then followed by a wonderful outdoor yoga session by 🪷

☀️ On the herb walk, we learnt about lots of different herbs that grow around us, their medicinal uses, how to prepare them and their history and folklore 🌿

21/05/2025

🌼🌸🌼 NEW EVENT 🌼🌸🌼

JOIN ME AND in our collaboration!

🌿 Have you ever walked outside and wondered about the plants growing around you?
If so, then join a herbalist to help guide you in identifying different plants, learn about their medicinal uses, how they have been used throughout history, and how YOU can use them for your health! 🌿

✨️ Breathwork and Yoga is being proven every day to improve your physical and mental well-being. Join Lucy, a fully qualified yoga and pilates instructor, in a guided yoga session outdoors! This yoga and breathwork session will leave you feeling calm and uplifted, whilst connecting you with nature!

☀️ We are looking forward to meeting and seeing you there! (Weather permitting).

If you have any questions or queries - pop us a message or email or give us a call!

Best wishes,
Dylan and Lucy ❤️

20/05/2025

Herb Feast 2025!

What a fantastic festival!

It was great going with to meet lots of different practitioners and build relationships 🌿

The lectures were fantastic, and the grounds were absolutely stunning, with lots of different flora and fauna to gaze at!

I am definitely going next year! Thank you to all for making us feel so welcome!

Ps. I can also play this tune on my fiddle 🎻 😌

13/05/2025

I am really grateful when my patients write me a testimonial! I love what I do, and I am ecstatic when herbs allow those to heal from their health concerns and issues 🌿

I have never asked for a testimonial, but if you are willing to write me one, then it would be appreciated! 🌼

Otherwise, if you would like to book a consultation or have a query about herbal medicine or a health concern. Then please contact me on here or via my website! 🪷

Thank you,
Dylan x

16/04/2025

She's backkk! I do love my Skullcap!

Otherwise known as Scutellaria lateriflora 🌼

This plant is a nervous trophorestorative and nourishes your nervous system!

Particularly good for cooling and calming those with excessive heat and tension patterns......I.e muscular tension, anxiousness, circular and fast thoughts!

I always associate this plant for being able to take the top off your head and letting all the thoughts flow out, relieve mental overwhelm. Hence, the name skull cap ☀️

One of my favourite herbs 🌿

Life feels better when she blooms 🌼

19/03/2025

Forgot to post these photos from my trip ☀️

We went to Hortus Bontanicus, and in the butterfly room, there were some great herbs growing.....

Black pepper, Cacoa, and hibiscus 🌺 are some of my favourites

I didn't realise that ginger grew up so straight!

I was very excited to see all of these beautiful plants growing 🌿

Thank goodness I knew my Latin, as all the plant common names were listed in Dutch 🌼

16/03/2025

I am very excited to announce a collaboration with for our first workshop together!

In this workshop, we will explore the nervous system, stress, and herbs, which can help! 🌿

We will also be doing some tea tasting and blending to create your own unique calming herbal tea blend 🍵

The lovely Lucy will be taking you through yoga, breathwork, and mindfulness techniques in the workshop, which you can take away and use at home to help combat stress in daily life ☀️

Come along to meet people with similar interests and learn how to deal with stress 🌼

You can private message to book or alternatively email or call us! 📞

08/03/2025

Just come home from my trip to Amsterdam! I had a lovely time and was absolutely amazed by this supermarket.

They had a whole section dedicated to herbal medicine....

From individual loose herbs to blended medicinal teas and a huge variety of tinctures....It made me think how backwards we are in the UK. But isn't it amazing that people in Amsterdam can have easy access to herbal medicine just in their supermarkets!?!?!

I am on a mission to create such easy accessibility to herbal medicine ☀️

I also want to create Echinacea sweets too!

Anyways, now that I am home. Business will be open as usual, and please keep posted as I have some exciting workshops in creation.

Love Dyl x

14/09/2024

Hello everyone! Very honoured and proud to announce the publish of my new blog for Herbal Apothecary! Please give it a read if you are interested in the power of bitter herbs.
Thank you!

In this blog, Dylan Parry, Clinical Herbalist with Nature's Laboratory, looks at the health benefits of Herbal Bitters & explores the uses of some of the main Herbal Bitters.

08/06/2024

My office/herbal practice is slowly coming together! Shelves painted, now just some furniture to find.

Watch this space as workshops are coming soon!
Please message if you're interested in having a consultation with me!

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