Urban Herbology

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Urban Herbology

Online & In-person Herbology Course - Urban Foraging - Herbs - City Nature For around 20 years, I have been working with herbs. My own mentor is Glennie Kindred.

Join me for fascinating herb walks in Amsterdam, mentoring sessions, workshops or a year long apprenticeship through online study and gatherings. I have studied herbalism (non-clinical) in the UK, also with American wise woman Susun Weed, studied Permaculture with Patrick Whitefield and gained my PDC from Permaculture Visions. I am a member of the Dutch Gilde van Wildplukkers. I strongly favour an

d recommend nourishing/tonic and perennial herbs above others and recommend that you seek expert advice before trying to treat any problem with herbs. I only harvest what I am absolutely certain of and advise anyone else trying it to do the same. Let me empower you to work deeply with the plants which grow around you.

31/05/2026

Was so lovely to spend time with today's Green city witch walkers. Different plants again today - Just look at those Poppies. And butterflies, pigeons, pellitory and much more.
There are spaces left on the June 30th walk so maybe see you then!
Ticket links in bio.

30/05/2026

Thanks everyone who took part in the fermentation workshop today at Stadstuinderij Noord Oogst. Or was lots of fun and we were very productive!

I'll plan another one soon (same format as today) and another of different types of fermentation. If you'd like to hear when they're listed let me know.

27/05/2026

It's a great year for Elderflower here in Amsterdam. How's it looking in your area?

I've got a paperback full of flowers, drying on my dining table at the moment. Just half open. Been there for a day or two. I'll add them to honey probably, and perhaps make some Elderflower delight after the weekend (very busy one coming up). Our cat Last passed away several years ago but this morning at the table, I picked up that unmistakable whiff of a sawdust cat litter tray. My thoughts shot straight to gorgeous Larry, then I realised that we no longer have a cat, or a litter tray, so where was the smell coming from... a neighbours cat locked on overnight perhaps? But no, of course it was the bag of a Elderflower.

The Elderflower's staying so the window's been open all day. Perhaps I should say up the honey infusion sooner than later.

25/05/2026

This herbal iced tea wants to go into my next book but is it good enough and does it work in your kitchen? If you would like to try the recipe and give me some feedback on how it worked for you, send me a DM and I'll share the recipe with you.
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24/05/2026

This beautiful and inquisitive creature spent an hour or two on our Amsterdam rooftop, this afternoon. We had a quiet chat, they had a drink from a water dish and a peck of the roof cap. I successfully told a Crow to leave it alone (much to daughter's amusement) and for the rest, they watched our human activities on the roof terrace. After a couple of hours, time to fly away, gracefully circling the neighbourhood, then off to the woods in the park.

23/05/2026

This afternoon, maybe you'd like to call into W139 on Warmoesstraat (Krasnapolsky end) to find out about my month of eating only local wild food (4.30 - 8.00pm for the program - it's free entrance - I'm on at about 5.40).

My wild food month, part of Wildbiome 2, was April 2025, and quite an adventure. Preparing the slides to go with today's talk got me very hungry! I'll discuss what went well, less well, and how we can apply some learning from it to help us meld into the city's microbial greenscape to perhaps be happier, healthier urbanites.

This photo is from the last day of that adventure, where friends dropped in to celebrate at my volkstuin. We ended with wild cocktails and a buffet of gorgeous local wild and wonderful foods.

I'm going to do it again in September this year (all being well). Maybe you'd like to join me for a day, a week, or a month. The 2025 Dutch crew ( and ) from last time also plan to join again this year, so expect plenty more fun and ways to get involved.

18/05/2026

After the heavy rain yesterday, I walked beneath the great avenue of Linden trees in my local park and was reminded again how much these trees offer city life.

Shelter, calm, nectar for bees, medicine, shade, cleaner air, places to gather.

I’ve written a little about Lime/Linden trees on the grimoire today — their uses, folklore, why the British call them Lime trees, and why I think they are some of the great companion trees of urban life.

And with midsummer approaching, I’ve also included an open invitation to gather beneath the Linden trees in Park Frankendael for a simple midsummer picnic together.

You can read the full piece on the grimoire at GreenCityWitch.com 🌿

15/05/2026

It's chilly again so I've been digging into some weather lore. Ice Saints & Blackthorn Winters is the latest post on my Green City Witch Grimoire. Link in bio of you'd like to learn about them..

11/05/2026

Park life

08/05/2026

A beautiful walk around the lake in Brommaplan this evening. Such a treat, so lucky with the weather, and have met so many inspiring people at this conference organised by University College Stockholm.

And these grasses- do any of you know what they are called? It's near the edge of a fresh water lake and they grow in such perky bunches - full of viriditas!

Wish I had longer here. Will definately be back some time.

Adres

Watergraafsmeer
Amsterdam
1098

Telefoon

+31627596930

Website

http://www.urban-herbology.org/, https://greencitywitch.com/

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