| Date |
Event |
Venue |
| April 12th |
Exploring
Herbs Workshop. Getting to know herbs offers
opportunities to discover more about herbs on a very
practical and personal level. Springfield
Sanctuary |
Springfield Sanctuary, Cotswolds, Sarah Head
Email
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| May 10th |
Exploring
Herbs Workshop. Getting to know herbs offers
opportunities to discover more about herbs on a very
practical and personal level. Springfield
Sanctuary |
Springfield Sanctuary, Cotswolds, Sarah Head
Email
|
| May 23-30th
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Herb Society - Herbal Medicine Awareness Week.
As part of Herbal Medicine Awareness Week, Jenny Jones has worked with a number of Medical Herbalists to bring a selection of talks This year the week is dedicated to Herbal First Aid. There will be a number of events around the country, with talks and demonstrations. | For further details of these events follow the link to the Herb Society website.
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| Wednesday 28th May
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'Herbal First Aid'
A talk by Linda Harrold
DBTh, MURHP
Medical Herbalist to be held at
Community Learning and Resource Centre.
Starting at 7.30pm
Fee £3.00 paid on the night.
Free Car Parking Available
| Community Learning and Resource Centre,
41-44 King Street, Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 1EB
Getting There
Map |
| Wednesday 28th May
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Herb Society 'Herbal First Aid'
A talk by Lettitia Derrington MNIMH Medical Herbalist, to be held at Quaker Meeting House.
Starting at 7.30pm
Fee £3.00 paid on the night.
| Quaker Meeting House, 43 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3LW
Getting There
Map |
| Thursday 29th May
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Herb Society 'Herbal First Aid'
A talk by Amanda Cutbill MNIMH, Medical Herbalist, to be held at
The Council Room at The Festival Hall.
The subject of the talk will be herbal first aid, focussing on those aspects that might be particularly relevant to the holiday season e.g. upset stomach, sun burn, nervous flyers etc. There will also be an opportunity to ask more about a herbalist's approach to any chronic conditions which are of particular interest to members of the audience.
Starting at 7pm
Fee £3.00 paid on the night. |
The Council Room at The Festival Hall, Talbot Road, Alderley Edge, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK9 7HR
Getting There
The Festival Hall is signposted & is a short 5 minute walk from Alderley Edge railway station.
Map
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| Thursday 29th May
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Herb Society 'Herbal First Aid'
A talk by John Taylor MNIMH, Medical Herbalist, to be held at All Saints Church Hall.
Starting at 7.30pm
Fee £3.00 paid on the night. |
All Saints Church Hall, Church Road, Rainford, St Helens, WA11 8HD.
Getting There
Map |
Sunday 1st June
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Herb Society Herb Day.
The Herb Day at Garden Organic (HDRA Ryton Gardens of old), is a partnership between the Herb Society and the Gardens. If you haven't visited Garden Organics you are in for a treat. There is a very large herb garden devoted to both western and eastern herbs, and wonderful gardens and display areas illustrating all aspects of organic gardening.
The Herb Day will be a celebration of herbs with guided tours by members of the Society through the herb gardens and a herb market where everything herbal can be bought.
There will also be an opportunity for members to ply their herbal wares in the market at a very favourable rate.
At 11.30 Caroline Holmes, garden designer and past President of the Society, will talk about her design for the Poison Garden at Alnwick Castle, and at 2.30pm Sophie Grigson is doing another of her wonderful cooking demonstrations.'
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Garden Organics Ryton, Coventry
Please return to the website for more details as events are finalised |
| June 14th |
Exploring
Herbs Workshop. Getting to know herbs offers
opportunities to discover more about herbs on a very
practical and personal level. Springfield
Sanctuary |
Springfield Sanctuary, Cotswolds, Sarah Head
Email
|
| Sat 28th - Sun 29th June |
‘The Sulgrave Food Show’
The Herb society will be taking part at the Sulgrave Food Show to be held at Sulgrave Manor the food show is a showcase for the best that that the region has to offer in the food and drink market.
There will be a food market selling local foods, and a rolling programme of cooking demonstration by local chefs. Our very own Jan Greenland will be demonstrating on both days her theme will be the historic use of herbs in food. We will also have the Herb Society stand at the show. |
Sulgrave Manor
The entry fee is £7.50
£5.00 for Herb Society members |
| Sunday 29th June |
‘Sugar and Spice and All Things Nice’
A day on Reading University Campus exploring herbs and spices. There will be an opportunity to explore the wonderful Botanic Gardens, with guided tours led by gardening and herbal experts, and enjoy talks throughout the day. |
Reading University
Booking details and full programme to follow.
Herb Society
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| July 10th |
Exploring
Herbs Workshop. Getting to know herbs offers
opportunities to discover more about herbs on a very
practical and personal level. Springfield
Sanctuary |
Springfield Sanctuary, Cotswolds, Sarah Head
Email |
| July 20th |
Jan Greenland 'Historic Herby Dishes'. Our very own council member and wizard herbie cook gives one of her delightfully entertaining talks as part of the Chadkirk Festival. Time and further details coming soon. |
Chadkirk Chapel & Country Estate Vale Road Romiley Stockport SK6 3LD
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| Saturday 9th August |
'Nourishing Your Nerves' @ Springfield Sanctuary
Herb Society members and the general public are invited to join Jenny Jones FNIMH, Sarah Head
B Soc Sci, Dip SFT, MNFSH and Debs Cook Council Member for a fun herb filled day at Springfield Sanctuary in the sunny Cotswolds.
There will be opportunities to learn about herbs that grow in the hedgerows to nourish your nerves, Jenny will be giving a talk, we have hands on workshops and the opportunity to walk around the Sanctuary and pick herbs that are in full bloom in August.
12noon - 4pm
Please bring a picnic lunch and sensible shoes (wellies if its wet) as the Sanctuary is down a hill.
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Springfield
Sanctuary
Pre Booked Event
Herb Society
Further details and full programme of events to be announced soon.
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| August 23rd |
Exploring
Herbs Workshop. Getting to know herbs offers
opportunities to discover more about herbs on a very
practical and personal level. Springfield
Sanctuary |
Springfield Sanctuary, Cotswolds, Sarah Head
Email
|
Sept 27th
|
Golden and Delicious – Edwardian Gardens
Caroline Holmes a past chairman of the Herb Society remembers ‘the gardens of a golden afternoon’ through the
architecture of Harold Peto and the colours in Gertrude Jekyll’s
plantings. Away from billowing herbaceous borders, the kitchen garden
reached a zenith of fruit and vegetable culture – visual and edible
feasts. Caroline Holmes is a garden historian with a passion for scent
and food who speaks worldwide, and also an author and broadcaster. |
West Dean College
Website |
| Saturday 27th September |
2008 AGM & Conference
The Herb Society AGM and conference is to be held at Sulgrave Manor once more. The first part of the day will be devoted to the Society's AGM which is free to all members to attend.
The theme for our 2008 conference is 'Stress & Relaxation'. Anne McIntyre will be giving a talk on stress and relaxation, Christina Stapley will be demonstrating how to make relaxing balms and lotions and Mike Cullen will be giving another of his highly entertaining cookery demonstrations.
We always enjoy a wonderful lunch full of herbal delights and this is included in the ticket price. There will also be chance to look around the herb gardens at Sulgrave and talk to council members.
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Sulgrave Manor
Booking details and and ticket prices will be published soon.
2008 AGM & Conference |
Oct 11th - 12th
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Apple Day.
Sulgrave has a large orchard that comes in to its own on the Apple Day Weekend. Every aspect of the fruit is celebrated and enjoyed, with everything from an exhibition of apple pressing to advice on apple varieties.
The Herb Society will have a presence in the garden hoping to see as many members as possible, and aiming to encourage as many people as possible to join us in the delights of herbs.
Please return to the website for more details as events are finalised. |
Sulgrave Manor |
| Saturday 18th October |
Herb Society Volunteers Day
A day for to say 'Thank You' to all our volunteers. The day is free to attend for Herb Society volunteers and lunch will be provided, but feel free to bring along homemade cakes and biscuits to go with the coffee and tea.
Programme - Jan Greenland will give a talk and slideshow on 'Edible Herbs From The Ice Age' and also a Cookery Demonstration.
Plus there will be time set aside for volunteers to interact and have questions answered that they may have re volunteering, discuss ideas for future events, and ways to be more involved helping the HS. Volunteers will also have the chance to meet Jenny Jones the Herb Society Volunteers Co-Ordinator and Events Organiser. Plus the new volunteers policy will be discussed.
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Cecily Haughton School
Westwood Manor
Wetley Rocks
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
ST9 0BX
Please contact Flick to book for this event in advance, as places are limited.
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| October 25th |
Exploring
Herbs Workshop. Getting to know herbs offers
opportunities to discover more about herbs on a very
practical and personal level. Springfield
Sanctuary |
Springfield Sanctuary, Cotswolds, Sarah Head
Email
|
