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Herb Workshops 2010

Growing and Exploring Herbs

Growing herbs will include the seasonal activities of growing herbs – preparing the ground, sowing seeds, taking root cuttings, moving and dividing plants, potting seedlings, weeding and harvesting what’s appropriate.

Exploring herbs means making teas, oils, vinegars and tinctures from whatever is in season. Talking about the herb’s properties and how it is helpful to the body, mind and spirit.

The workshops are free. Participants are asked to make a voluntary contribution towards the upkeep of the Sanctuary. Most people give between £5-£20. Gifts of empty glass jars with lids, brandy, cider vinegar and vodka are also welcome, as is extra time spent weeding/tidying up etc.

2010

13 March - Recognising signs of Spring

17 April - Growing Herbs

22 May - Exploring Herbs

19 June - Growing Herbs

10 July - Exploring Herbs

28 August - Growing and Preserving Herbs

10-12 September - Herb Festival - Workshops, talks, music, crafts, all set in the beautiful Cotswolds! Please book the weekend for the Celebrating Herbs Festival 10-12 September and tell your friends. There will be talks and demonstrations on all aspects of herbs from medicinal, culinary to craft and arts. If you would like to exhibit something herbal or crafty, please let me know to book a table in the craft tent. If you feel able to sponsor a toilet or shower block, please let Chris know at chris@headology.co.uk.

23 October - Working with wood

Winter Workshops are held in Solihull - click here

All workshops will last from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will be held at:-

Springfield Sanctuary, Wynyards Farm, Upper Slaughter, Cheltenham, Glos, GL 54 2JR (by kind permission of Pryce and Marjorie Watkins).

Please bring a packed lunch. Workshops are free with donations welcomed towards the upkeep of the Sanctuary.

Springfield Sanctuary is reached by walking through two fields and is a sloped site without disabled facilities. Most of the workshop time is spent outside. Please come prepared for inclement weather with suitable footwear and warm and waterproof clothing. For further details please contact:-

Sarah Head, Tel 0121 707 8269 or email sarah@headology.co.uk

Sarah Head B Soc Sci, Dip SFT, MNFSH is a member of the Herb Society and has been studying the medicinal uses of herbs for the past thirteen years, growing over eighty different varieties of herbs in her two herb gardens. She is a solution focused therapist and trainer, helping to support distressed individuals on a local and national basis through her work with a leading personal injury law firm. Sarah is also a spiritual healer, providing healing to the public with Solihull Healing Group and helping others to develop their healing capacity through Solihull Healer Development Group. Sarah is a published writer on health service and complementary therapy issues and regularly contributes articles for the Herb Society website.