Description

HEDGEROW MEDICINE HALF COURSE

Event Location:

Arkengarthdale, Yorkshire Dales
 (full address given upon booking)

Saturday 12th September 2026
9.30-2.30pm

Early Bird Tickets

Early bird tickets are £85 and will be £95 thereafter.

This offer will stay live for 5 days.

Did you know you can now pay in 3 instalments with our PayPal ‘Pay in 3’ option, at checkout?

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Rediscover the healing plants growing on your doorstep

For thousands of years, our hedgerows were our pharmacies.

Long before supermarkets and modern medicine, people turned to the plants growing around them for remedies to support wellbeing, soothe everyday ailments and care for themselves through the changing seasons.

Today, much of that knowledge has been forgotten.

Join Hayley Birks for an inspiring afternoon exploring the medicinal plants of our native hedgerows. Together we’ll slow down, reconnect with the landscape, and rediscover the remarkable healing properties of the wild plants growing all around us.

As we wander through the countryside, Hayley will introduce you to a wide variety of seasonal medicinal plants, sharing their traditional uses, fascinating folklore and practical ways they have been used throughout history. You’ll also learn how to identify these plants safely and harvest them responsibly, helping you build the confidence to begin working with wild medicine at home.

During the workshop you’ll learn:

• How to identify a range of medicinal hedgerow plants.
• Traditional herbal uses and folklore.
• Which parts of each plant can be harvested and when.
• Safe, sustainable and ethical foraging practices.
• Simple ways to prepare herbs for home use, such as teas, syrups, infused oils and tinctures.
• Make a medicinal syrup to take home.
• Sample some wild infused food and wild herbal teas.
• How to build your own connection with the healing plants growing around you.

Whether you’re completely new to wild herbal medicine or already have some experience, this workshop will leave you feeling inspired and empowered to see your local hedgerows in a whole new way.

This workshop is perfect for you if you:

• Are interested in herbs and natural wellbeing.
• Want to reconnect with traditional knowledge.
• Love spending time outdoors.
• Enjoy learning practical, seasonal skills.
• Are curious about the medicinal plants growing close to home.

No previous experience is needed – just curiosity and a love of nature.

We will cover plants that can support with:

Immunity

Toxic overload

Gut health

Auto-immunity

Allergies

Chronic pain and illness

Mental and emotional well-being

Depression

Stress

Anxiety

PTSD

Trauma

and ADHD

Meet Your Tutor

Hayley Birks has a deep passion for wild plants, traditional herbal knowledge and helping others reconnect with the healing gifts of nature. Through her warm and engaging teaching style, she makes learning about medicinal plants approachable, practical and inspiring, helping people develop the confidence to safely identify and work with the plants growing around them.

 

Bring along 1 small, clean jars to take your wild medicine samples home with you.

DON’T FORGET YOUR NOTEBOOK – We have a lot to say!

There are only 15 spaces available on each workshop. Booking early is essential.

PAY IN 3
Did you know you can now pay in 3 monthly instalments, using the ‘PayPal Pay in 3’ option? Just select this option at checkout, to spread out your payments, easily.

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