If you are in the USA you can use this link to check if the plants are avaliable in your area. http://plants.usda.gov/java/
Spring & Early Summer
Video: contains over 103 mins of videos.
Enrolment means life-time access to the course.
Includes free updates: in spring 2016 I plan to update some of the lessons and add new ones. So from April and May 2016 this course should include new lessons on wild garlic, and new videos or photo lessons on some of the featured herbs e.g. primrose, cleavers, blackberry and raspberry leaves, nettle and hawthorn.
Hawthorn/Crategus monogyna: ID video 2.58 mins
Extract video 6.19 mins (herbal infusion, salad leaves, ice-cubes)*
Photo lesson Hawthorn flower syrup/cordial
Nettle/Urtica dioica: ID video 1.48
Video 2.50 Herbal infusion (medicinal tea)*
Video 2.25 Cooked as green veg.*
*I plan to re-shoot these videos in April and May 2016 because the video set-up isn’t as good as on all the other ones (although it is adequate).
Plantain leaf/Plantago lancelota: ID video 2.12
Video 2.36 Using plantain as a first aid plant
Daisy/Bellis perennis : ID video 1.36
Video 6.08 Infused oil
Video 7.05 Ointment
Primrose/Primula vulgaris: ID video 1.42
Cleavers/Galium aparine: ID video 1.48
Red Clover/Trifolium pratense: ID video 0.58
Dandelion leaf/Taraxacum officinale : ID video 1.10
Video 5.49 Cooked in omelette
Sorrel/Rumex acetosa : ID video 1.41
Video 6.45 Sauce
Silverweed/Potentilla anserina: ID video 1.28
Video 3.11 infusion
Video 2.27 gargle and compress
Blackberry leaf/Rubus fruticosus: ID video 1.28
Raspberry leaf/Rubus idaeus: ID video 1.05
Elderflower/Sambucus nigra: ID video 2.10
Video 2.26 Steam inhalation
Video 7.42 Tea, compress & hand bath
Video 4.44 Fritters
Video 8.26 Cordial part 1
Video 5.10 Cordial part 2
Drying herbs: Video 5.38
Making Tinctures: Video 7.37
Safety video
White plants warning video.
Total video time: Over 103 mins
Each lesson about a plant contains a detailed data sheet about the plant: this includes nutritional info, medicinal info, when to treat at home, when to see a professional herbalist, precautions for use, how to add the plant in to food dishes (if an edible herb, some are just used therapeutically), dosages for using it as a medicine, history info, identification info etc. Also contains identification photos.
Each course also contains the following lessons and guides (text, not videos): Foraging safety instructions, medical safety instructions, where to find herbs in the city, foraging & the law, save the bees, organic vs chemical gardening, recommended resources, recommended suppliers.
All of the courses are supported by me via e-mail, comments on the e-course system and optional private Facebook group at set times while these courses are in season. And there is a live webinar during each course so that people can ask me questions.
High Summer
The purpose of this course is to introduce you to some of the common edible and medicinal plants that grow all around you. I aim to show you how to safely and joyfully begin to use these plants. This course covers some of the medicinal and edible wild plants that are usually available to forage for and use in July & August in Ireland and the UK. The course is packed full of information about how to identify these plants and how to use them as nutritional wild foods and therapeutic herbal remedies. This course is not a qualification: it is designed for you to learn at your leisure and enrich your life. If you are a holistic practitioner then this course may count towards CPD.
Video: the course contains over 123 mins of videos.
Enrolment means life-time access to the course, including free updates.
Each lesson about a plant contains an identification video and a detailed data sheet about the plant: this includes nutritional info, medicinal info, safety guidelines for treating at home, when to see a professional herbalist, precautions for use, how to add the plant in to food dishes (if an edible herb, some are just used medicinally), dosages for using it as a medicine, historical info, identification tips etc. It also contains identification photos for each plant.
Each course contains the following lessons and guides (text, not videos): Foraging safety instructions, medical safety instructions, where to find herbs in the city, foraging & the law, save the bees, organic vs chemical gardening, recommended resources (on wild food foraging and herbal medicine) and recommended suppliers (of herbs and packaging).
All of the courses (there are 3 seasonal courses available) are supported by me via e-mail, comments on the e-course system and optional private Facebook group at set times while these courses are in season. When each course is in season there is also a live webinar so that people can ask me questions.
It is possible to use some of the videos and recipes right away because many of them can be made using dried herbs e.g. ointment, infused oils, teas, tinctures etc. so you do not need to wait until the plants are back in season to start trying out making your own herbal remedies. A list of recommended suppliers of ingredients is included and you can source dried herbs from there.
The following lessons are recorded and are available to read and watch right away.
Includes free updates: If I update or write new lessons then you will automatically receive these free of charge.
Video: contains over 123 mins of videos.
Enrolment means life-time access to the course.
Contains the following lessons:
Self-Heal (Prunella vulgaris): ID video 1.21 mins
Video 4.01 herbal infusion/tea
Video 4.10 Poultice
Video 5.43 Infused oil part 1
Video 3.12 Infused oil part 2
Video 4.45 Ointment-making part 1
Video 4.47 Ointment-making part 2
Yarrow (Achillea millefolium): ID video 2.43
Video 1.17 Poultice for nose bleeds
Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria): ID video 1.56
Video 4.17 Digestive tea blend
Photo lesson Meadowsweet cordial
Roses (Rosa spp.): ID video 6.38
St John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum): ID video 1.52
Video 3.06 St John’s Wort and the law in Rep. of Ireland
Video 5.46 Infused oil
Lemon Balm (Melissa officinalis): ID video 1.48
Video 6.58 Making tincture
Wild Raspberry (Rubus idaeus): ID video 1.18
Video 8.58 Oxymel
Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis): ID video 1.29
Video 8.26 Hair Tonic
Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum):ID video 0.56
Video 8.05 Honeysuckle syrup/honey
Cleavers seed (Galium aparine): ID video 1.10
Video 11.23 Cleavers coffee
Marigold (Calendula officinalis): ID video 1.26
Video 5.34 Poultice
Chickweed (Stellaria media): ID video 1.48
Video 6.39 Pesto
Video 4.08 Poultice
Drying herbs: Video 3.56
Safety video
White plants warning video.
Total video time: Over 123 mins
I do hope that you enjoy this course. I launched it in spring 2015 and the feedback has been excellent.
Autumn
The purpose of this course is to introduce you to some of the common edible and medicinal plants that grow all around you. I aim to show you how to safely and joyfully begin to use these plants. This course covers some of the medicinal and edible wild plants that are usually available to forage for and use in September and October in Ireland and the UK. The course is packed full of information about how to identify these plants and how to use them as nutritional wild foods and therapeutic herbal remedies. This course is not a qualification: it is designed for you to learn at your leisure and enrich your life. If you are a holistic practitioner then this course may count towards CPD.
Video: the course contains over 146 mins of videos.
Enrolment means life-time access to the course, including free updates.
Each lesson about a plant contains an identification video and a detailed data sheet about the plant: this includes nutritional info, medicinal info, safety guidelines for treating at home, when to see a professional herbalist, precautions for use, how to add the plant in to food dishes (if an edible herb, some are just used medicinally), dosages for using it as a medicine, historical info, identification tips etc. It also contains identification photos for each plant.
Each course contains the following lessons and guides (text, not videos): Foraging safety instructions, medical safety instructions, where to find herbs in the city, foraging & the law, save the bees, organic vs chemical gardening, recommended resources (on wild food foraging and herbal medicine) and recommended suppliers (of herbs and packaging).
All of the courses (there are 3 seasonal courses available) are supported by me via e-mail, comments on the e-course system and optional private Facebook group at set times while these courses are in season. When each course is in season there is also a live webinar so that people can ask me questions.
It is possible to use some of the videos and recipes right away because many of them can be made using dried herbs e.g. ointment, infused oils, teas, tinctures etc. so you do not need to wait until the plants are back in season to start trying out making your own herbal remedies. A list of recommended suppliers of ingredients is included and you can source dried herbs from there.
The following lessons are recorded and are available to read and watch right away.
Video: contains over 146 mins of videos.
Enrolment means life-time access to the course.
Includes free updates: If I update or write new lessons then you will automatically receive these free of charge.
Contains the following lessons:
Dandelion Root (Taraxacum officinale): ID & harvesting video 2.59 mins
Video 9.41 preparing the roots
Video 8.04 Coffee
Video 3.13 Decoction
Yellow Dock (Rumex crispus): ID video 4.58
Video 10.38 Iron Tonic
Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides): ID video 5.28
Video 7.51 Juice
Elderberry (Sambucus nigra): ID video 2.14
Video 7.16 Cordial part 1
Video 11.57 Cordial part 2
Blackberry (Rubus idaeus): ID video 1.17
Video 9.04 Oxymel
Silverweed Roots (Potentilla anserina): ID & harvesting video 2.47
Video 7.24 Cooking the roots
Hazelnuts (Corylus avellana): ID video 2.26
Video 8.34 Sorrel & Hazelnut pesto
Hawthorn (Crategus monogyna/oxycanthum):ID video 1.40
Photo lesson Hawthorn chutney (made from the haws)
Plantain seeds (Plantago lancelota/majalus): ID video 1.13
Video 4.10 Using the seeds for Omega oils
Video 7.58 Infused oil
Video 9.57 Ointment
Rosehips (Rosa canina/rugosa): ID video 3.40
Photo lesson Syrup & Cordial
Cramp Bark/Guelder Rose (Viburnum opulus): ID video 1.57
Video 2.27 Decoction
Nettle Root (Urtica dioica): ID video 2.08
Tincture-making (including decocted tinctures): Video 11.05
Safety video
Total video time: Over 146 mins
I do hope that you enjoy this course.
