Join Jess and The Rewild Crew at Angus Buchanan for a guided foraging walk and grow your plant ID knowledge!
On The Day
Jess of Herbalways will welcome you with a freshly brewed herbal tea for you all to enjoy together. You will then be taken on an immersive walk around Angus Buchanan to explore the abundance of edible and medicinal plants and help you feel more confident in identifying them. Jess will offer lots of ideas and inspiration for you to take away and further your foraging journey.
If plants are in abundance, you will be encouraged to gather a range of wild edible goodies as Jess guides you through the many medicinal properties they hold.
After our foraging walk we will take a short break for lunch, we will have a fire and a range of small nibbles. We will not be providing a full meal on this course so we ask participants to bring a packed lunch along with them.
After lunch, we will continue to explore a range of wild foods as Jess discusses how she preserves them to use throughout the year
About Jess
Jess first became interested in herbal medicine whilst studying massage therapy at Reading college some 26 years ago.
After completing a 3 year IHBC college diploma in beauty therapy, which included a Swedish massage qualification and aromatherapy, I then went on to study herbal medicine.
I studied with the IRCH (International Register of Consultant Herbalists) for over 6 years before receiving their diploma in Botano-therapy. The course was in-depth, covering, Anatomy & Physiology, Naturopathy, Health Psychology, Materia Medica and Herbal Medicine.
Jess is a practitioner of Herbal Medicine, she runs a local Forest of Dean Herbal clinic which is open 9am to 5pm, with appointments available by prior arrangements. Jess operates to a strict code of ethics and professional behaviour. All patients are seen in confidence. I treat all of my patients holistically therefore it is essential that I understand your lifestyle and some family background before I prescribe or supply herbal remedies. Jess can be found at Herbalways.net
Spending time with your little people, learning new skills can be a wonderful experience. We love having a range of ages around and young people bring with them different ways of seeing the world, a different kind of creativity.
This crafts person is happy to welcome young people onto this workshop.
Under 8’s are free
8-13 require 1 child’s ticket per day.
Over 13’s require an adult ticket.
Your child remains your responsibility at all times, if the workshop leader deems your child to be a safety risk to the session, you may be asked to leave & this would be non refundable.
Please choose the correct half price rate.
Profits
The Rewild Project is a Not for Profit, Community Interest Company, and Social Enterprise. It is our mission to support local craftspeople and promote heritage craft skills. We Rewild People by teaching these skills of self reliance and resilience for an uncertain future.
After the craftspeople are paid, and costs are covered we put any profits back in to the community with our ‘weekday sessions for disadvantaged groups’ a lifeline for many local people who we pick up each day and bring to Kensley Sheds and others sites to build community, skills, and share nutritious hot, locally produced food.
Families & Children
You are welcome to bring well behaved children to any of our workshops, although we cannot guarantee you will have the same experience we will do our best to accomodate you all. Children aged 9-12 will need a half priced ticket (Use code CHILD50) and must be accompanied by a full paying adult at a 1:1 ratio, and children aged 13+ will need a full priced ticket in addition to full paying adult.