A year’s Natural Medicine journey with Neal’s Yard in 2004-5 taught me the fundamentals of herbal medicine, essential oils, flower essences, homeopathy and TCM. During a practical session to create a perfume with 3 essential oils, I was told that I had a ‘nose’ for blending scents.

I’ve made my own remedies, flower essences and essential oil blends over the years ever since.

More recently, I’ve been delving deeper into herbal medicine with Jennifer Costa of the Eldermoon School of Herbs and Earth Medicine. In addition, I’ve been studying for a Diploma in Herbology with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE), currently in my final year. This has deepened my understanding of the botany and pharmacology of the plants, trees, fungi, lichens, seaweeds, etc., that I find around Jersey. Both schools have encouraged me to grow my own herbs, in the last year I established a Physic Garden, which I am expanding this year on land within the Jersey Lavender farm.

I combine my passion for natural plant medicines and foods with a wild sensory approach to getting to know our local plants, trees and flowers. This involves using our 5 outer senses as well as our inner senses, gut feelings for example, to seek out and recognise the herbs that call to us. Herbs (all plants, trees, etc.,) are our teachers in the wild, waiting for us to reconnect and remember the old ways of living. Join me to explore and discover what our local terroir has to offer.

I am a trained Cordon Bleu cook, and like to include foraged herbs, berries, nuts, seeds and other fruit in the preparation of wild and vibrant botanical foods and medicines whenever possible.

A freshly, baked cake and foraged herbal tea infusion is offered at the completion of every guided Wild Sensory Foraging session.

£35 per person