THE MEADOW
What you'll find
The meadow will become a patchwork of different spaces – a medicinal apothecary garden, wildflower areas for pollinators, scented and sensory planting, an orchard and established hedgerows full of useful native plants.
Depending on the season, you might encounter plants like nettles and dandelions that you may always have considered weeds and discover their history, traditional uses and the many ways people have worked with them. There will be all shapes and sizes including echinacea, elecampane, marshmallow, hyssop, motherwort, valerian, mugwort and many more. I will be including some beautifully scented plants and some really strong smelling ones!
Some areas will be productive, some deliberately wild, and others we suspect nature will decide for us.
Come and meet the plants
From time to time, the meadow will be open for small, guided visits and as part of workshops, giving you the chance to see, touch and smell medicinal plants growing in the ground and learn about their traditional uses, cultivation and harvesting.
You don’t need to know anything about herbal medicine. Curiosity is more than enough.
The meadow is an experiment, a classroom, a home for wildlife and occasionally a very good excuse to sit quietly in a field.
