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Botanical Odyssey

On the journey we encounter cleavers or sticky backs… and plantain tendons … and nettle heads and we make gatherings by the hedgrows, herbalist Eoin Marshall parts the way for the yarrow in the undergrowth we hear about plant affinities with heart and blood and age old herbal applications for the staunching of wounds, healing, cleansing, balancing our being with plants

a man wearing a hat pointing at a palnt in a hedge

a photo of a plant - cleavers

a photo of a pair of hands hoding a raw plant fibre a photo of a hand with a small head of nettle flowers a photo of a group of people in a field on a suny day

A group of people by a hedgerow with rosehips

sampling the rosehips

a photo of a group of children in the grass with daisies

Daisies display their natural powers for grounding

a photo of the plant Rosebay willowherb

The magnificent Roseby Willow herb aka Fireweed and Ivan’s Chai

Childrens’ Responses

a child's drawing of a rosehip

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