Foraging is Easy. Learn 50 plants in just 10 minutes!
Can I eat it? Will it harm me? These are the two basic questions the forager needs to answer when looking at any potentially edible plant. Once we decide to view the wild herbs, trees, mushrooms,...
View Article120 Urban Edibles (or, What I learnt in Clissold Park).
I live in Highbury in North London, really very close to Arsenal’s massive Emirates Stadium, I am not, however, much of a football fan. Fortunately, if I walk just three minutes in the exact opposite...
View Article6 amazing short films about food, foraging and the future.
…( actually it’s just 5 and there’s one with me in ). The more time I devote ( waste, give, spend…you decide) to the wonderful world of foraging, the more diverse the directions it leads me off in....
View ArticleCrush Colds, Fight Flus, Vanquish Viruses & Combat Cholesterol.
Big cities like London; magical, vibrant and eclectic environments in which to exist. Perhaps the reason so many of us choose to spend so much time living and working in them, although the flip side...
View ArticleCrushing Colds and Vanquishing Viruses (Part 2).
Last month I started writing about how to stay healthy during the winter months, a vast and diverse topic and as a result, one that I have split into two halves, even then only really scratching the...
View ArticleEverything we need to know about foraging is in just one plant.
I’ve said it before but foraging is easy, it really is, and anyone who tells you otherwise is not to be trusted. My approach hinges on taking the tinniest bit of knowledge and putting it to myriad...
View Article8 ways I've recently used herbal medicine.
The internet is awash with regurgitated information and nowhere more so than in blogs like this one. I always try to write about things I have actually experienced rather than repeating the findings...
View ArticleA SHORT(ISH) FILM ABOUT FORAGING IN LONDON
My bloody back is killing me! Too much time in the car and too much time in front of this cursed screen! Hold on, I hear you say, nobody wants to read a blog where all you do is moan, not even your...
View ArticleThree amazing medicinal mushrooms you can collect & use all year round : a...
Vicky was born and raised in London. She had a calling to study nature from a young age and didn’t let city living get in the way. She began foraging and growing food and medicine as a teenager in any...
View Article‘Sticky Weed’ The plant with many names : by medical herbalist Vivienne Campbell
Vivienne Campbell Bsc (Hons) MNIMH is a qualified herbalist, foraging teacher and professional natural cosmetic formulator. She teaches classes in Ireland & UK and worldwide via her online video...
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