Nature's Wisdom
Practical and inspiring walks and workshops

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​Wildflower Walks and more

Custom-designed walks for individuals, groups and families, where you can learn about the folklore and ancient uses of our common wildflowers, herbs and trees. 
We also offer guided meditations in nature, and advice on medicine gardens and garden sanctuaries. 
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Ethno-Botany: Plant Workshops

Our workshops cover specific plants and their significance in human history; the folklore around them, and the modern and ancient use for practical, spiritual and healing purposes. 
You will also learn how to meditate with a plant, connect directly to its essence, and sit with the plant to hear its stories. This may sound a bit strange, but this is how traditional herbalists and medicine women gained their knowledge about the healing gifts of a plant. 
More info: Mugwort workshop

Wildflower Walks and more

​Our nature-sessions are all custom-designed (including for families with kids). They are especially valuable for people who live in an urban context and feel that they have lost connection with the beauty, wisdom and healing power of nature. 
Nature is one of our greatest teachers. Reconnecting with the cycles of nature - from the awakening of spring to the dormant phases in winter - can help you balance your life and understand your own energy cycles. 
Nature is also a great healer. Research has shown that spending time in nature can support stress release and create feelings of balance, joy, inspiration and connectedness. 

Andrea on a Wildflower Walk

Meditations in Nature

​You will learn how to re-energise and gain new inspiration by connecting to trees, plants, and other features of nature. For example, if you need to bring more flow into your life, we will go and sit with a river and do a guided visualisation journey while listening to the water's burbling. Depending on your needs, these meditations can just be one-hour sessions in a local park - or a full day of magical nature-connections out of town. 

Wildflower Walks
(Ethno-Botany)

I offer individual and group walks where you can meet local wildflowers, herbs and trees - and hear about their stories, folklore and ancient uses. Ethno-botany is the science of people's connection to plants; in a culinary, practical, medical and spiritual way. We will also talk about sustainable and respectful foraging, which is not about bringing in large crops, but receiving a small gift of nature to practice gratefulness. 

Medicine Gardens and Sanctuaries

If  you have a kitchen garden or plan to create a dedicated garden-area for reflection and meditation, I can advise you on  the folklore and medical qualities of your plants.  Many of the kitchen herbs and 'weeds' in your garden can offer hidden gifts:  Some of them have been known and used as medical plants for thousands of years. All of them have an inner essence that you can explore through guided meditation.