by Anne Stobart | Jan 22, 2020 | agroforestry, cultivation, Devon, education, events, forest garden, harvest, herbal medicine, permaculture, trees
New Medicinal Forest Garden Weekend course New for 2020 is our two-day Medicinal Forest Garden Weekend course which combines elements from all of our day courses. The weekend provides an indepth overview of sustainable cultivation and use of medicinal...
by Anne Stobart | Jan 5, 2020 | agroforestry, cultivation, Devon, education, forest garden, harvest, herbal medicine, management, medicinal, permaculture, plants, propagation, trees
At last I can begin to relax as my book all about medicinal trees and shrubs is finally on its way. Permanent Publications will be issuing The Medicinal Forest Garden Handbook in April this year. Looking back, I have been collecting information about trees...
by Anne Stobart | Jan 15, 2019 | education, events, herbal medicine, Medicinal Forest Garden Trust, permaculture, trees
Welcome to Holt Wood Herbs News, our occasional newsletter round-up on Holt Wood and the Medicinal Forest Garden Trust Medicinal Herbs in Historical Practice – Thursday 6th June 2019 Medicinal Herbs in Historical Practice course – and our copper still...
by Anne Stobart | Sep 4, 2018 | education, forest garden, harvest, herbal medicine, history, management, medicinal, permaculture, products, trees
Holt Wood Courses 2019 We are delighted with our new leaflet about medicinal forest garden courses at Holt Wood in 2019, giving dates and brief outlines, available at Holt Wood Courses 2019. Further details are available on all three courses below, and dates are also...
by Anne Stobart | Mar 24, 2018 | cultivation, Devon, education, events, forest garden, herbal medicine, management, permaculture, plants, trees
Planning for our May day course in ‘Designing a medicinal forest garden’ is in full swing. It is an opportunity for growers and gardeners to look at the wide range of possible medicinal plants, from ground cover to overstorey, and plan a new project or add...
by Anne Stobart | Jan 6, 2018 | agroforestry, cultivation, education, events, farm, foods, harvest, herbal medicine, herbalists, Medicinal Forest Garden Trust, permaculture
A fantastic opportunity to meet with dozens of farmers and growers and talk about promoting herbal cultivation. The Oxford Real Farming Conference (ORFC) 2018 was held in Oxford Town Hall, an amazing building full of gilded rooms and decorative ceilings. There were a...
by Anne Stobart | Mar 5, 2017 | art, education, events, harvest, herbal medicine, Medicinal Forest Garden Trust, permaculture, website, wilderness
Come and see us at the RHS Wilderness Weekend Sat 18 to Sun 19 March 2017, 10-4 pm, entrance free to RHS members The Medicinal Forest Garden Trust will have a stall at this event at RHS Rosemoor Gardens, near Great Torrington, North Devon, EX38 8PH. This event at the...
by Anne Stobart | Jan 19, 2017 | agroforestry, cultivation, education, foods, harvest, herbal medicine, permaculture
Hear the podcast about Holt Wood You can listen to a podcast about herbal medicine and forest gardening, featuring Holt Wood. In the podcast, Anne talks about the general approach of Western herbal medicine and growing medicinal trees and shrubs in a permaculture...
by Anne Stobart | Nov 22, 2016 | education, events, herbal medicine, plants
Below is a brief round up of some things happening in herbal education in South West England: Wed 26 April 2017 Exeter, Devon. Short course ‘Introduction to Self Care with Food and Herbs’ course in Exeter next spring. The five session Living Medicine...
by Anne Stobart | Nov 1, 2016 | art, education, herbal medicine, Medicinal Forest Garden Trust, products, website
Wood developments This spring/summer we have widened an existing ride to increase supplies of fruits and nuts. We are going to call it ‘Fruit Street’, and look forward to the produce from existing and added fruit and nut trees, including apples, cherries,...
by Anne Stobart | Apr 29, 2016 | education, history
New book! One of the reasons that our medical herbalist, Anne, has been so short of time to spend at Holt Wood is her involvement in recent years in preparing a historical book on household medicine for publication. The book is based on Anne’s research into...
by Anne Stobart | Aug 3, 2015 | education, insects
Wildlife galore Surprised we were to visit the wood last weekend and find a deer lurking. Apparently roe deer can squeeze through gaps less than a foot wide. So we think it must have got in under the fence somewhere and we will have to do some clearance along the...
by Anne Stobart | Jun 29, 2015 | education, insects
Insect hotels Children visiting Holt Wood last weekend had a great time using household waste plastic bottles, cardboard, string and plant material to make different kinds of structures attractive to insects such as lacewings, solitary bees and others. We searched...
by Anne Stobart | Jun 27, 2014 | education, herbal medicine, Medicinal Forest Garden Trust
Herbal Medicine and the Forest SchoolFriday 20th June 2014 at Holt Wood, Devon This was a training day for Forest School educators with aims to answer the questions as follows: Which native trees and plants can be used medicinally? How can young people engage with...
by Anne Stobart | Feb 28, 2014 | education, herbal medicine, history
Lady Boscawen’s seventeenth-century plant notebook: Some issues in herbal and garden history To what extent did housewives grow and collect herbs for medicinal use in early modern times? Contemporary printed sources suggest that women took much responsibility...
by Anne Stobart | Feb 22, 2014 | education, herbal medicine, history
Hooray! As co-editor of this book on herbal history research I am so pleased it has finally been published. It is not specifically to do with Holt Wood but this is one reason why I have had so little time in the last year! This book is an academic text aimed at...
