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 | Nov 25, 2017 | foods, forest garden, harvest
Our apple trees are still establishing, just a few of our own – but we have also been given apples that just needed to be used, a mix of sharp eating and cooking ones. So here are some suggestions for excess apples based on what we did this autumn. Dried Apple...
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 | Jan 9, 2017 | cultivation, ethnobotany, harvest, herbal medicine, products, trees
I have fallen love with a tree – it is Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) – the branches and needles have such a spicy sweet resinous scent somewhere between grapefruit and Christmas pudding. And it is our great fortune to have several self-sown young...
by Anne Stobart | Aug 4, 2016 | harvest, herbal medicine
Recently, talking with visitors to Holt Wood about harvesting herbs, I found myself once again extolling the wonders of pillowcases. You might think this odd. Actually, there is no limit to the usefulness of pillowcases and I think they are an essential piece of...
