by Anne Stobart | Jul 23, 2020 |
A day course at Holt Wood in North Devon where you can learn about harvesting and making products from medicinal trees and shrubs. During this day we will consider medicinal harvesting in a forest garden context based on bark, flowers, fruits, leaves and roots of...
by Anne Stobart | May 11, 2017 | events, herbal medicine, Medicinal Forest Garden Trust, permaculture, products, trees, website
Here is our latest round-up of news about Holt Wood and the Medicinal Forest Garden Trust. Toby Buckland Garden Festival What a load of lovely plant-lovers!! We took the Medicinal Forest Garden Trust banner and set up our stall at Powderham Castle in Devon with a...
by Anne Stobart | Apr 28, 2013 | harvest
Harvesting Cramp Bark (Viburnum opulus)Harvested branches of Viburnum opulusRemaining stump will shoot vigorouslyTough barkSmooth and easy to remove barkCleaned up Viburnum opulus ready for bark removalThe sap has been rising in our Cramp Bark shrubs, so leaves are...
by Anne Stobart | May 29, 2011 | herbal medicine
First coppiced bark harvest from Cramp Bark (Viburnum opulus) This small tree, or shrub, has opposite leaves and its growth habit tends to be multi-stemmed, forking towards the end of branches as flowering terminal buds are used up. So the plant has quite a bushy...
