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EVENTS & WORKSHOPS
"Thank you for sharing your knowledge and skills this year. I have really enjoyed the workshops and look forward to more in 2010. P.s. The cream we made is fantastic." Debbie Edler, a nurse who attended 3 workshops in 2010
WORKSHOP dates, Barnsley 2010
If you are interested in the workshops and would like to be kept informed of any changes or additions please email us at herbs@herbsforhealing.net
STILL TO COME
AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY Weekend.
2010 will be the third year we have run this popular week-end.
August 28th (Saturday) 10.30- 4.00 p.m.
HERBAL OILS, OINTMENTS AND CREAMS
A practical workshop making infused herbal oils for massage and face, also ointments and creams. Lead by Davina Wynne-Jones . £69.00 which includes taking samples home that you will have made and a light lunch.
August 29th (Sunday)
MAKING TINCTURES AND SYRUPS (Sunday) 10.30-4.00 p.m. Learn to make your own herbal tinctures and syrups. Bring a bottle of vodka (with the highest percentage alcohol that you can find) and some jars with airtight lids. Preserving the properties of a herb in a tincture is a way of storing the medicinal qualities of the plant in a way that is especially easy for the body to absorb. £59.00 Light lunch
August 30th (Mon) 10.30 - 4.00 p.m.
FLOWER ESSENCES
A short day exploring flower essences with Saskia Marjoram and Christine Felce of Saskia's Flower Essences.This introductory day will include practising your dowsing skills to help in choosing essences for yourself and others, exploring the properties of flower medicine and, if the weather is up to it possibly making your own essence, or, if not, making a combination essence from Saskia's Flower Essence range. Saskia and Christine developed their range of essences together inspired by the incredible beauty and wisdom of the flowers around us. They believe strongly that flowers growing where you live are the ones most useful for your healing.A light lunch will be provided . £69.00
For further information about Saskia's Flower Essences have a look at their website. www.saskiasfloweressences.com
Dowsing the essences
Cost for the entire weekend £180.00
Mary Hawker, an aromatherapist who came to three workshops over the bank holiday says it was the most enjoyable bank holiday she has ever spent!
September 8th Wednesday 7.00p.m. - 9.00 p.m.
HERBS FOR MEN
AS a result of popular demand we are putting on an evening focussing on men's health .We have invited guest herbalist Caroline Sheldrick, who has been working with patients in Gloucestershire since 2003, to join us for the evening to add her expertise. We will as usual be looking in the garden for inspiration. Cost £20.00
October 10th (Sunday) 10.00 - 4.00 p.m.
SOAPMAKING USING HERBS
An opportunity to lern the basics of soapmaking which will give you a foundation of knowledge to go away and experiment. £60 for the day. Please Bring Your Own Lunch.
November 14th (Sunday) 10.00 - 4.00 p.m.
CHRISTMAS WORKSHOP (1) with Davina Wynne-Jones. This is a good value day as you go home with gifts as well as having learnt new skills....Holly wreaths, herbal garlands, face cream, bath oils, potpourri and other smelly items, sleep pillows, dream pillows. You can also experiment with soap adding your own herbs and essential oils to a previously prepared base. Additional gifts available at extra cost. Lunch provided. Numbers limited. Book early with payment £69.00
November 21st (Sunday) , 10.00.- 4.00 pm.
CHRISTMAS WORKSHOP (2) AS ABOVE. I am doing two christmas workshops as I need to keep the numbers low as we will be doing many different activities. Book early with payment. Lunch provided....£69.00
Last year we managed to eat in the tent outside for our Christmas workshop before the cold winter set in!
To book on a course email us. This list may change if we are undersubscribed or we may do extra workshops. If you would like to be kept informed please email us at herbs@herbsforhealing.net
PLANT SPIRIT EVENINGS - fortnightly from Thurs. May 6th
We are doing plant spirit journeying on Thursday evenings at 7.30. No previous experience is necessary. They are based on shamanic teachings but basically are gentle meditations on individual plants and help the participants to become familiar with the personality, strengths and potential of the plants. The actual journeying takes about 15 minutes, and the whole session lasts about an hour and a half. Some people find it very beneficial to their sense of well being and relationship with nature. If you would like to attend please phone or email before hand.
Workshops that have already taken place this year and that will be repeated at later dates include:
CHILDRENS' HOLIDAY WORKSHOP
.jpg) This is our first workshop for children They will start the morning making some glycerine soap in moulds, mixing their own colours and scents and adding herbs from the garden. They will then decorate their own plant pot and sow some easy to grow herbs in it. To round off the morning they can forage for leaves and flowers in the garden to make a personalised laminate book mark. It will be educational and fun and they will leave with three different items. The morning will be geared towards 6 - 10 year olds. They should come dressed for outdoors. The workshop will be lead by Rowan Wynne-Jones who has ten years experience working with children in schools and play situations. As a child herself Rowan often had holiday work in the gardens at Barnsley House.£16.00 with refreshments.
NATURAL SKIN CARE - CREAMS & LOTIONS
Using natural ingredients from the herb garden and herbal suppliers we will make face creams and body lotions that we believe match anything you can buy. We will look at the most appropriate natural ingredients for different skin types . Day lead by Davina Wynne-Jones.... £68.00 Lunch provided
THE MAGIC HOUR - How to create beautiful photographs in the Garden. With Ilene Sterns. £20.
MID SUMMER HERB WALK
We will take a short walk in the surrounding area of Barnsley and venture up the 'hairy hedge' an overgrown pathway that was once the road to London. It will offer an opportunity to see what a medicine chest of plants surrounds us all the time. We will also a tour the garden... £10.00
INDIVIDUAL CONSULTATION or help in making your own products is possible if you have particular requirements, or if you are unable to attend any of the workshops but would still like to learn. Email Davina at herbs@herbsforhealing.net. or if you do not do email phone 01285 851457, but this is not the best way to contact her as she is often working in the garden.
Saskia Marjoram also offers individual consultations at the garden for the use of her flower essences.
ABOUT THE TUTORS
Davina Wynne-Jones is the founder of Herbs for Healing. She turned to horticulture and herbalism as a career in her fifties although her study of herbs has been life long. Davina began making herbal concoctions for her own use in the early 1970's, inspired by a visit to herbalist Jeanne Rose in California who was at the forefront of a resurgence of interest in using herbs for beauty as well as medicine.
Davina's mother, Rosemary Verey, started collecting early English herbals at the same time and Davina spent much time enjoying them and planted her first herb garden then.
Davina qualified as a masseuse in 1990 and incorporated aromatherapy oils and flower essences in her work. Since she started Herbs for Healing in 2005 she enjoys working with the plants themselves. Davina has a degree in Fine Art and worked for many years as a printer and printmaker as well as running her late father's museum, Arlington Mill for 10 years.
Saskia Marjoram has lived in Gloucestershire and worked with flowers most of her life. She is a talented florist who for many years ran a business supplying her own naturally grown flowers for businesses and special events, she believes strongly that flowers are food for the soul. She was an in-house florist at Highgrove and she learnt her gardening skills at at Nether Lypiatt Manor. She is now concentrating on developing Saskia's Flower Esssencess and offers consultations to those who wish to use them. She is also currently working in the garden at Herbs for Healing.
Christine Felce is a qualified homeopath having studied and practiced in both London & Calcutta. She currently works as a filmmaker and is a keen natural gardener who has been interested in the healing power of plants since she was a child. Christine is the other half of Saskias Flower Essences.
Caroline Sheldrick qualified with the National Institute of Medical Herbalists in 2003 and has been treating patients at clinics in Cirencester, Stroud, and Nailsworth ever since. She has also studied botany and is as at home with the plants in the garden as those in the bottle.
Rowan Wynne-Jones has over ten years experience working with children and teenagers in play and educational settings. She is currently studying landscape architecture. As a schoolgirl she often worked in the gardens at Barnsley House.
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Saskia and Christine
