While relaxing between Xmas and NYE celebrations, read our latest brilliant blog post by Mika Hyman @cam.ac.uk @rbgkew.bsky.social #materiamedica #collecting #C18th #histmed www.herbalhistory.org/home/arrangi...

Our latest blog is up! Read about Lucy Reed's research @uor-research.bsky.social tracing continuity and change in herbal practices in Britain #herbalism #histmed herbalhistory.org/home/placing...

We had a wonderful time at the Power of Plants Festival in Shropshire #powerofplants #pop25 last weekend, connecting with new friends interested in the history of #herbalmedicine Thanks to the National Institute of Medical Herbalists for organising such a great event!

Did you know in the vaults of the Natural History Museum there are #materiamedica cabinets dating to the 1500s? Read the latest HHRN Blog by John Hunnex, Curator of NHM British & Irish Herbarium who explores @nhm-london.bsky.social cabinet's history #herbalhist www.herbalhistory.org/home/the-bot...

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📣Applications now open for the Senate House Library Visiting Fellowships 📣 In 2025-6 up to two awards of £1500 will be allocated to support a fellowship of up to two weeks. Deadline: 15th September 2025. More info 👇 www.london.ac.uk/senate-house...

In July, we'll celebrate the first anniversary of the opening of our gardens! 🦕🌿 Join us for five free webinars throughout June to discover how we reimagined our five-acre site in South Kensington into a welcoming, accessible, and biodiverse green space in the heart of London.

If you enjoyed our online seminar, or wish you could have attended, you might want to sign up to hear about our latest events and get more involved! ⏬ www.herbalhistory.org/home/join/

Thursday 3 April we open for our Museum Late, 5.30pm - 8pm. Join us to celebrate the launch of new garden trail, ‘Healing plants’, inspired by the ‘Healing words’ exhibition. Register free👉 tinyurl.com/4fe38t68 #RCPhealingRecipes #HistMed

The intersection of natural heritage and collective memory is crucial. How can we better preserve and acknowledge these histories? #art #history #herbalremedies #materiamedica #herbarium

Ooh, an opportunity to visit the amazing #Herbarium at @thebotanics.bsky.social! So, what's so great about herbaria? And (if you're not based in Edinburgh) how do you find one near you? Find out here: bsbi.org/herbaria Then book a visit to your nearest herbarium! @sandyknapp.bsky.social

Got a muscle cramp, sprain or bruise? Have you tried Barrett's *Mandrake Embrocation* by Victorian "Quack" doctor, Joshua Barrett? 🦆 Read more below in our blog from Caroline Rance! ⬇️ #mandrakeroot #herbalhistory #quackdoctors #histmed #C19th www.herbalhistory.org/home/the-apo...

Ever wanted to see the faces behind the HHRN? Still going strong after 15 years, the current team includes Julia Nurse, HHRN Chair, Research Development Lead @wellcomecollection.bsky.social ...

The Zoom Room is ready, the speakers are prepped... only 5 days until our fabulous ONLINE seminar: *Evolving Traditions: Influences on Western Herbal Practice* Speakers from Kew, Oxford, NHM, Alternative Healers Project & more! Wed 19 mar • 14:30 GMT www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/evolving-t...

Last chance to book tickets for our fabulous ONLINE seminar on Wed 19th March! Programme and link to book below ⬇️

The latest issue of #BritishandIrishBotany is out! It's our Open Access, online scientific journal - free to read, free to publish in. 6 papers: limestone pavements, historic botanists & their finds, New Zealand Pigmyweed in Irish lakes, Sorbus & Hieracium. bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2025/03/brit...

Delighted to have John Hunnex @nhm-london.bsky.social speaking at our ONLINE seminar on Hidden Botanical Collections at the Natural History Museum. It's not too late to grab your tickets! Evolving Traditions: Influences on Western Herbal Practice 19 Mar 14:30 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/evolving-t...

We have Dr Debora Moretti & Dr Peter Jones speaking on *Cunning folk and 'Herbalists' in the C19th Medical Marketplace* at our ONLINE seminar! Evolving Traditions: Influences on Western Herbal Practice Date: 19 mar • 14:30 ⏬ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/evolving-t...

Simon Mills, Medical Herbalist, Author & Fellow of the Royal Soc of Medicine, will be presenting on *ESCOP: 35 years of Herbal Cooperation across Europe* at our ONLINE seminar on 19th March. For full programme & tickets ⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/evolving-t...

New HHRN blog post! 📢 Dr Anne Van Arsdale explores the translation of Old English medicine by Victorian scholar Oswald Cockayne in *Leechdoms, Wortcunning and Starcraft of Early England* ⬇️ #herbalhistory #histmed www.herbalhistory.org/home/the-tex...

Delighted to have Prof Mark Nesbitt, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew on #MateriaMedica as #materialculture and Prof Elizabeth Hsu, University of Oxford on #Qinghao at our ONLINE seminar on 19th March! Evolving Traditions: Influences on Western Herbal Practice ⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/evolving-t...

As we near Burns night, time to share our blog on #Scottish healing and herbs by Dr Charlotte Holmes @_CCHolmes_ #C17th #C18th #herbalhistory www.herbalhistory.org/home/domesti...

We are celebrating our 15th anniversary with an exciting ONLINE event on Wed 19th March *Evolving Traditions: Influences on Western Herbal Practice* We have a stellar line up of speakers 🌟 Pls share far & wide, link to book below #herbalhistory #herbalmedicine #histmed #botany