London Permaculture Festival is coming up in Camden! Sunday 26 July 2026, 11-6, buy tickets £20 online. Concessions on the door, under 18s free. Workshops, stalls, and a ‘families’ zone. Includes a herbal workshop on 'Medicinal Forest Gardening' with Anne Stobart. londonpermaculturefestival.com

What can I grow in a medicinal forest garden? Part 5: 'Plants for nervous complaints from back pain to insomnia' See the last of a series of posts on healing uses for 50 different plants. These posts draw on my experience with establishing a medicinal forest garden.

Join Morag Gamble and Anne Stobart talking about herbal medicine, medicinal forest gardening and more on Wed 10 June 10-11 am (London time) or 7-8 pm (Sydney time). This talk is part of the Eco-Conversation series from the Permaculture Education Institute. events.humanitix.com/wild-and-kin...

The elder flowers are here now, and here are suggestions for use! annestobart.substack.com/p/elder-tree...

'Trees That Heal: A Two-Part Live Online Workshop' on 22 and 29 June 2026. These workshops online are offered by Eatweeds. We will be talking live about using medicinal trees safely and ways to preserve the harvest. Details and registration at shop.eatweeds.co.uk/products/tre...

Planting medicinal trees? If you have space for planting a shrub or tree then take a look at my A to Z index of healing trees and shrubs on Substack! Each post includes selected information about cultivation, harvest and uses along with some references. annestobart.substack.com/p/medicinal-...

Did you know forest gardens can offer abundant supplies of healing bark, buds and foliage for infusion in carrier oils. See uses for alder, birch, eucalyptus, juniper, myrtle, rosemary, pine, sweet bay, willow and more in Medicinal Tree Woman post at annestobart.substack.com/p/making-rec...

Medicinal forest gardening for respiratory ailments! In my Medicinal Tree Woman newsletter post, 'What Can I Grow In A Medicinal Forest Garden? Part 4' you can find remedies for a range of colds and coughs, many from the daisy, mint and rose families. annestobart.substack.com/p/what-can-i...

Here is an update on medicinal forest gardening from the UK. I post every three months and include stuff related to trees that heal, herbal medicine, growing for health, permaculture. annestobart.substack.com/p/medicinal-...

Memo to self, I must better my video recording skills in 2026! Looking back on 2025 clips of the Herb and Forest Garden at Sandford in Devon there is room for improvement. Thanks to our helpers this past year and looking forward to even more volunteers to help with planting in the coming year!

Medicinal forest gardening is good for you! In my Medicinal Tree Woman newsletter post, 'What Can I Grow In A Medicinal Forest Garden? Part 3: Plants For Maintaining Health', you can find remedies for common problems, from digestive problems to heavy periods, poor sleep and liver congestion.

Some seeds like mullein (Verbascum thapsus) can be gathered straight from the plant. Many other medicinal herb plants and seeds can be hard to find but you see a list of plant and seed suppliers in the latest Medicinal Forest Garden Trust update bit.ly/3QQgnjz Medicinal Tree Woman newsletter

In my series on What To Grow In A Medicinal Forest Garden I list plants that help combat complaints of getting older. Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) berries can be used to make a delicious liqueur. See my recipe at What can I grow in a medicinal forest garden? Part 2 at annestobart.substack.com

Mediicnal Forest Garden Trust quarterly newsletter now available at bit.ly/3QQgnjz

Medicinal Forest Garden Trust update just published. In this July issue there are loads of items including info on sustainable herbs and agroforestry, guides on threats to forests, a new tree ID book for Britain and Ireland, plus a look at some courses in herbal medicine. #permaculture #herbal

Over on SubStack I write as 'Medicinal Tree Woman' and I have just started a series of posts about the plants we grew in our medicinal tree project in Devon UK. Part 1 is a starter list of remedies for skin care. Subscription is free (there is a paid subscription for supporters).

Congratulations to Anne Stobart, author of Household Medicine in Seventeenth-Century England, for being awarded the Leslie Matthews Medal by the British Society for the History of Pharmacy. Explore Anne's book here 👉 bit.ly/3RQogoM

Looking back on 2024 I am reminded to be more careful about which buttons I press when I put my mobile phone down on the ground! Here I am inadvertently filmed harvesting some medicinal shrub 🌱 branches on a sunny day in Devon. Festive greetings to all!