Launch of new hen party/wedding craft workshops, Gower, South Wales | PRLog

Launch of new hen party/wedding craft workshops, Gower, South Wales | PRLog

Follow the link to read the latest press release about thoughtful, creative and downright crafty hen parties now available on the beautiful Gower peninsula from www.gowerhenparties.co.uk

The Weeds We Walk On - Woodland venue for walks

These are some great pictures of the finishing post for the Woodland Walks for www.gowerhenparties.com. We'll be walking through woodland to a beautiful lake by a stream. The lake is covered with yellow lilies in the summer and is very beautiful. 
We'll gather herbs along the way, learning about their healing properties, before making tinctures under the refuge of the sedum-roofed roundhouse at the Gower Wildflower Centre.  We'll explore the herbs we pick (very carefully without damaging the local environment) by tasting and smelling them and learn about their properties.  Then we'll make some medicine for you to take home, with a printed handout about gathering herbs and making tinctures, so you can carry on the good work at your leisure.
The centre boasts a fantastic cafe featuring local produce cooked by the charismatic Gregg Sandles.  He's got some great reviews already on www.tripadvisor.com for his fabulous cooking.  Herbal hunters can order their lunch before settling down to the workshop at the end of the walk.


Follow the link below to see the fabulous Wildflower Centre and some of the food they serve there! Yum!

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www.gowerwildflowercentre.co.uk

 a bud of Hypericum, St John's Wort

 

Soap making and other bathtime goodies - new workshops

I've been very busy making aprons for new workshops in league with www.gowerhenparties.com and getting the ingredients together to make various luscious goodies for bathtimes.  The workshops will cover how to make soap from simple ingredients including flower petals, oatmeal, herbs and glitter and also the tricky business of making bath fizzbombs without letting them explode! Also covered will be sensuous bath melts and best of all disclosing the secrets of making a love potion.  A blend of oils in a beautiful base oil for massaging the one you love. Today I wrote a booklet with all the instructions and the resource websites for ingredients.

Book your place for a hen party with a difference and learn new skills while enjoying the heavenly Gower peninsula.

Just signed up for this exciting event for herbalists - so fresh and dynamic

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Health justice & ecological herbalism from the grassroots

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The Radical Herbalism Gathering will be held on Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th June 2013 in Compton Dundon, near Glastonbury in Somerset, UK.
You are invited to join us for a weekend of discussions on community herbal medicine in a social justice and ecological context. The gathering will be an opportunity for informative workshops, rousing discussions, herbal skill sharing and to make new connections.
It is being hosted by a diverse collective of medical & lay herbalists, plant lovers, medicine growers, community organisers & other health workers.
We have been inspired by the collaboration of herbalists, growers, wildcrafters & other health workers in North America. These projects demonstrate that herbal medicine can play an important part in addressing health inequalities. We want the gathering to be a place where similar conversations on sustainable and integrated healthcare can evolve.
Amongst the range of topics for the weekend we are particularly interested in: the connection between herbal medicine, social justice and health inequalities, community herbal projects, increasing accessibility to herbal medicine, the impact of the current dismantling of the NHS, sustainable growing and sourcing of herbs, a radical approach to plant communication, different plant medicine traditions and cultural appropriation, defending plant medicine from ecological destruction (e.g. Tar Sands in Canada) and the role of big pharmaceuticals in healthcare.
There will also be a herbal first aid workshop, a range of medicine making workshops and plant walks in the afternoons.
A full programe for the gathering will be available in May. If you are interested in being part of the working group or would like to contribute to the gathering by running a workshop or in some other way please contact us on: info@radicalherbalism.org.uk

new departure for #www.gowerserenity.co.uk -> #www.gowerhenparties.co.uk

Proud to announce that herbal walks are starting up again in liaison with www.gowerhenparties.com

and we are also setting up workshops for inclement weather too! We will have tremendous fun making bath fizzbombs, natural soaps, bath melts, love potions flower petals, natural pigments, glitter and lots of laughter.
A good friend of mine and I have been industrious making chintz pinnies for the workshop. You can protect your clothes from splashes and look glam at the same time.

 

And it won't matter what our contrary weather is doing either!

check out the website at www.gowerhenparties.com

 

And get crafty!

 

grumpy gains

Gained 3 lbs in France. I blame the baguettes and the amazing butter of Noirmoutier that had grains of sea salt in its creamy depths.

BAck to work and fasting on Monday!

Holiday in France and still 5:2 ing!

Have managed one proper 500 calorie day in France - how's that for discipline and a mini-fast when (admittedly after an enormous lunch at a cafe) I didn't fancy supper and missed breakfast the next day. Not bad for the home of gourmets.  My halo is shining with French polish.