You’re invited to a Burns Supper with a wild twist. On Saturday 23 January (2016) I’ll be holding a foraged Wild Burns Supper. Tickets are available for just 12 people… Read More
Go Absolutely Wild this Burn’s Night!
Category: Workshops
Scotland Tide Tables for Coastal Foraging
When you’re foraging at the seaside it’s handy, essential even, to know when low tide is! Here is a useful website link to all the tide tables in Scotland and the… Read More
Edible Seashore with John Wright
Edible Seashore Coastal gourmet foraging day out with John Wright (River Cottage) & Monica Wilde (Napiers the Herbalists) with a wild gourmet lunch and treats! Join us in May 2017, for a… Read More
Soap workshop at Redhall Walled Gardens
My thanks to the 25 Sikh ladies and members of the Pentland Transition Group who made Saturday such a fun day. Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. For those of… Read More
Herbal Power Juices – Your Food is your Medicine.
Our bodies digest raw, enzyme active juice far more quickly and efficiently than solid food. Juices are nutrient-dense and supercharge the body in the same way that herbal tinctures work.… Read More
Herbal Power Juices – The Recipies
A “herb shot” for me is 20 ml in a 200ml glass of juice. Or around 30 ml in a 300 ml glass. All approximate as Paleolithic people did not… Read More
Where to buy Ingredients and Equipment
Fields and Forests Project – Equipment and Supplies Supplies can be bought at NAPIERS THE HERBALISTS www.napiers.net – Essential oils, dried herbs, etc. Also two shops in Edinburgh and one… Read More
Fields and Forest Project – Making Creams
Fields and Forest Project – Making a Simple Cold Cream This recipe makes 250g cream. This will fill 5 x 50 ml size pots. (A useful measurement to know is… Read More
Fields and Forest Project – Flower and Herbal Oils
Fields and Forests Project – Flower and Herbal Oils Gather flowers in the early morning. Later in the day, the heat of the day may have evaporated some of the… Read More
Fields and Forests Project – Flower Waters
Fields and Forests Project – Flower Water Gather flowers in the early morning. Later in the day, the heat of the day may have evaporated some of the essential oils… Read More
Fields and Forests Project – Cream Recipes
Making Flower Creams The recipes from the Summer workshop will be posted soon. In the meantime gather the petals of flowers. Many flowers have both therapeutic and scent properties. Those… Read More
Fields and Forests Project – Ointment Recipes
The ointment made at Pollok Country Park in Glasgow was as follows: 1 spoon beeswax 2 spoons grated cocoa butter 5 spoons sweet almond oil Melt all together then mix… Read More