Wild plants growing in your local park are medicinal
So we’re here to put this herbal knowledge back into your hands
6+ years, 2000+ participants, 100+ organisations
Our workshops are trusted by universities, conservation charities, schools, the NHS and local Bristol businesses
Our mission
A message from our founder
Hi, I’m Maria
I'm an outdoor educator, qualified medical herbalist and founder of Healing Weeds CIC.
Back in 2019, I realised that access to wild plants - and the medicinal knowledge surrounding them - is bizzarely secretive and deeply and unequal.
Herbal plant knowledge has been systematically removed from public understanding; we used to know which plants eased a fever, healed a wound or relieved eczema, but over the years, we’ve all been (purposefully) separated from it. No longer are we trusting of these plants, with many of us believing that the only solution takes a pill-shaped form.
So I created Healing Weeds, to put this knowledge back in the hands of everyday people, to guide our health professionals back to nature and to train a new generation of young people to spread this herbal learning far and wide.
Our values
Access for everyone: our walks are £36 with a bursary fund for anyone who needs it + our community meet ups are kept low-cost through our circular economy
Building relationships with nature: we teach ethical foraging, creating mindful relationship with land, plants + wildlife
Community-centred visions: we learn best together, all our sessions invite knowledge sharing and collective actions
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Access to land and local plant knowledge is not evenly shared between us.
Healing Weeds CIC exists to close to this gap and return practical wild plant education into the hands of the people.
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Our aims are to reconnect people with medicinal plants, teaching people of all abilities how to find and use local wild remedies.
Our work includes:
Community herb walks and workshops
Free or low‑cost sessions prioritising accessibility and building confidence.Seasonal workshops and programmes
Outdoor sessions supporting mental, emotional and physical health.Education and training
Packages to support teams to lead their own groups outside.Equity and inclusivity
All of our work is founded in values of equity and inclusivity. As much as possible, we practice decolonial and anti-racist ways of working with wild plants and people, guided by life-long learning, respect for land, lineage and consent. -
Our programmes prioritise:
people experiencing economic or social exclusion
communities with limited access to green space
those seeking grounded approaches to healing
We also partner with local schools, universities and healthcare practitioners to embed herbal healthcare into public knowledge, as well as alongside councils, charities and grassroots organisations in a way that feels accessible for everyone
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