Wild medicine belongs to all of us
We run foraging walks, herbal workshops and nature learning sessions across Bristol to make wild plant knowledge practical, useful and joyful for everyone
About Healing Weeds
Why we exist
Access to land and local plant knowledge is not evenly shared between us.
Healing Weeds CIC exists to close to this gap by returning practical wild plant education into the hands of everyone.
What we do
Our work includes:
Community herb walks and workshops
Free or low‑cost sessions prioritising accessibility and building confidence.
Seasonal wellbeing programmes
Nature connection sessions supporting mental, emotional and physical health.
Education and training
All of our work is founded in values of equity and inclusivity.
We practice decolonial and anti-racist ways of working with wild plants and people, guided by respect for land, lineage and consent.
Who we serve
Knowing how a connection with nature can improve mental, physical and spiritual health, our programmes are designed for people experiencing economic or social exclusion, communities with limited access to green space and those seeking alternative approaches to healing.
We also partner with local schools, universities and healthcare practitioners to embed herbal healthcare into public knowledge, and support councils and charities to make changes so that this knowledge remains accessible for everyone.
Our values
Access over exclusivity
Our walks are £36 with a bursary fund for anyone who needs it + our community meet ups are low-cost
Relationship over extraction
We teach foraging as a way to build relationship with land, plants + wildlife
Community over individualism
Accessibility and inclusivity are prioritised + knowledge is shared collectively
Our mission
A message from our founder
Hi, I’m Maria
I'm an outdoor educator, trainee medical herbalist and founder of Healing Weeds CIC.
I started this project back in 2019 when I began to realise that access to wild plants, and the medicinal knowledge surrounding them, is deeply unequal.
Wild plant knowledge has been systematically removed from public life. We used to know which plants eased a fever, healed a wound or relieved eczema. This knowledge has become isolated and almost secretive; completely taken out of modern medicine education and no where to be seen in our GP practices.
So I created Healing Weeds to put this knowledge back in the hands of everyday people, to guide our health professionals bac to nature and train a new generation of young people to spread this learning far and wide.
Partnerships
