About Healing Weeds
Our values
Access over exclusivity
Relationship over extraction
Community over individualism
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After studying Biology at University and many years teaching in alternative education settings, Maria saw a gap in our collective education.
Access to nature 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 all of us.
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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 access and building confidence.Seasonal wellbeing programmes
Nature connection sessions supporting mental, emotional and physical health.Education and training
Ethical herbalism, foraging and ways to include wild plants in every day life for community groups and organisations.All of our work is founded in values of equity and inclusivity. We practice decolonial and anti-racist ways of working, guided by respect for land, lineage and consent.
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Our programmes prioritise:
people experiencing economic or social exclusion
communities with limited access to green space
those seeking grounded approaches to healing
We also connect 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.
