Schumacher College: Wild Service - Why Nature Needs You
Sep
27
to Sep 29

Schumacher College: Wild Service - Why Nature Needs You

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This short course is grown out of a new landmark publication by the campaign group ‘Right to Roam’ Wild Service: Why Nature Needs You (edited by Nick Hayes and Jon Moses) and lays out a vision for repairing nature. Featuring the contributions of five featured authors who have written about education, healing, belonging and community, Wild Service is more than a book. It is a philosophy, a call to action, a meditation, a celebration and an invitation.

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Creative Foraging - herbal glycerites & flowers
Jun
9
2:00 PM14:00

Creative Foraging - herbal glycerites & flowers

An 8 month workshop series learning about local wild food, medicine and crafts. We'll learn about ethical foraging as an act of resistance.

In this June session, we'll find how summer graces us with abundant flowers; gentle medicine to calm the nervous system and the heart. We’ll take time to get to know how flowers such as lime, rose & elder can help us navigate this world. Learn how to forage for and make your own glycerite tinctures and rose water.

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Creative Foraging - teas, decoctions & printmaking
May
18
2:00 PM14:00

Creative Foraging - teas, decoctions & printmaking

An 8 month workshop series learning about local wild food, medicine and crafts. We'll learn about ethical foraging as an act of resistance.

In this May session, we'll focus on Hawthorn as medicine for the heart and ask: what does that actually mean for us as we build community care? We’ll share the deep history and folklore of May day and the May tree alongside other herbs for resilience. Learn how to preserve wild herbs and prepare them as tea, and carve your own rubber stamp for printing all your own future medicines labels!

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Creative Foraging - spring greens & wild weaving
Apr
14
2:00 PM14:00

Creative Foraging - spring greens & wild weaving

An 8 month workshop series learning about local wild food, medicine and crafts. We'll learn about ethical foraging as an act of resistance.

In this April session, we want to share the foundational skills of wild basket weaving and how to make nourishing spring vinegars. You’ll leave with the beginnings of a basket, and skills and medicine to share with others.

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Foraging for Wild Cocktails : with Hyde & Co and Avallen Spirits
May
27
3:00 PM15:00

Foraging for Wild Cocktails : with Hyde & Co and Avallen Spirits

On a walk around Brandon Hill, you’ll explore the vast range of wild ingredients including hogweed, elderflowers and much more, before collecting your own ingredients and returning to Hyde & Co where our expert bartenders will teach you a variety of different methods to create your own dried plants, powders and syrups, before sampling them in two specially created cocktails using the exceptional Four Pillars Gin, distilled in the woodlands of the Surrey Hills.

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Foraging for Wild Cocktails : with Hyde & Co and Four Pillars Gin
Nov
12
3:00 PM15:00

Foraging for Wild Cocktails : with Hyde & Co and Four Pillars Gin

On a walk around Brandon Hill, you’ll explore the vast range of wild ingredients including hogweed, elderflowers and much more, before collecting your own ingredients and returning to Hyde & Co where our expert bartenders will teach you a variety of different methods to create your own dried plants, powders and syrups, before sampling them in two specially created cocktails using the exceptional Four Pillars Gin, distilled in the woodlands of the Surrey Hills.

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