Though the days are growing shorter and the evenings are now dark so early, I find this to be the most enchanting time of year. The leaves are in their full autumn raiment, all glowing fire when ...
https://whisperingearth.co.uk/2022/11/01/an-october-retrospective/
Spring is shifting into summer here and everywhere is abundant with life. Forget-me-nots (Myosotis sylvatica/ arvensis) are little used in modern herbal medicine but were once popular as an astri...
https://whisperingearth.co.uk/2016/05/29/spring-turns-to-summer/
It’s been a strange winter this year. Mild and wet for the most part with a with a few bright, crisp, days in-between the drear. Sitting by the fire has kept us feeling warm and nourished and I...
https://whisperingearth.co.uk/2016/01/24/wintery-wonders-and-a-whipped-body-butter/
Today marks the Celtic festival of Samhain, or Halloween as it has been rebranded for the modern age. It marks the end of the harvests and the beginning of the long night of winter. It is said th...
https://whisperingearth.co.uk/2015/10/31/of-leaves-luminosity-and-the-long-night/
The Downs are beautiful at any time of year, even in deepest winter when grey skies and bitter winds make them seem grim and inhospitable. I’m not sure it ever gets better than August though, w...
https://whisperingearth.co.uk/2015/08/16/a-downland-wild-flower-reverie/
May is truly one of my favourite months of the year. On the tipping point between seasons we have the last of the spring greens along with the first summer flowers and there are always lots of wo...
https://whisperingearth.co.uk/2015/05/31/in-the-merry-merry-month-of-may/
We had a wonderful time at the Wild Plant Craft workshop over the Autumn Equinox weekend, meeting like minded people and spending time connecting with nature and gathering food and medicine from ...
https://whisperingearth.co.uk/2014/10/13/autumn-foraging-workshops/
It’s been a little while since I have shared a post here as the summer has been a busy one. I am really excited to be running a wild plant craft workshop over the Autumn Equinox weekend with An...
https://whisperingearth.co.uk/2014/09/01/wildflowers-and-waterways/
One of the things I love most about spring is that it is probably the time when picking plentiful quantities of wild food is the easiest, at least in temperate northern zones such as the area in ...
https://whisperingearth.co.uk/2014/05/01/spring-wild-green-cuisine/
Whilst discussing the importance of encouraging nature appreciation with an inspiring friend recently, she said something that has stayed with me since. “Beauty is a doorway.” This struck a c...
https://whisperingearth.co.uk/2014/04/14/beauty-is-a-doorway/