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Articles and Interviews

Here we share interviews with our friends in the plant medicine community and articles on a wide range of subjects, from cooking and growing to phytochemistry and medicine making, nature resonance and much more...

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Rosemary Gladstar and Nikki in Magourney

03- Wild Walkabout Diary in Magourney Gardens - June '19

Members - Freedom Gardening

This Summer video is the third of our films out and about on the land with the plants. We made this early in June on a lovely warm day, and one can see the garden is really in full swing now and the growth has come into its own with fruits setting.

04- Wild Walkabout Diary in Magourney Gardens - July '19

Members - Freedom Gardening

This Summer video is the fouth of our films out and about on the land with the plants. We made this early in July on an overcast day and did the close-ups a few days later, the weather was windy, a bit sunnier and some of the plants had already changed too.

02- Wild Walkabout Diary in Magourney Gardens - May '19

Members - Freedom Gardening

This Spring video is the second of our films out and about on the land with the plants. We made this early in May on a lovely clear and sunny day, and one can see the garden is really waking up now and the growth is on.

01-Wild Walkabout Diary in Magourney Gardens-Mar'19

Members - Freedom Gardening

This Spring video is the first of our long-awaited films out and about on the land with the plants. We made this late in March on a lovely clear and sunny day, and one can see the garden is only beginning to wake up. This series is progressing monthly ...

The Wild Food Kitchen Cookbook

Members - The Wild Kitchen

When we are working with intention and food as ritual and ceremony from the soul and from the heart we tune into the soul of the foods we are using, into the ingredients.

The Herbal Primer

Members - Children's Book

A primer for National Schools, compiled with the assistance of Coachford National School, Co Cork.

Conversations with Nature

Members - Conversation with Nature

We have developed various techniques which lead one into experiencing ever deepening states of the original natural primordial being which connects us directly with the heart of Nature's Wisdom.

Nature Healing Ally Intensive

Article

This Spring intensive was held 24 & 25 March and we had a wonderful group of people becoming taking this journey of rediscovering their own authentic Natural Self.

Sprouting Super Foods

Article

Sprouted super foods with seeds, beans and growing micro-greens. Sprouts are a convenient and highly effective way of enriching the diet.

Nikki Darrell of Veriditas Hibernica

Irish Smudge Herbs - Rosemary, Bay, Sage and Wormwood

Smudge, Smoke and Fumigation

Article

In most cultures throughout the world smoke, smudge and incense would have formed part of ritual and ritual was seen as part of the sacred ordinary and ordinary sacredness.

Nikki Darrell of Veriditas Hibernica

Meads

Article

Traditional mead is a natural ferment similar to a wine made with honey water and yeast. It is usually made using wild yeasts although it is possible to get cultured yeast from home brewing suppliers.

Nikki Darrell of Veriditas Hibernica

Dreaming the Plant Medicine School into Being

Article

Once upon a time ……… about 14 months ago, the bright wizard of the East travelled from Grá Nádúr in Wexford to pay his respects to the warm medicine woman of the South at Veriditas Hibernica.

Nikki Darrell and Alex Duffy

Balancing Vagal Tone

Article

The vagus nerve was for a while thought of as ‘just one of the cranial nerves’. Its very name implies it is a wandering vagabond of a nerve, meandering around the body to nearly everywhere (not the adrenals though) and doing this in a vague manner.

Nikki Darrell of Veriditas Hibernica

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