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
Rosemary Gladstar and Nikki in Magourney
Winter Hellebore flowering
Winter Hellebore flowering

Nature Healing Ally Intensive

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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.
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Mung beans sprouted
Mung beans sprouted

Sprouting Super Foods

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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
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Irish Smudge Herbs - Rosemary, Bay, Sage and Wormwood
Irish Smudge Herbs - Rosemary, Bay, Sage and Wormwood

Smudge, Smoke and Fumigation

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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
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Prunella, rose & elderflower and sour cherry meads
Prunella, rose & elderflower and sour cherry meads

Meads

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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
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Fern on the banks of the River Bann
Fern on the banks of the River Bann

Dreaming the Plant Medicine School into Being

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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
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Yarrow in Magourney Garden
Yarrow in Magourney Garden

Balancing Vagal Tone

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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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Chalk Blue Butterfly
Chalk Blue Butterfly

Plants to Encourage Wildlife in the Garden

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Wild gardening; planning what variety of plants to include with some thought can make your garden attractive to wildlife and actually increase the biodiversity in your locality.
Nikki Darrell of Veriditas Hibernica
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