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School of Herbal Storytelling

NEWSFLASH! January 2024

We’ve been having lots of good ideas!

Partially in response to inspiring conversations with women and artists in America and Poland in 2024.

we have decided to Create a new way of working!

There will still be all the Very curious herbal online courses, with a new one launching in time for harvest 2025 and we will continue to add new chapters and elements to the existing courses… But there will also be a membership package and a new ‘Hidden herbals’ section, offering advice and insights from aligned Practitioners, fairy tale activism and all sorts of new fabulousness1

existing students will get an automatic upgrade and we’re hoping things will start to shift as spring starts to whisper at imbolc!

so do sign up now and keep an eye out for newsletters in your inbox for more details!

Join us as we meander through the meadows...

Join us as we meander through the meadows...

I WILL pluck the yarrow fair, That more benign shall be my face, That more warm shall be my lips, That more chaste shall be my speech, Be my speech the beams of the sun, Be my lips the sap of the strawberry.
— Carmina Gadelica, Alexander Carmichael 1900
A Very Curious Herbal: Spring Meanders and Summer Meadows
£80.00
One time
£20.00
For 4 months

The third of a four-part course sharing stories, social history, folklore, and plant use inspired by the work of 18th century pioneering Scotswoman, Elizabeth Blackwell.


✓ A Meadow full of Flowers, Chapter by Chapter
✓ Exclusive video and audio recordings
✓ Suggested ways of working with these common plants
✓ Bespoke herbal gift, mailed to you
✓ Online forum to discuss and share with other students

Take a walk down The Forest Path...

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Take a walk down The Forest Path... ~

A Very Curious Herbal: The Forest Path
£80.00
One time
£20.00
For 4 months

The first of a four-part course sharing stories, social history, folklore, and plant use inspired by the work of 18th century pioneering Scotswoman, Elizabeth Blackwell.


✓ A forest full of trees, chapter by chapter
✓ Exclusive video and audio recordings
✓ Suggested ways of working with each tree
✓ Bespoke herbal gift, mailed to you
✓ Online forum to discuss and share with other students

Wander along the Silk Roads with us...

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Wander along the Silk Roads with us... ~

A Very Curious Herbal: The Silk Roads
£80.00
One time
£20.00
For 4 months

The second of a four-part course sharing stories, social history, folklore, and plant use inspired by the work of 18th century pioneering Scotswoman, Elizabeth Blackwell.


✓ Chapter-by-chapter stories of spices, herbs, and other plant
✓ Exclusive video and audio recordings
✓ Suggested ways of working with each plant
✓ Bespoke herbal gift, mailed to you
✓ Online forum to discuss and share with other students

Coming SOON

Handing On

Coming Soon: A digital course version of Handing On, a storytelling collaboration between Amanda Edmiston and her mum, storyteller Jean Edmiston.

Looking for something more?