The healing power of Nature
Jun 02, 2021
1 minute
THOSE with green fingers may be inspired to branch out with the launch of a new book,. As well as running folklore and foraging workshops, author Christine Iverson—who cites Pliny the Elder and 17th-century botanist Nicholas Culpeper among her inspirations and whose previous book on hedgerows achieved critical acclaim—teaches schoolchildren about medieval and Tudor medicine at the Weald and Downland Living Museum near Chichester in West Sussex. From agrimony to viola, her plant-by-plant guide weaves history and folk medicine together with practical advice.
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