Programme 2023

Friday, 19th May

NOTE – two Registration times for your convenience:

  1. 15.00 – 16.00 Registration
  2. 19.30 – 20.15  Registration

20.30  Opening Circle, Greetings & Songs

21.00 onwards – Music, songs, chats & socialising 

Saturday, 20th May

7.30 – 8.30 Yoga with Lara Oberlin

7.30 – 9.00   Breakfast 

9.00 – 10.00 Talk – Henriette Kress – “The art of substituting, when you gather herbs yourself”

10.00 – 11.00 Talk –   Talk – Helen Sheridan – “Navigating Quality, safety, efficacy and Regulation of Herbal Medicines in the 21st Century” 

TEA BREAK  11.00 – 11.30

11.30 – 12.30  Breakout Session: WORKSHOPS x2 

  • Workshop – Courtney Tyler – “Fungi as food and medicine”
  • Workshop – Marie Power – “Seaweed Matters – an introduction to the nutrients in seaweed”

LUNCH  12.45– 14.00

14.00 -15.00 Talk – Danny O’Rawe – “Bitters Are Better – Bitter compounding and fresh approaches to health”

15.00 – 16.00 Bevin Clare – “Preventing and mitigating diabetes with clinical herbal medicine: A review of therapeutics and evidence”

TEA BREAK  16.15 – 16.45

17.00 – 18.00 Jo Goodyear/Luke Heron/Keith Robertson – Herb Walks 

DINNER  18.15  –  19.45

20.00 Herb Quiz  onwards  Music, songs, chats & socialising 

Sunday, 21st May

7.30 – 8.30 Yoga with Lara Oberlin

7.30 – 9.00   Breakfast 

9.00 – 10.00 Herb Walks (two coinciding) – Jo Goodyear/Luke Heron

10.00 – 11.00 –Danny O’Rawe – “Negotiating Breast Cancer – What does Western Herbal Medicine have to offer”

TEA BREAK  11.00 – 11.30

11.30 – 12.30  Breakout Session: WORKSHOPS x2 

  • Courtney Tyler – “Fungi as food and medicine”
  • Marie Power – ““Seaweed Matters – an introduction to the nutrients in seaweed”

LUNCH  12.45 – 14.00

14.00 – 15.00 Talk – Bevin Clare –  “Accessible spices as effective therapeutics: Using spices every day as clinical medicines”

15.00 – 16.00 Talk – Henriette Kress – “”Herbs and nutrients for addictions, anxiety and depression”

16.15  Closing Circle