Herb events

Join Helen and the Betonica Team to take a look at the different body systems over six sessions in detail for this Advanced Home Herbalist Course. We go on a herb walk every day and cover safe plant identification and use, foraging, harvesting and storing herbs. A 2 course lunch is provided.

• When: 24th – 25th May 2025
• Host: Betonica
• Register: https://www.betonica.co.uk/in-person-advanced-home-herbalist-course

Wasing Estate’s ancient woodlands will be transformed into a haven for writers, nature lovers, and wellness enthusiasts at the debut of Well Read. This exciting new literary festival promises a refreshing approach to literature, blending creative expression with the healing powers of nature in a stunning, immersive environment.

• When: 25th and 26th May 2025
• Host: Wasing Estate
• Register: https://www.wasing.co.uk/wellread

Join Julia Behrens and discover the world of medicinal plants, natural remedies, and holistic wellness in this once-a-month herbal course throughout the year.

This immersive program is crafted for anyone passionate about foraging, healing plants, and hands-on learning in nature.

When: Starts 1st June 2025
Host: Julia Behrens
Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/embark-on-a-year-long-herbal-medicine-journey-tickets-1270309091689

What better way to learn about herbal medicine than immersing yourself in it for a whole week? This Betonica Summer School teaches a variety of skills. Plus, you will also leave with your own herbal first aid kit.

• When: 11th – 15th June 2025
• Host: Betonica
• Register: https://www.betonica.co.uk/summer-school

Join United Plant Savers and Soulshine Acres for a hands-on mushroom cultivation workshop that will build on the basics of log-based mushroom cultivation. Participants will learn about the later stages of production, including successful fruiting, harvesting, drying, and processing techniques to create value-added mushroom products.

• When: 14th June 2025
• Host: United Plant Savers and Soulshine Acres
• Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/growing-harvesting-and-processing-your-own-medicinal-mushroom-products-tickets-1272998365379

Organised in association with The College of Medicine UK, Integrative & Personalised Medicine is fast becoming a landmark annual event where the community comes together to discuss the benefits of taking a whole-person, patient centre approach to health.

• When: 19th – 21st June 2025
• Host: The College of Medicine UK
• Register: https://ipmcongress.com/

Herbalist Sarah-Jane Cobley is passionate about reconnecting people with their local healing herbs. This midsummer herbal foraging walk will be followed by a drink or food in a local pub in the evening. Starts at 6.30pm. Details of meeting point will be available nearer the time.

• When: 24th June 2025
• Host: Sarah-Jane Cobley
• Find out more: https://www.facebook.com/sarahjane.cobley/

Yoga and Ayurveda believe in the self-healing properties of the human body. Nature provides us with those ingredients to stimulate our healing process. These ingredients are still growing everywhere around you. In the gardens, parks and forests, but often also just in front of your house or in the streets.

This 7-day retreat is a practical course to learn simple applications on improving your health by using local and ayurvedic herbs and spices.

• When: 6th – 12th July 2025
• Where: France
• Host: Indian Classical Yoga
• More information: www.indianclassicalyoga.com/activity/ayurveda-and-herbs-2025/

NIMH’s Power of Plants festival will take place from 10th July to 13th July in the beautiful grounds of Hopton Court in the small hamlet of Hopton Wafers, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire DY14 0EF.

• When: 10th – 13th July  2025
• Host: NIMH
• Register: https://nimh.org.uk/pop-festival-2025/festival-tickets/

Do you know that plants can perceive their environment, support each other and respond to sounds? Helen Gray of Bristol-based Malago Medicinals updates us on the latest understanding of how plants communicate, sense their surroundings and interact with one another.

• When: 15th July 2025
• Host: Helen Gray
• Find out more: https://www.facebook.com/malagomedicinals

Indian Classical Yoga hosts the One Planet-One People Yoga Festival at the idyllic Centre Lothlorien in northeastern France.

The festival includes  a diverse Yoga program with Asana, Pranayama and meditation; ceremonies, workshops, inspiring lectures from different cultures worldwide;
Music, dance, massages, booths with unique products
Personal consultations.

• When: 10th – 16th August 2025
• Where: France
• Host: Indian Classical Yoga
• More information: www.indianclassicalyoga.com/activity/yogafestival/

This year’s International Congress and Annual Meeting of the Society of Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research will explore the connection between sustainable production methods and botanical quality, sharing current research about how sustainable practices directly impact plant yield, potency, and environmental health.

• When: 31st August – 3rd September 2025
• Where: Naples, Italy
• Host: Society of Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research
• Register: https://ganaples2025.org/index.php/sustainable-botanical-ingredient

Join the International Herb Symposium for a gathering in the heart of Cincinnati, Ohio, to celebrate the rich history, spirituality, and eclectic roots of herbalism.

This symposium is a great opportunity to build community, honour the crossroads of plant medicine, and explore how herbal knowledge flows through history—like the mighty Ohio River—connecting us all.

• When: 12th – 15th September 2025
• Where: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
• Host: United Plant Savers
• Register: https://www.internationalherbsymposium.com/

This year’s AHPA Botanical Congress from 16th to 17th September will bring industry experts together to discuss increasing domestic herb production, protecting native plant populations through sustainable harvest and cultivation and current and future challenges facing the wildcrafting community.

• When: 16th – 17th September 2025
• Where: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
• Host: American Herbal Products Association
• Register: https://www.ahpa.org/ev_calendar_day.asp?date=2025-09-17&eventid=224

The Ayurveda Immersion course is a 25 hour face-to-face course held over 3 days. It is a small cohort with 2 teachers, making it an intense and rich learning experience. By completing this course on top of Introduction to Ayurveda and Applying Ayurveda (or an equivalent level of qualification), you will then be qualified as an Ayurvedic Lifestyle Advisor as recognised by the Ayurvedic Professionals Association (Category H). You can use this as a stand-alone qualification or use it alongside other therapies such as yoga, nutrition, massage therapy and naturopathy.

• When: 25th – 28th September 2025
• Host: Jo Webber / The Ayurveda Academy
• Register: https://theayurvedaacademy.com/product/ayurveda-immersion/

This year’s CPP Autumn CPD Seminar is organised by the College of Practitioners of Phytotherapy. The title for this event is “The Cardiovascular System”. Available at Mary Ward House or webinar via Zoom.

• When: 4th October 2025
• Host: College of Practitioners of Phytotherapy
• Register: https://thecpp.uk/cpp-seminars/

This Rest, Restore, Revitalise Retreat Day promises to take you away from the worries and responsibilities of everyday life, and give you the chance to rest and revitalise all layers of your being. With gentle restful yoga, a beautiful eco-spa with hot and cold water experiences, additional optional massage, and delicious nourishing food to accompany time in nature and journalling on the themes of winter, we can begin to reconnect to our lives and our hearts with a renewed sense of peacefulness and energy.

• When: 2nd November 2025
• Host: Mel Skinner
• Register: https://www.melskinneryoga.com/retreat-day-hill-farm (Now fully booked but you can add your name to the waiting list)

Experienced herbal practitioner and teacher Anne Stobart from the Medicinal Forest Garden Trust joins the West of England Herb Group for an online meeting to tell us about her work with amazing medicinal trees and shrubs.

• When: 18th November 2025
• Host: Anne Stobart
• Find out more: https://www.herbgroup.org/talks-2025