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Spring Herbal Medicine Making Workshop
join me for a workshop at my home where we will make some herbal medicine, enjoy a home-cooked lunch and...

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Apr 72 min read


This Could Be Yours Now
One of the greatest satisfactions, beside working with herbs every day, is sharing the experience with others. Thus, setting up Anamcara...

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Feb 214 min read


First Herbal Workshop Of 2025
Thank you to all who joined me to start a new year by celebrating Pine, Bay laurel and Rosemary as we shared experiences and recipes. We...

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Feb 31 min read


Creativity & Wellness With Herbs
Join me to celebrate Brigid's Day, the ancient Celtic Goddess of healers, poets and creativity.

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Jan 91 min read


Herbal Medicine Making Workshop
Winter. Nature’s way to encourage us to focus on our inner worlds. To pay attention to our bodies, feelings and thoughts. To take time...

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Jan 41 min read


Launch of Anamcara Healing Herbs Club
As we are approaching the new year, I am excited to announce that I will be organising a series of workshops on herbal medicine making...

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Dec 29, 20242 min read


More Than A Sheet of Paper ...
Join the only herbal medicine club in Donegal

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Dec 28, 20241 min read


From Transylvania to Donegal - Irish Times
Article about Columbia Hillen, herbalist in Donegal, published in the Irish Times

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Oct 22, 20241 min read


Herbal Tastings In Donegal
From home made pesto using herbs that grow wild in northwest Donegal, to home made ice cream with seasonal flowers, to aromatic vinegars,...

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Jun 1, 20241 min read


Celebrating Brigid the Celtic Goddess
Happy Imbolg everyone and to celebrate Brigid the Celtic Goddess in each of us, I am offering free wellbeing consultations until February...

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Feb 4, 20241 min read


I don’t want to be buried
I could not bear to listen to the pipes go quiet and the words, spoken and unspoken, grow farther and farther away, and feel closer and...

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Jul 29, 20231 min read


Flower Fire On Midsummer Eve
As fires were being lit around us here at Anamcara Healing Herbs Garden, I decided to look for the light in the blooming around me. And...

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Jun 24, 20231 min read


Summer at Anamcara Healing Herbs Garden
Most often I find that looking through the lenses of a camera, time indeed stops and, what I am focusing on, begins to unfold. As if this...

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Jun 5, 20231 min read


Celebrating Herb Week at Anamcara Healing Herbs Garden
In celebration of the herbal medicine, a series of events will take place in Ireland under the umbrella of the National Herb Week,...

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May 11, 20231 min read


SubtleTea Time at Anamcara Healing Herbs garden
As a herbalist, student of medical herbalism at The Plant Medicine School and member of the Irish Registry of Herbalists, I will launch a...

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Jan 20, 20231 min read



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Jul 16, 20220 min read


Thanks to Solomon's Seal
As a proud member of the Irish Registry of Herbalists I took up the challenge and entered in the annual photo competition 'Herbal...

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Jun 26, 20221 min read


Playing with Columbines
Spending some time with a plant is not only medicine for the soul but for the mind and body. So enjoy these few seconds of my...

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May 3, 20221 min read


Free Wellbeing Consultation
Enjoy a free, comprehensive consultation with well-qualified medical herbalists which may help you improve your overall health. As part...

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Apr 19, 20221 min read


Spring at Anamcara Healing Herbs Garden
Walks through my garden now are never the same. Every day, I notice a little change, some else who woke up after a long winter or someone...

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Apr 15, 20221 min read
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