columbiahillen

I love Autumn. A season of golden colours, harvests and fruits. Fruits of a summer well spent. Fruits of plants well cared for. Harvests of memories of being with the loved ones. Harvests of berries that we’ll help us through the winter. And the colours… I feel no season is as rich as Autumn, especially if you are in Nature. The Sun has calmed down the hot enthusiasm and is tickling the leaves that are doing their last dances. Flowers are still smiling and the berries are pocking their eyes...

Benefits of spending time in nature are now way beyond the old folk classification, with more and more research showing that this helps with our physical and mental health. I have decided to open the garden for two volunteers who would like to help with the upkeep while learning about the various medicinal plants growing wild here in northwest Donegal or other ones which I planted and care for, and now thrive here. When learning about the properties of various plants and how they can be...

With flowers blooming and whispers of summer in between cloudy days, I feel the call of the garden every day. And with that, the will to share some of my rituals with you all, so you too can become guardians of the generous plants out there. This month I am organising a set of two workshops to deepen the knowledge of making herbal oils and balms (or salves). We’ll make herbal oils using two different methods and you’ll get to take home a bottle. The oils we’ll make you can use in food or you...