Oct 19
To fit in with the seasonal Celtic calendar and to celebrate the Autumnal Harvest time of the year, Brigit’s Garden organised all PLANT workshops during a full day of workshops during ‘Herb Day’ on Sunday 19th October Intentions for the day were; To involve local community networks of herb specialists and enthusiasts To raise awareness …
Oct 19
Brigit’s Garden hosted a ‘Herb Day’ day on Sunday, 19th October. There was something for all the family with a lively programme of talks, herb walks, stalls, workshops and plant swaps. The day ran from 11am to 4pm and was a great opportunity for learning about seaweed foraging, using herbs in cooking and healing, and …
Oct 15
Our second local workshop took place on 15th October 2014 at “Smyk” educational Center. Some pupils around 20 they participated actively with our 2 experts Magda and Stefan. In the workshop we prepared herb extract and essential oils and some natural refresh for the kids. It was a moment of relaxing and joying altogether with many …
Sep 06
On 6 September 2014 our third and final local workshop took place at the community garden Querbeet in Leipzig, again together with the oecotrophologist Kirsten Sülzle. This time she informed about the use of herbs in cosmetics. She shared different recipes for the preparation of cosmetics and therapeutic creams. Together with the participants we prepared …
Aug 27
On August 27th & 28th the international meeting and learners workshop was realized in Estonia. After a warm welcome by the host Rainer Eidemiller we started with the learner skills exchange about plants as building materials including workshop on the preparation of Swedish red, an Introduction into local wild herbs at a walk through a bog, (Wild) herbs …
Aug 03
Our second workshop, on 3 August 2014, took place at the Botanical Gardens of Abetone. It was attended by 17 AGreenment members and one external participant. Also, five visitors to the forest who were interested in following the workshop proceedings remained with the group for the duration of the workshop. A forest guide who was a …
May 22
Our first local workshop took place on 22nd of May 2014 at the ”Praga Ogrod Prywatne” In Warsaw District with around 15 senior participants plus experts , friends and tutors . In the workshop we collected several herbs for preparing some recipes. At the beginning of the workshop with the help of our experts’ Alessandro …
May 17
The second local workshop took place 17 May 2014 at the community garden Querbeet in Leipzig. The oecotrophologist Kirsten Sülzle informed about wild herbs that can be used in cooking. During a walk in the garden and its surroundings she showed different wild herbs and gave recommendations what to consider when harvesting ground-ivy, nettles, ground-elder, …
May 15
Our sencond local workshop took place on 15th of May 2014 at "Special Education Center" in Livadeia. All 22 mentally retarded persons participated succesfully in the workshop. In the workshop we prepared air freshener from a collection of herb extract and essential oils. At the beggining of the workshop we identified the items and demonstrated …
May 11
Our first workshop was held in Nino’s garden in the hills surrounding Bologna on May 11, 2014. Nino Bertozzi has been involved in the PLANT project as project herbalist since It commenced. During the meeting, attended by sixteen AGreenment members and 6 external people, he explained the various plants and herbs used in making liqueurs, …
May 03
On May 3rd, 2014 another PLANT event was organized in Wabalinna house. With help of our teachers and learners in PLANT Project we started to found our own small herb-garden. We built small wooden box (made of reused wood) and planted there 4 different plants. After that we organized similar workshops to where we participated …
Apr 22
22 April 2014 the first local workshop of the German partner in the PLANT project took place in Leipzig. The first of the three public workshops in 2014 dealt with planting herbs in the garden or even at a balcony. In the backyard of the senior citizen center “Inge & Walter”, the herbalist Undine Myja …