medical herbalist
The Urban Fringe Pharmacy project started in 2005 after a series of herb walks on Dundry Slopes and workshops at the Community Service Volunteers HQ in Withywood. The original idea was to take local people on a guided tour of the beautiful slopes that form the southern boundary of Bristol, and to experience the natural diversity and sense of space. We were very lucky with the weather. Each time we went out the sun blazed down on us, and we were able to find and harvest some fine herbs whilst we strolled through the meadows. Later on, back in Withywood, we had a lot of fun and created a huge mess whilst making creams, lotions, syrups, and tinctures out of the herbs we had gathered.
Since then I have been developing the walks and workshops into a more structured format, and now have a separate website for the Urban Fringe Pharmacy project. Here it is.
