Make your own Herbal Remedies Kit 15 Oct

Host: Penelope Ody

Background on Host:

Penelope Ody is a Member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists and Fellow of the Herb Society. She has been exploring the fascinating world of herbs for almost 30 years studying initially with the School of Phytotherapy in Kent, UK, and also at the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Guangzhou, China. She practiced as a consultant medical herbalist in Buckinghamshire, UK, for 11 years while also writing regularly about herbs and editing The Herb Society's various journals from 1988-1994. For the past 15 years she has concentrated on writing books about herbs and lecturing at various courses and summer schools - including Herbs at Walnut which she started in 2002 at her home, Walnut Cottage, in Hampshire. In 2006 these courses were featured in Meridian TV's "Country Lives" series.

Location

This fun and engaging course is being held in one of the only fully functional low carbon retrofit show homes in the South of England. Oak Tree House is an existing property that has been renovated with a wide range of low carbon technology, energy efficiency measures and renewable technology. Whilst taking your course at the house, you will have the opportunity to look around the property and learn what you could do in your own home to further reduce your carbon footprint or find out more about a renewable technology.