Christina has also been interviewed by Ana Isabel life astrologer, about Ancient Wisdom, Ancient Medicine – Working With our Beautiful Trees – describing the varied uses, history and getting to know our native medicinal trees.

Listen to Christina talking to Isaac at Plant Cunning about her new book available now, A History of Plant Medicine, Western Herbal Medicine from the Ancient Greeks to the Modern Day.

Having planned your sowing for this year if you have some over and these are not to be kept for future use, do not throw

At this time of year it is particularly important to boost the vitamins and minerals in our diet. A good way to do this is

Many herb seeds are available to buy, specialists such as Chiltern seeds, Poyntzfield Herb Nursery and Suffolk Herbs offer a wide variety with herbs for

In the beginning of the year when the weather is poor, either bitterly cold or grey and wet we can lift our spirits by taking

As the Christmas decorations come down and the sky outside can appear grey with only short bursts of sunshine, it is good to add new,

Frost brings beauty to the garden. We have less of it with climate change I recall January as a frozen month when I lived in

In every century there have been sources of great stress, whether war, famine, political and religious upheaval, or epidemics and pandemics. Through all of these

Every year I look forward to my rosemary bushes flowering in March, April and May. Although evergreen and always available, rosemary is at its best