Courses
The Traditional Herbal & Botanical Medicine Apprenticeship
An experiential foundation course
A practical 2 year apprenticeship course which focuses on growing and using plants for health as a traditional form of medicine in the community circle and as domestic medicine for friends and family.
Course tutor: Nikki Darrell, – medical herbalist, botanist, aromatherapist. Nikki is a practitioner and educationalist, writer, campaigner and grower who has been working with plants for over 30 years.
Location: The course will be held at Magourney, a restored church in the village of Coachford, Co. Cork which is home to Nikki and her family. It also houses an extensive herbal and complementary medicine library, and is surrounded by a garden that contains over 200 medicinal species.
Course structure: There are 6 weekend workshops each year.
The next apprenticeship will commence in October 2010
For further information contact Nikki on (021) 7334762 or at nikkidarrell@eircom.net or view the Veriditas Hibernica website at: www.veriditashibernica.org
Herbal Medicine – sustainable medicine for the future: reconnecting with the natural world
Domestic Herbal Medicine
A 6 Evening Course Introducing the Preparation and Use of Herbs for Health, Healing and Well Being
A hands-on approach to the different methods of preparing and using 30 key herbs and oils for the home pharmacy.
Starting: 22nd April 2010 – 6 Thursday evenings 7.30 – 9.30pm
At the Evergreen Clinic of Natural Medicine, 79 Evergreen Road, Cork
Enquiries: Monday -Friday 10 am -6pm. Tel: (021) 496 6209
Starting: 21st April 2010 – 6 Wednesday mornings 9.30 – 11.30am
At Magourney, Coachford, Co. Cork
Enquiries: Tel: (021) 733 4762
Cost: €160.00 (including course notes, herb samples and class materials)
Deposit: €50.00 Concessions available for unwaged etc.