Sharing the health benefits of plants 

Common Hawthorn ( Crataegus monogyna) is well known for its fruit, popular in syrups, liqueur, ketchup and jam, but did you know that the...

Imagine, if you will, a well-organised botanical garden on a hillside facing snow-covered mountains and a fjord. You wander through a...

How many seeds does a single Mullein plant have: 50? 500? 5,000? The answer may very well surprise you! Verbascum thapsus, more commonly...

Elderflower champagne is a wonderful summertime drink, yet for a long time I didn’t make it myself as I wasn't sure I could correctly...

What do you put on your skin? The skin, the biggest organ in the human body, provides a defence barrier to protect internal organs and...

Spring plant walks are full of surprises! On a recent plant walk with a friend, we were passing by a shrub when the overwhelming sweet...

Regardless of the season, each walk is an opportunity to discover plants at various stages in their life cycles. On this drizzly Sunday...