Love it or hate it liquorice has a range of health benefits. The ingredient of one of the world’s favourite sweets, including the North’s famous Pontefract Cakes, it is used in plant medicine for fatigue, particularly adrenal stress, but it also has memory boosting and protective effects on brain cells. Scroll down to find liquorice […]
Here is a list of Medical Herbalists and a Herbal Pharmacist who are affiliated with Dilston Physic Garden. Davina Hopkinson Medical Herbalist BSc MNIMH. davinaherbalist@gmail.com. Davina gained her degree in Herbal Medicine at Lincoln University, having also completed a 2-year course in complementary therapies. Davina has her own herbal practice she runs from home or […]
Worried about your memory? Want to see if plants can boost your memory ? Dilston Physic Garden, local medical herbalists Ross Menzies and Davina Hopkinson and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew offers an exciting opportunity to take part in a second natural Memory Test Study in West and South-East Northumberland. Do you think your memory is […]
Join a summer art-for-wellbeing workshop by our new artist-in-residence Sarah Greaves Saturday June 8th and/or Saturday July 6th 10am- 4pm 2019 These two mid-summer workshops are a chance to draw and paint outdoors in bright summer sunshine – let’s hope! But even if it rains the Herbology House in the Physic Garden is the perfect […]
Plants to lift mood, balance mood swings & relieve depression Plants we list in Botanical Brain Balms have science to show how they lift mood, alleviate mild depression (severe depression should not be self-treated) and level out mood swings. The widely recognized anti-depressive St John’s wort leads the way, but other traditional mood-boosting plants, successful […]
Watch physic garden curator, neuroscientist Professor Elaine Perry talk about Dilston Physic Garden on HexhamTV Listen to physic garden director, pharmacognosist Dr Nicolette Perry talk to Jo Good on BBC radio London Listen to Dr Nicolette Perry on HealthyLife.net Take two minutes out, relax and watch Dilston Physic Garden filmed by Oliver […]
Delve into the magical world of herbs with 4 Potion Clubs over the summer. Each can be enjoyed on their own or as part of a series. With medical herbalist Davina Hopkinson in charge the clubs are full of surprises. Davina has created a new fun and fascinating club for children (guide 8 – 12 […]
The new book by Nicolette Perry and Elaine Perry, director and curator at the physic garden, is on sale now in The Physic Shop at the reduced price of £13. This book is for anyone interested in using plants to make the best of your brain & mind. An authoritative and accessible guide to 56 […]
Planet Birdsong arrive at the physic garden this June with an opportunity for a 90 minute school event held at the physic garden on the afternoon of Friday 8th June. To see a lesson plan and powerpoint for the session click here. Please get in touch with the physic garden if you are interested in […]
