Celebrate the Summer Solstice Dilston Physic Garden Saturday 24th June 5.00pm – 8.00pm The Summer Solstice marks the time when the sun is at the height of its power – and nature’s response is a splendid display of colour and fragrance. This time is known in contemporary druidry as ‘Alban Hefin’ which means ‘Light of […]
Four more workshops this year. And we need your help – please fill in a survey! Though officially closed for the season, we are still open for group visits by appointment. The physic garden re-opens to the public on Wednesday April 13th 2016. SURVEY Win a free trip to Dilston Physic Garden! Newcastle University […]
Our wondrous St John’s Wort Serpent has just arrived. Hypericum perforatum is a plant with holes in its leaves. It acquired its common English name, St John’ s wort (SJW), as it flowers in midsummer (this Sunday) on the day of John the Baptist. So it is truly a holy plant! The ancients believed the […]
TALES FROM A PSYCHIC GARDEN : STRESS-LESS HERBAL CHILL PILLS and IN PURSUIT OF HERBAL HAPPINESS Buy in our Botanical Shop for £5
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As part of a Herb Spirit series, this book focuses on plants that promote calm and dispel states of anxiety. The story is about a group from the local Angst society who visit the garden to discover herbs to help them. Some think it’s Physic, others Psychic. They are informed, according to belief, in parallel […]
