Common fig (Ficus carica) research notes
A sacred tree of Middle Eastern origin with many health benefits and easier to grow than you might think
Medicinal Tree Woman
All things plant-related for a sustainable healthy lifestyle, especially medicinal trees and shrubs, herbal recipes, permaculture design and forest gardening.
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Medicinal Forest Garden Trust Update July 2026
A quarterly update on medicinal forest gardening including books, online podcasts, resources, courses, products and recipes
Discovering the Herb and Forest Garden at Sandford Millennium Green in Devon
We celebrate an abundance of useful plants through the year supported by the local community
Fringe Tree (Chionanthus virginicus) Research Notes
An unusual flowering ornamental tree with roots considered beneficial for liver and gallbladder disorders
What can I grow in a medicinal forest garden? Part 5: Plants for nervous complaints from back pain to insomnia
From the brain to our fingertips, there are many parts of the nervous system vital to healthy function.
MAKING RECIPES #17 Preservative matters
Is it possible to stop herbal remedies from going bad naturally?
Elder Tree Research Notes
Spring elderflower bonanza is a time to celebrate
Medicinal Forest Garden Trust Update April 2026
A quarterly update on medicinal forest gardening including books, online guides and podcasts, plant resources, courses, and tree products and other news.
Medicinal Tree and Shrub Research Notes Post Index
A to Z listing of plants for a temperate climate to fill a healing forest garden
MAKING RECIPES #16 Infusing healing herb oils
Forest gardens are ideal sources of bark, buds and foliage and these can all be readily infused in carrier oils
Forsythia Medicinal Flowers and Leaves: Research Notes
Not just a garden ornamental, forsythia offers health benefits!
What can I grow in a medicinal forest garden? Part 4: Plants for combatting respiratory infections
Being out and about in a forest or garden should make you a healthy person - blowing away all those nasty pathogens, whether bacteria or viruses.
Creating the Discover Medicinal Forest Gardening course
Thoughts about how to design and make an online taster course for free (almost)!
Medicinal Forest Garden Trust Update January 2026
A quarterly update on medicinal forest gardening including books, online guides and podcasts, plant resources, courses, foraging and tree products and other news.
MAKING RECIPES #15 Oxymels are delightful tangy elixirs
These are beneficial herbal medicaments with a honey and vinegar base that are easy to make and keep
Rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus) research notes
One of the best plant tonics and a brilliant herb you can harvest in summer, also spring, autumn and winter!
All about pollarding medicinal trees
Or, how to fit some amazing woody healing plant species into a small space and still obtain abundant harvests
What can I grow in a medicinal forest garden? Part 3: Plants for maintaining health
You might think that having a forest garden should make you a healthy person - all that good food, lots of exercise, communing with nature and helping the environment.
MAKING RECIPES #14 Drying herbs can preserve a bountiful harvest
But why do we dry plant materials and how does herb drying really work?
Goji (Lycium barbarum) research notes
An arching shrub from Asia with fruits and leaves which can be used as an antioxidant superfood