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Herbal Medicine Summer School

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GerardHerball1636 (2) 30 May 2013: WE REGRET THAT THIS EVENT HAS HAD TO BE CANCELLED, DUE TO THE LEADER’S ILL HEALTH
There a a few places left on the Herbal Medicine Summer School, led by Letta Jones with guest speakers, from Tuesday 11 to Friday 14 June; bookings must be received by 1 June.
The course is organised by the South London Botanical Institute – www.slbi.org.uk – includes sessions at the SLBI and visits to Tooting Common to see plants currently used by medical herbalists, the Chelsea Physic Garden, Battersea Park to examine plants used in folk medicine, the Wellcome Institute library to see early printed herbals, and the garden of the Royal College of Physicians.
For further information please see the SLBI website, or send queries to roy@plant-lore.com

Image: frontispiece, John Gerard’s Herbal, 1636.

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