Category: Living with herbs
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Aphrodisiac Herbs
History has many tales of herbs being deployed to stimulate connection between lovers. While the warmth of sharing a pot of carefully brewed herbal tea is charming enough, it’s fascinating to hear about some of the herbs that have been deployed for their stimulating properties. We turn to Hilda Leyel as our guide for curious…
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Wellness Wisdom from Dr Viv
As we have passed the Winter solstice and are peeping into the lovely lighter days of Imbolc, I wonder what herbs are resonating with you? Teas for renewal As many people tend to have rested, feasted and recuperated over thewinter, the New Year could be where we want to focus in on better habits. Pine…
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Wort of the Week
Anyone who’s been on a herb walk with us will know how excited we get about worts! A ‘wort’ is simply an old term for a plant, typically a purposeful plant. At Cotswold Herb Centre we define herbs as ‘purposeful plants’ so its worts and all for us! In particular, though, we love the plants…
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Who Smells Best?
Smell is critical to our appreciation of, and learning about, herbs. On initially encountering a new plant we may first look, but before we taste, we sniff. Nose blind The power of smell, and our olfactory systems, have been appreciated much more since covid. The ability to detect and identify smell is one of the…
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Herbs taken over
Well, what a fun time that was! So lovely to see a constant stream of people popping into the Herbal Takeover throughout the day. There was a lovely buzz to the place as we pollinated the message about herbs and all the good things you can do with them. Thank you so much to those…
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Takeover Time
Our Herbal Takeover is just a couple of weeks away – Saturday 19th July. Whether you pop in for a few minutes, linger for a chat, stay longer for a workshop or join for the Herb for Dursley vote in the evening, we hope to see you there. Here’s reminder of what will be going…
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Herbal Workshops
It’s time to choose which workshops you want to take part in. Herbs to help One of the reasons we get so excited by herbs is because there are so many things you can do with them. Whether you’re interested in eating, cooking, drinking, relaxing, health, beauty, craft, textiles, making or engineering – there’s a…
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A Herb for Dursley
Which herb best represents Dursley? It’s nearly time for the Herbal Takeover (Saturday 19th July), and as part of our full herbilicious day, we get to debate and decide on the best herb to represent our town – and ‘we’ includes you. Spoilt for choice We are blessed to live in a space surrounded by…
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Herbal Takeover
One day only: Saturday July 19th 2025 Where? At ‘The Engine’, Silver Street, Dursley, GL11 4ND (opposite Wykes House) When? Open from 10am all day for drop in experiences, browsing and shopping. Workshops hourly, 11am, 12 noon, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm. Evening talks from 6 til 8pm Who for? Everyone welcome, something for all to…
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Herby Gift Guide
As inherent mood-boosters, a gift of herbs is sure to bring a smile, and there are so many guises to gift them in. Here’s a selection of ideas for herby gifts available from local producers. Made in Cam & Dursley The Cam & Dursley Herb Calendar 2025 A perfect gift for those wanting to get…