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Meeting Herb Families 1:  Primulaceae and Rubiaceae
Saturday 20th March 

Venue: 23 Bennett Street, Bath, Somerset   Time: 10.15 am - 4.15 pm
Tutors Christina Stapley BSc Phyt MCPP  & 
Ruth Mannion-Daniels BSc Hons Biol, BSc Phyt MNIMH
 		   Cost: £40
Lunch not included but may be taken in nearby Assembly Rooms)

In addition to learning about the familiar and less well-known members of these two interesting families of plants, this workshop offers the opportunity to take home the skill of making your own herbarium. Learn about making a record of pressed plant specimens to which you can refer for certain identification of the herbs around you.
Although containing many species, the Primulaceae family includes just a few herbs, the most familiar and commonly used over the centuries being primroses and cowslips. Cyclamen, yellow and scarlet pimpernels and moneywort belong with them and have seen a much greater familiarity and use in the past.
This family is teamed with Rubiaceae for a double introduction to noting botanical similarities and differences. This will prove useful when meeting other larger herb groups in later sessions. The few herbs in Rubiaceae are remarkably wide ranging in their effects, uses and importance. This includes herbs to treat the lymphatic system, as well as those used in cookery and dyes for wool and silk. Alongside the home hedgerow bedstraws we discover coffee and ipecacuanha.
Recipes and activities on the day will include herbal wines, teas, candied flowers, syrups, dyeing silk and leaf printing.

 

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