Seeking the reconnection of people and place
Nettle Weekend
Fri, 08 Jul
|Barmolloch Cottages
Nettle is a powerful plant that can be used in many different ways. Join in to learn the many secrets of the Nettle!
Time & Location
08 Jul 2022, 12:00 – 09 Jul 2022, 13:00
Barmolloch Cottages, Barmolloch, Lochgilphead PA31 8RL, UK
About the event
Nature’s resources have never been more unappreciated and under-utilised. Join in for a weekend of rediscovering the uses of our ancient teacher the Nettle. We’ll be nourishing our bodies with beautiful nettle medicine and food made with love by Lilia Sinclair of Heal Scotland. We will also be discovering the ancient uses of nettles as a fibre source, learn how to process its fibre and spin it/weave with it and make cordage with me, Alex Juliette. Set in the beautiful Kilmichael Glen, with its ancient standing stones nearby, we will go deep into the roots of our ancestry and reconnect to our hands and minds.
What’s Included:
- Twin bedroom (based on sharing, single occupancy available for a higher cost).
- Fully catered food from the Wild Medicine Cafe (Focusing on nettle as a food source).
- Nature walks.
- Breathwork and wild swimming.
- Nettle gathering and preparation workshop.
- Learn how to make cordage from nettle fibre.
- Learn how to extract the fibres even further to spin nettle string.
- Make a nettle cordage bowl/basket.