Herbal Tales

7 - Flax: learning from the wild ones

A conversation with Beatrice Landoni on the beautiful flax family (linum). These plants have a long history of cultivation. And also a wide geographical distribution, which makes it very interesting to research their ability to adapt to different environments, as Beatrice Landoni is doing. She is a PhD student at the university of Portsmouth, in the UK, and shares with us her knowledge and experience working with mainly Linum Bienne, a wild flax variety. Although common, this variety has barely ...

6 - On witch hazels, botanical gardens, curating and taxonomy

Annet Breure (www.herbaltales.com) speaks with James Byng. Curator of the Delft botanical gardens since autumn 2020. He shares with us his experience in the first few months of the botanical gardens, and also the plans he has for the garden coming seasons. James tells about the role and history of the gardens and his vision on the importance of taxonomy and nature conservation. And with so many plant lovers, how can it be that botany is a really unpopular study? Extra attention in this episode f...

5 - Plants and Stories from Kansas

Tall grasses and tall tales from the Great Plains. In this episode storyteller Connor McMullen shares with us his experiences with plants growing up on a farm in western Kansas, USA. He also describes us how the relationship between people and the land has changed over time. He talks not only about tall grass but also tells a traditional Kansas tall tale. Fun and informative! Devils claw, corn, sorghum, leeks and sunflowers 🌻 are featuring in this episode. See also www.policymythology.com to le...

4 - Memory of Trees, a family story of women

With Luana Ferreira, storyteller, -coach and creative entrepreneur. Initiator of The Eva Stories. She tells us how trees helped her root and connect with the stories of the women in her family. She takes us on a journey to a guava tree in Brasil, a willow in Amsterdam and ancient beeches in England and Italy. see also: http://www.luanaferreirapr.com/home/ Annet shares about women, trees and herbs, a.o. about the linden, yarrow and ‘witches’. See for more on her work: www.herbaltales.com/english....

3 - Dandelions

Annet Breure tells Herbal Tales about the history, use and symbolism of plants. This episode is about the dandelion, taraxacum species. Parts of this episode are based on her conversation with one of the few dandelion specialist worldwide, Karst Meijer. See also www.herbaltales.com/English. Donations are welcome at NL20ASNB 0267 1887 57 (BIC ASNBNL21) Thank you! Sharing is also a way of supporting!

2 - Women and Herbs, nutrition and fertility

Annet Breure (from www.herbaltales.com/English) talks with nutritional therapist and fertility specialist Audrey Dickinson from https://nourishenflourish.com. Audrey has travelled a lot and her work got influenced by Asian cuisine and Ayurveda. She has a holistic approach. Annet tells regularly about the (hi)stories of women and herbs via Herbal Tales. In this episode special attention to some herbs as sage, origanum and rosemary. Did you like this podcast? Please support it by sharing it, subsc...

1 - The Willow

Annet shares a Japanese story about Heitaro and Higo, talks about where the name for willow 'salix' comes from, different species and symbolisms and about the properties of the willow. To conclude she shares an extra story! Donations are welcome at NL20ASNB 0267 1887 57 (BIC ASNBNL21) Thank you! And sharing is also a form of support www.herbaltales.com/english

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