What to do with all these seeds?  I wanted to plant them and to let the plants that lined the Pilgrim’s way tell their story. On April 21st 2018, I hosted a day workshop at Utopiana for people to come and make medicine with the plants that I found on the Pilgrim’s Path, to hear […]

My heart skips when from across the street, I see a lone Hypericum Perforatum growing through the pavement.   With its perforated leaves that let the light through and its bright yellow flowers, St John’s Wort is a plant that invites the light, bringing the sunshine into darkness. Perhaps that is a darkness of mood – […]

Begin at the beginning… Cathedrale de Saint Pierre. On my walk to the cathedral through old town, up Rue de la Cite and Grand-Rue, there was absolutely no plant-life, so I my heart fluttered when I turned the corner into Cathedral square and was greeted by these beautiful Linden trees. As groups of tourists gathered […]

Tomorrow morning I will set off from la Cathedrale de Saint Pierre in the heart of old town Geneva.  Headed south along the pilgrimage route walked by so many feet. We can relate to our planet earth in two ways. Either we can act as tourists and look at the Earth as a source of […]

  On September 7th, the Friends of St Michael’s way hosted me to give a talk about my pilgrimage at Tremenheere Sculpture gardens. Over two days at the beginning of September, I walked the St Michael’s way, gathering the seeds of over 30 medicinal plants along the way. The talk focused on the importance of […]

Day 2: Trencrom Fort to St Michael’s Mount…

  Day 1 took me from Lelant to Trencrom Fort.  I got lost a couple times.  Great diversity of medicinal plants along the way beginning with abundant red clover and hemp agrimony and ending with rose bay willow herb.