Chapter 2: Seed Pilgrimage Via Le Puy – Geneve – Le Puy
On September 8th and 9th 2018, I will commence the second chapter of my Seed Pilgrimage…
Read More Chapter 2: Seed Pilgrimage Via Le Puy – Geneve – Le PuyA quest for seed sovereignty. Honouring our abundant plant healers and allies. Honouring seeds, the container of life.
On September 8th and 9th 2018, I will commence the second chapter of my Seed Pilgrimage…
Read More Chapter 2: Seed Pilgrimage Via Le Puy – Geneve – Le PuyWhat 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 […]
Read More Pilgrim’s Garden
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 – […]
Read More Phase 2: Carouge – Plan les OuatesBegin 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 […]
Read More Phase 1: Cathedrale de Saint Pierre to CarougeTomorrow 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 […]
Read More The Eve of the Seed PilgrimageOn 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 […]
Read More Sept 7th 2016 Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens Talk: The Lessons along the St Michael’s WayDay 2: Trencrom Fort to St Michael’s Mount…
Read More Walking the St Michael’s Way: Day 2Day 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.
Read More Walking the St Michael’s Way: Day 1