A meaningful experience learning traditional folk medicine-making skills that foster a deeper relationship between the land and ourselves.

As the seasons shift, nature provides us with an abundance of wild berries, mushrooms, herbs and trees that are perfectly suited to support and nourish us throughout the winter months. Woodlands and hedgerows become a living basket of nutrient-dense ingredients that can aid our immune system, respiratory system and general wellbeing, helping us and our loved ones to stay nourished and well.

In this workshop, guided by Tasha Stevens-Vallecillo, you will walk the land and learn how to safely identify, harvest, store, and process seasonal wild ingredients.

You'll create a mini apothecary of potent folk medicines to take home - a winter gift to yourself and those you love. Learn to make:

medicinal berry tonics (both elderberry and rosehip)
our much-loved medicinal mushroom chai syrup
a potent spruce salve

Learning these traditional skills is a meaningful way to reconnect with the land and the abundant cycles of nature. As we protect what we love, getting out into our local wild spaces fosters a deeper relationship between the land and ourselves.

Through foraging and medicine-making we learn more about our environment, meet like-minded people, and nurture a resilience that serves both people and the planet.

This event includes all materials, warm drinks, and a 42 Acres lunch from our Soil-To-Gut menu. You will eat food grown on the land you're walking.

This is a truly 'head, heart, and hands' day exploring plant lore and learning traditional practices and skills. You’ll leave with your own folk medicines to support you and your loved ones. Plus, the skills to continue this practice at home. Through foraging and medicine-making we learn more about our environment and nurture a resilience that serves both people and the planet.

Dates & Times:

10:00-16:00 on Saturday 24 October 2026 and Saturday 30 Jan 2027

Facilitator: Tasha Stevens -Vallecillo

Tasha Elena Stevens- Vallecillo is a mixed race English, Central American woman with a Buddhist Spiritual practice. She is the Founder of Land, Food, Medicine and has been the visionary of many projects. Tasha is a true creative force working with community, wild food, wild tending, food production and farming to address some of the core issues of our time. Her work is rooted in continuous learning and intuitive feeling, to explore and continuously develop methodologies and product development, creating food systems that work in harmony with nature through developing agri-wilding landscapes and products that draw on ancient or indigenous understandings of land,food and medicine coupled with new technologies or capabilities.

“Our medicine grows under our feet and below our noses, we just have to choose to see it.” Tasha Stevens -Vallecillo

After this Experience, You're Welcome to:

Explore 173 acres of regenerative estate and nature reserve
Visit our pioneering permaculture and rewilding projects
Swim in our 7-acre lake (at your own risk). Please bring your own swim wear and towels
Take out our row boat/ SUP boards/ canoes

Stay Over:

If you fancy making a little getaway of it, you’re very welcome to stay with us. Once you’ve booked your workshop, we’ll send you a 20% discount code to use towards either a self-catered or full-board stay.

Just a little note that our accommodation has a minimum two-night stay.

Redeem your discount code at: www.42acres.com/our-rooms

Terms & Conditions:

https://www.42acres.com/terms-and-conditions-workshops-and-experiences

Please Note:

Must be booked at least 48 hours in advance

This workshop is likely to sell-out, it is bookable on a first-come-first-served basis

As much as we love our four-legged friends, we can not allow dogs on this experience

Disclaimer:

Please speak with your licensed medical health professional if you have any health conditions or are pregnant.

Winter Medicine Making Workshop