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Artist Residency with Grass Roots Remedies Co-op: Come Join Our Team!
We are on the lookout for an artist to join our community work in Wester Hailes for the upcoming year - please read on to find out how to apply. You can also download this information here Grass Roots Remedies Co-op, as part of the Community Wellbeing Collective's...
What is a Community Herbalist?
10 minute read TL;DR? a briefer version of this blog is available here: Community Herbalism: What do you mean? which is a roughly 3.5 minute read. This is an extract from our community herbalism course - Grass Roots Herbal Foundations - sign up for the October 2026 -...
Happy 10th Birthday to The Wester Hailes Community Herbal Clinic!
10 years of community herbalismWe have been running the award winning Wester Hailes Community Herbal Clinic since 2015. It sits inside The Wester Hailes Healthy Living Centre which houses a range of services including the local NHS...
£500 Funding for Foraging Course
WILD THINGS 2027 UPDATE: Our seasonal foraging wild food and medicine course - Wild Things: Year 1 2027 is eligible for 3 different Scottish Government Training Funds, which all have slightly different exclusion criteria - please check each individual Training Fund...
Community Apothecary
Do you want to use high quality herbal teas and tinctures but don’t have the funds, space or need for bulk ordering? Do you want to support our Scottish herbal workers’ co-operative, specifically our low cost clinic in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh? We have the answer to...
Glimmers in the Garden
Guest post from Gemma, who volunteers with Plot 26 Herbal Teaching Allotment A glimmer is a flicker of awareness that connects us to something outside of ourselves, sparking a glow inside. These moments that bring a feeling of peace or joy are found in a smell, a...
Community Herbalism: What do you mean?
Community Herbalism: What do you mean? Over the years here at Grass Roots Remedies Co-operative, we have consistently referred to ourselves as community herbalists. Those of us who are also practitioners or medical herbalists, acknowledge that the vast majority of the...
2026 UPDATE: Funding for Training
2026 UPDATE: Grass Roots Herbal Foundations 2026/27 has also been agreed as eligible for this funding. Please do read on for more details as we know most applications in recent years have NOT been successful. Our latest course to support you to become a community...
Herb Profile: Wood Avens
Botanical Name: Geum urbanum Common Names: Avens, Herb Bennet, Colewort, Benedict’s Herb, Radix caryophyllata Family: Rosaceae (The Rose Family) Parts Used: Root, leaves Botany & Identification: A hedgerow and woodland herb found over most of Europe. Common in...