Grass Roots Remedies Co-op

24/06/2026

Join us at the farm to learn more about our wonderful herbal plant allies growing all around us.

Coming up Summer Solstice - Lammas (June 21st - August 1st)

🌼 Harvesting Chamomile & St John’s Wort flowers for teas and infused oils 🌼

🐌 Tending to the tender ones - keeping the slugs off our wee Borage & Milk Thistle seedlings 🐌

🌦️ Weeding, watering and harvesting herbs such as Vervain, Mugwort, Yarrow & more to dry as teas and tincture for our clinic 🌦️

🌳Keeping our fast growing but still wee tree saplings from getting swallowed up by tall grasses 🌳

🌱 Potting up self seeded herb babies 🌱

Sign up for our weekly or monthly sessions(or both!):

🌱Weekly Wednesdays 4-6pm: 1st, 8th, 22nd & 29th July & 5th, 12th, 19th & 26th August (please note no sessions on 24th June and 15th July)

🌱1st Friday of the month 10-1pm: 3rd July & 7th August

24/06/2026

Join us at the farm next Friday - delving deep into Lemon Balm

We have a few spaces left for this immersive afternoon of exploration, including spending time with the plant, making remedies, sharing stories and, of course, drinking tea

Spaces cost £25 - book here: https://grassrootsremedies.podia.com/lemonbalm-in-person-session-friday-3rd-july

24/06/2026

Become a community herbalist in 2026 - bookings now open for our 1 year course in community herbalism. Learn online only or choose in person options in Edinburgh. We cover practical, in-depth herbalism, with a focus on people, plants and politics. Sign up here: https://grassrootsremedies.podia.com/grass-roots-herbal-foundations-2026-27 or book a 15 minute courses call - details on the course page

15/06/2026

Herb Farm Volunteer Sessions continue this Wednesday 6-8pm

Last week we planted out 🌼 Calendula officinalis 🌼 Marigold 🌼 & 🌿 Leonorus cardiace 🌿 Motherwort 🌿 & sowed hollyhocks

Huge thanks to volunteer Alix for bringing us plant babies of Wormwood, Roman Chamomile and Musk Mallow too 🌱💚🌱

A beautiful sunny evening with very dramatic rain clouds 🌅

08/06/2026

The plot looking gorgeous after everyone's afternoon of hard work. All ready for the Spring Plant Sale & Open Day last weekend at New Victoria Gardens Association 💚🌱💚

01/06/2026

As we move into June everything is growing growing growing! We have plenty of wee seedlings almost ready to be planted out into our beds - California Poppies, Chamomile, Borage, Milk Thistle and Hyssop, Red Clover to name a few as well as some beautiful little Honeysuckle plants 🪴 💚🪴

We have two volunteer sessions this week where we will be building a Sycamore pole frame for these wee Honeysuckle beauties to climb up - soon enough we hope they will cover the poles and create a cosy nook to sit in and add some height to the garden too ☕️🫖☕️

Sign up for one or both sessions this week on Wednesday 4-6pm and Friday 10-1pm, we can’t wait to hang out with the plants with you! https://volunteersignup.org/H987R?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAb21jcASKfxxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA81NjcwNjczNDMzNTI0MjcAAaf-KVv4SO6VvhnA-pToYUWc7hsNbGu-Nc81Hj0OVzowqYqJonstRz7qQEbC7w_aem_vht9MH260Vj-3FkQE0XusA 💚🌱💚

31/05/2026

Next Saturday - 6th June 1-4pm - some absolutely gorgeous baby plants for sale Sir John Stirling Maxwell Allotment Gardens in Pollok.Park. Free entry, hot drinks & food and a chance to see the gloriously newly refurbished pavilion 💚🪴🌱🪴💚

30/05/2026

Setting up for ourfinal in person session Edinburgh Agroecology Coop - community herbalism with Grass Roots Herbal Foundations 25/26

We'll be investigating the Musculoskeletal system, Primary Herbal Actions, herbs we use on the farm, Spring Ecological Herb Gardening & chatting about lessons learnt through the year & everyone's future plans

Our 2026/27 program is now open for bookings https://grassrootsremedies.podia.com/foundation-course 🌱💚🌱

29/05/2026

Using a recipe of basically benign neglect from - fermenting some Rosebay Willowherb, also known as 🔥🌱 or Sunday name Chamaenerion angustifolium

The fermented then dried leaves (& maybe some flowers later in the year) were historically used as tea, often called Ivan's Chai 🫖☕️🫖

An alternative to the tea grown and imported post-colonisation - this is a delicate blend likened to the fanciest green tea you've ever tasted 😋 💚🌱

27/05/2026

Our pals from Fibreshed Scotland - have an amazing Stitch It Don't Ditch It event coming up next Monday 1st June 7-8.30pm

https://opencollective.com/fibreshed-scotland/events/stitch-it-dont-ditch-it-with-fibreshed-scotland-fb743043

When we have clothes we care about, it's lovely to extend their life through careful mending. It also does so much good by keeping them out of landfill.

This event is an opportunity to find out more about how Fibreshed Scotland celebrates and values natural fibres, as well as getting ‘tailored’ mending advice from our local hero, Mary Morton. Bring along something that needs mending, to stitch and chat with the group, or drop in with your specific mending query that Mary will answer on the spot.

This is a free event, but Mary is generously offering it as a contribution to Fibreshed Scotland’s work. If you’d like a ticket - which we’re offering on a pay what you like basis (£0 - £10+)

Get advice from expert Street Stitcher and author, Mary Morton