About
Hi I’m Emily and I am a foraging guide, folklore enthusiast and folk herbalism. Through my work I invite others to connect with the landscapes we inhabit, observing the seasonal rhythms and keeping old and forgotten wisdom alive.
During my folklore, foraging and folk herbalism walks and workshops I share traditional knowledge and stories about the land, it’s plants and how they can sustain us. Guiding people toward a deeper understanding of nature’s healing gifts and our relationship with the land.
I do this by teaching plant, fungi and tree identification skills, the culinary and medicinal uses of plants, sharing the folk understandings of their benefits as well as modern scientific research, and relaying the folklore, symbolism and general history surrounding the wonders growing beneath our feet.
I studied outdoor leadership with the Wildlife Trust, as well as courses in British folklore, land-based art and herbalism. I am also a qualified therapist and offer seasonal therapeutic workshops. I encourage others to engage with the natural world through historic, symbolic and scientific perspectives, inviting a sense of connection in an often disconnected modern world.
I have most recently worked with a green social prescribing charity offering foraging walks, nature craft and wellbeing workshops to those often from deprived areas, suffering with mental health issues and loneliness. I am now offering my walks and workshops publicly in Sheffield.
Read an interview I did with Northern Folklore Archive here, to learn a bit more about me, what I do and why I do it.