Herbal stories
With Amanda Edmiston
Sunday 17 May
1-4pm, CAMPLE LINE
Booking required – tickets available on a sliding scale
£8 | £6 | £3
Herbal stories weave threads throughout every culture. This May, we welcome storyteller Amanda Edmiston to Cample to lead a herbal folklore workshop alongside our current exhibition – The Unearthed by Anderson Borba. Join us for an afternoon of stories, plants, recipes and remedies.
In the workshop, Amanda will use storytelling to introduce traditional, nature-based knowledge, taking familiar plants that grow all around us and looking at their roles in folklore and as traditional remedies over many generations.
There will be plenty of chance to explore the plants in our greenspace and share inherited stories, memories and insights. We will also create small folded books from ethically sourced handmade plant papers and use them to create our own ‘hidden herbals’.
What to expect: The session will last for 3 hours and will include a short break. There will also be a short walk outside in our greenspace. Please bring weather-appropriate footwear and clothing.
Refreshments
Tea, coffee and cold drinks will be available. Please feel free to bring a packed lunch. Let us know if you have any dietary requirements when booking.
Recommended for ages 16+
Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult
Access
If you have any access requirements or questions, please be in touch with our colleague Emma: emma@campleline.org.uk or 01848 331 000
Reaching us
CAMPLE LINE, Cample, near Thornhill, DG3 5HD
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Any questions?
Email us: info@campleline.org.uk
Call us: 01848 331 000
About Amanda Edmiston
Amanda Edmiston is a writer and profession herbal storyteller with a background in herbal medicine. She is based in Northumberland, and comes from a long line of story tellers and plant people.
Over the past twelve years, her storytelling has taken her to Chelsea Physic Garden in London, the National Museum of Rural Life, the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, The Crichton Trust, and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow, among other collections. She has also collected stories and memories of plant use from across rural Scotland through her Kist in Thyme projects.
Amanda is the author of two books: The Time Traveller’s Herbal: Stories and Recipes from the Historical Apothecary Cabinet(2023, David & Charles), which includes instructions for over 25 recipes and makes, using commonly found, foraged or easily acquired ingredients; and the forthcoming Collected Curiosities: More Stories and recipes from the Herbal Apothecary (2026, Verbena).
She has established the Botanica Fabula School of Herbal Storytelling, and is an associate member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists and a member of the Herb Society.