Medicinal Forest
Garden Trust
Promoting sustainable cultivation with medicinal trees and shrubs
Amazing medicinal trees and shrubs
Many traditional uses of plants in herbal medicine are based on longstanding experience. Modern research studies often bear out observations of benefits in the past, showing how plant constituents can be harvested to promote health and alleviate common complaints. Find out more about medicinal trees …
Medicinal forest gardening online courses
Learn about the healing properties of trees with our online course. Or find out how to design a medicinal forest garden using permaculture principles. Or discover guidelines and recipes from our online course in harvesting and making herbal preparations. Find out more on our Thinkific course site…
About us
Our focus is on encouraging the sustainable cultivation of medicinal trees and shrubs. We aim to provide information, advice and training to help you decide on the most suitable plants for your growing project, whether a garden, smallholding, farm or woodland development. More about us….
Support the Medicinal Forest Garden Trust!
A key focus for the Medicinal Forest Garden Trust is to encourage more sustainable cultivation and harvest of herbal medicines. Every contribution or purchase helps to support the Medicinal Forest Garden Trust. Find out how you can also get involved.
Check out Anne's Newsletter on Medicinal Forest Gardening
You can subscribe for free to the Medicinal Tree Woman newsletter by Anne Stobart with posts all about medicinal forest gardening and more. Anne includes trees and shrubs, places to visit, recipes, advice and other information for anyone interested in growing and using herbal medicine. Sign up here …
Get the Medicinal Forest Garden Handbook
The Medicinal Forest Garden Handbook is an authoritative and well-referenced text. It contains sections on permaculture design, establishment, propagation, harvest and making herbal remedies. A detailed directory of 40 medicinal trees and shrubs is included, along with discussion of commercial possibilities. More details of the book…
New book 'Trees and Shrubs That Heal'!
Learn the abundant and sustainable sources of healing available from trees and shrubs and how they can be safely used within a range of settings, from gardens and food forests to woodlands and permaculture projects. Includes profiles of 80 trees and shrubs suited to temperate climates with recommendations on their uses. Ideal for foragers, gardeners and growers, walkers and wilderness lovers, agroforesters and forest schoolers, and anyone interested in herbal medicine.
