Science Fest – Botanica Fabula Herbal Storytelling

Many stories and fragments of folklore offer clues to the origins of cures we have since rationalised with science and clinical empirical research.

We have transformed and cleared the myths from many benevolent remedies, but what other stories lurk at the back of the Apothecary’s cabinet?

Join herbal storyteller Amanda Edmiston (Botanica fabula) as we travel back in time to dust off the dark green bottles, in this piece, inspired by the work done towards the end of the Scottish witch trials by pioneering Scotswoman, the first woman to publish a herbal: Elizabeth Blackwell.

Prepare to be led through a tangled world of fairy tales, folklore, magic, social history and herbal remedies using storytelling techniques, scents and tastes, to look at traditional remedies and hidden science… do you dare join us?

Age 16+

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