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A Worcester (Herbal) Christmas with Amanda Edmiston

  • Monday, November 30, 2026

  • 7:00 PM 8:30 PM

  • Free online event, thanks to the generosity of the George Marshall Medical Museum

  • George Marshall Medical Museum, Worcester.

    Just in time for Worcester’s traditional Victorian Christmas Fayre, an accessible online alternative!

    Join herbal storyteller Amanda Edmiston, Botanica Fabula for a very special online time travelling event, stepping back into the seasonal festivities, Yule time traditions and the Christmas stories in Worcester's past.

    The event will be live on Teams. Email gmmedicalmuseum@gmail.com to get your link. This will be sent on the morning of the event so it’s at the top of your inbox.

    Inspired by her recent explorations of her own connections to Worcestershire countryside, the gathering of Mistletoe, cherries preserved for festive celebrations and infamous family cure all’s for her latest book, follow up to The Time Traveller's Herbal 'Collected Curiosities, more stores from the historical apothecary cabinet; Amanda’s sessions blend folklore, fairytale, social history, herbal remedies and historical ways of working with plants to create a layered and magical way to start to season

You can also catch Amanda’s recent podcast episode with Johanna, ‘The Foraging Gardener’, for her Folk Apothecary Podcast, filmed at Dilston Physic Garden in Northumberland…

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