Summer Writing Workshop: Herbal Magic and Potent Potions

Join herbal storyteller Amanda Edmiston (Botanica Fabula) for a look at the legends and folklore that inspire some of our best selling authors. Create and try a real potion or two of your own, discover the science and traditional use behind the plant medicines that appear in stories throughout history and start writing and illustrating your very own 'Potions book' using plant paper.

About Amanda Edmiston

Author of The Time Traveller’s Herbal, Amanda Edmiston (Botanica Fabula), comes from a family of storytellers, plant-people and artists. Fascinated by plants, their stories and the way they reveal our connection to each other and the natural environment, her work weaves together facts, folklore, traditional tales and herbal remedies creating a rich multi-sensory tapestry which audiences have described as being like ‘an enchanting glimpse into a magical garden’.