2 episodes
WYLDE Lieve Galle
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I'm Lieve Galle, a Belgian herbalist and wild plant forager since 2002 and host of the Wilde Wieven podcast (in Dutch).
In this WYLDE Podcast I talk to fellow herbalists and foragers in Europe.
We deal with different plant species and different cultural approaches towards plants, but what we have in common is that we all want to transform plant blindness into plant wisdom. Together we can have a greater impact on restoring the ancient link between people and plants.
If you're ready to find out what you've never been told, but what your soul already knows, then welcome to WYLDE.
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#2 Wild & Tamed with Isabel Openshaw
Isabel Openshaw is a forager, a researcher at Kew Gardens in London, and a medicinal plant walk guide. She always loved spending time outside, and was inspired by her grandmother, her mother, and the abundance of elder plants around her, to become a forager herself. Her experience with elderberries and elderflower unlocked the world of medicinal plants, and got her thinking about what else there was out there.
And here we are now, having a very inspirational conversation.
About her favorite places to go foraging.
About honouring what you bring home by preserving it well.
About meditating on raisins and connecting with the lifecycle of where our food comes from, and feeling the connection to our ancestors.
About how the UK can seem like a herbal paradise compared to the situation in Belgium.
About the average botanical knowledge in the UK and the difference between the countryside and cities.
About the concept of "the commons".
About the impact of industrial agriculture on our planet and rewilding projects to turn farmland back intro wild nature.
About the work Isabel is doing in Kew Gardens and the role of botanical gardens in the 21st century.
And lots more.
You can find more information about Isabel on the Kew Gardens website:
https://www.kew.org/science/our-science/peope/isabel-openshaw
Or follow her on Instagram @iza.herbalremedies.
If you want to reach out, you can find me on Instagram @wildplantforager, and on Facebook.
But please don't hang around online for too long. Go outside, and follow your wild heart 💚
🎼 music by Eva LaRuna
Disclaimer:
The information in the WYLDE podcast has been compiled with the utmost care. We try to keep it as current, complete and accurate as possible, yet no rights can be derived from this podcast episode.
We accept no liability for: direct or indirect damages resulting from possible errors and omissions, the content of linked websites, or the opinions of interviewed guests.
The content of this podcast in no way replaces personal medical advice or treatment by doctors and other medical professionals. -
#1 Foraging in Sweden with Lisen Sundgren
Lisen Sundgren is a herbalist, forager, nature and forest therapy guide, and author from Sweden. As a child she already went foraging and was taught the botanical names of plants by her grandfather.
Later on in life, after suffering a burnout and moving back from New York to Sweden, the herbs took her into their world. She started studying the healing effects of nature, edible and medicinal plants and became a professional herbalist.
We had a wildly interesting conversation.
About why children should learn about wild plants in school, like it used to be in the time of our grandparents.
About how we are part of nature and how we need plants for our survival.
About what it's like to work as a herbalist in Sweden.
About how foraging became more popular again since the introduction of the New Nordic Cuisine, and even more so during the pandemic in 2020.
About being in the here and now while foraging and the link with mindfulness.
About the Swedish "Right of Public Access", or 'Allemansrätten', which gives everyone the freedom to forage everywhere with respect for nature and animals.
About the use of medicinal plants in Sweden.
About foraging in different seasons and how the long cold and dark winters affect foraging.
And lots more.
You can find more information about Lisen, her work and her books on her website:
https://www.lifebylisen.com/
Or follow her on Instagram @lifebylisen
If you want to reach out, you can find me on Instagram @wildplantforager, and on Facebook.
But please don't hang around online for too long. Go outside, and follow your wild heart 💚
🎼 music by Eva LaRuna
Disclaimer:
The information in the WYLDE podcast has been compiled with the utmost care. We try to keep it as current, complete and accurate as possible, yet no rights can be derived from this podcast episode.
We accept no liability for: direct or indirect damages resulting from possible errors and omissions, the content of linked websites, or the opinions of interviewed guests.
The content of this podcast in no way replaces personal medical advice or treatment by doctors and other medical professionals.