Events & Courses
Upcoming events
Making Herbal Remedies - JUNE
This 2 day course is a practical hands on course for the anyone wishing to learn the specifics of making natural remedies for everyday illnesses. Each participant will be making and cooking up their own herbal medicines for a range of conditions from respiratory issues to digestive complaints. This is an in-depth course also covering nutrition and over 27 medicinal plants that can be easily grown or wild harvested...
Herbalist Practical Herb Growing And Medicine Making Course for Clinical Practice
This 2 day course is for herbal medicine practitioners/ students wishing to gain more in depth knowledge of growing and harvesting specific plants for making medicines for their clinical practice. The days are practical with hands on learning. Participants will learn how to make a range of herbal preparations specific to medical conditions...
Grow Your Own Medicinal Herb Garden - JULY
This 1 day practical course with Ross Hennessy covers all you need to know to grow your own medicinal garden. Here at Ivywood we grow 250 species of medicinal plants to produce medicines for our own clinical practice and our herb nursery. During this course we will focus on a number of plants that are most useful to any household that wishes to have herbal alternatives right in their backyard for common ailments...
JUNE & JULY SOLD OUT
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants-Producing for the Irish market
Growing medicinal and plants (MAPs) for market presents a unique and very rewarding opportunity for farmers. These plants, valued for their therapeutic properties and fragrant oils, are in increasing demand across various industries, from pharmaceuticals and cosmetics to culinary and aromatherapy....
Building Immunity For Better health - SEPTEMBER
This much requested 1 day course covers everything you or your family needs to know to support immunity at different stages of life from childhood to older age. We will cover herbal medicine and nutritional approaches to a range of common health conditions from general bacterial infections to viruses...
Menopause: A Dance With The Female Hormones: Preparation For Before, During & After
This day course on for preparation for before, during and after menopause is a collaboration between Marina & Herbalist, Nutritional Therapist and Naturopath Colleen Kennedy from Herbal Healthcare in Westport. Join Colleen & Marina for an in-depth day course to discover all your need to know to bring you through a healthier and happier menopause...
Natural Healthcare For Children
This 1 day workshop teaches you natural healthcare for your child and how to make simple natural and herbal remedies for common ailments in children. We will discuss a number of conditions from recurring chest infections, digestive disorders and viruses. You will be introduced to herbs for these conditions and easy to make...
Sound Bath with Celtic Soul & Sound Gatherings
Join usin the apothecary space here at Ivywood for a summer evening event of sound, gong and voice with Celtic Soul and Sound Gatherings.
Celtic Soul and Sound Gatherings are Mary & Neasa - two Sound and Gong Masters who have a shared vision of creating and holding spaces where people can gather to reconnect, release and remember through weaving the healing power of sound, gongs and voice with Irish mythology and our native wisdom.
Plant Invocation & Attunement Day - Leonurus
Journey into The Heart of Leonurus - Musing with Motherwort
For this unique series of plant days, we welcome you deeper into the heart of Ivywood’s magic to explore some of our more beguiling plant allies: Aconite, Mandrake, Henbane, Yarrow, Black Cohosh, Tulsi, Motherwort, Belladonna, Datura, Mugwort, Agrimony, Bay Laurel, Rue. Over the day we will enter communion with one of these mesmerising plants by attuning ourselves with the free flow of energy that is at all times open to us but has often been severed...
Plant Invocation & Attunement Day - Belladonna
Treading Softly into The Realm of Belladonna
For this unique series of plant days, we welcome you deeper into the heart of Ivywood’s magic to explore some of our more beguiling plant allies: Aconite, Mandrake, Henbane, Yarrow, Black Cohosh, Tulsi, Motherwort, Belladonna, Datura, Mugwort, Agrimony, Bay Laurel, Rue. Over the day we will enter communion with one of these mesmerising plants by attuning ourselves with the free flow of energy that is at all times open to us but has often been severed...
Joints on Fire: Arthritic and Rheumatic Conditions Uncovered
This day course is a collaboration between Marina & Herbalist, Nutritional Therapist and Naturopath Colleen Kennedy from Herbal Healthcare in Westport. Join Colleen & Marina for an in-depth day course to discover all your need to know about conditions from gout to rheumatoid arthritis.
The prevalence of arthritic issues in Ireland is extremely high and is now effecting people as young as in their 30’s! Our modern diet and lifestyle along with an individual’s constitution are all contributing factors...
Herbal & Natural Skincare
On this 2 day hands on practical course your will learn how to care for and nourish your skin from the inside and out using nutrition and your own herbal homemade beauty products. This course will teach you about the needs of your skin at every stage of life and how to care for it naturally. We will be learning about herbs that are beneficial to the skin and lymphatic system, and how to use them in variety of skincare products...
The Natural Way For Pregnancy Care
This 1 day course teaches you about nutrition throughout the different stages of pregnancy, supplementation, and herbal remedies for a range of simple health issues that arise in pregnancy from chronic constipation to stretch marks! We will look at traditional Ayurvedic and Chinese Medicine approaches to pregnancy care as well as modern natural options...
The Natural Way For Afterbirth Care
We are passionate about supporting women afterbirth! This course teaches you about your nutritional, emotional and physical needs in the 4th trimester. We will cover how to support yourself and your changing body afterbirth with herbal medicine and nutrition. Nutrition for breastfeeding, herbal remedies to manage breastfeeding issues and common ailments seen in babies are all part of this informative course for women wishing to take a natural approach to afterbirth care...
GUT Health: The Key To Bringing Balance
This 2 day course is a collaboration between Marina & Herbalist, Nutritional Therapist and Naturopath Colleen Kennedy from Herbal Healthcare in Westport. Join Colleen & Marina for an in-depth 2 days to learn how to heal your gut and how this is fundamental to bringing balance to your health. Maintaining gut health is key to helping so many conditions from digestive issues to our mental health. Most of us have experienced digestive discomfort at some stage in our lives...
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