Anne Stobart

I am a medical herbalist, grower and researcher. Previously, I managed the professional programme for clinical herbal practitioners at Middlesex University, UK. My research interests span from historical domestic medicine and recipes to present-day sustainable supplies of herbal medicine. I am a member of the advisory board for the Journal of Herbal Medicine, and an Honorary Fellow at the University of Exeter, UK. My publications include Household Medicine in Seventeenth-Century England, (2016), The Medicinal Forest Garden Handbook (2020) and Trees and Shrubs That Heal (2023). I cofounded the Holt Wood Herbs project based on permaculture design principles, transforming a redundant conifer plantation into a thriving medicinal forest garden. At present I am developing the Medicinal Forest Garden Trust and working with several groups to on medicinal forest garden projects. See more about the online courses in growing and using medicinal trees and shrubs at https://medicinalforestgardentrust.org