GENERAL INFORMATION
YEAR 3
STUDENT COHORT
2024 - 2025
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Leamington Spa
anthony@brooksideecofarm.comWe have a small organic herb farm from which we are distilling herbs and making drinks. I want to learn about all the other uses for these and many other herbs so that I can help people with their well-being.
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Troon, South Ayrshire, Scotland
arlenemckenzie68@gmail.comI am studying herbal medicine to help heal myself, family and friends. I hope to grow, harvest and produce my own herbal products.
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(she/her)
Southwark, London
bellevedereballantyne8@gmail.comI developed a desire to practice herbalism through my fascination with fungi. Through the cultivation and study of various herbs and medicinal mushrooms, I became fascinated by their preventative and curative abilities as well as their global historical use.
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Machynlleth, Mid-Wales
beth@bethmaiden.co.ukI have been studying and practicing herbalism for years. After a life-changing sabbatical and turning 40, I realised I was ready to make it my profession. My dream is to have a small herb farm and education space, and to serve my local com
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Llanfyllin, Mid-Wales
bobbiebee210@gmail.comMy motivations for becoming a herbalist stemmed from my passion for nature and health/wellbeing. I've always been drawn to plants and after growing my own herbs and flowers at my allotment, and learning to forage wild areas, my desire to train formally became too strong to ignore!
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she/her
Stroud
carolinejmolloy@gmail.comHerbs rock!
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cassidymckenna@mail.com
After an early career in both direct support and policy-making for displaced peoples, and then a pivot into full-time food growing work, I am now pursuing medial herbalist training in order to strengthen my capacity to offer care in the form of herbal as well as nutritional support, both for my direct community and in the context of crisis situations.
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Fareham, Hampshire
webster373@hotmail.comI work in healthcare and have always had an interest in natural remedies. I now hope to develop this further and am looking forward to studying herbal medicine
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Radstock, near Bath
eloise.walton@gmail.comHaving studied archaeology and geology at university many moons ago, I now use my languages (French and Portuguese) working as a senior project operations manager for a consultancy company specialising in global health and social development mostly in Sub-Saharan Africa. I have had an interest in herbal medicine for many years and am finally studying to focus my career in this area in the future.
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(she/her)
Bristol
emilycestewart@gmail.comI first started studying herbal medicine in 2004 at the Scottish School of Herbal Medicine &, one now-teenage daughter later, am finally ready to start again & finish my studies! I'm a primary care nurse & really ready to be back amongst the herbs again, looking at people holistically & growing deeper relationships with the plants.
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Mid Wales
fionaeaton1993@outlook.comI have always loved working alongside plants, and was spellbound as a child that certain plants could heal. As i have grown up i have found myself more and more drawn to herbal medicine, and especially the growing/harvesting/processing of the herbs.
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(she/her)
Fordingbridge, Hampshire
hesterfyma@protonmail.comAfter learning herbal medicine online for more than 10 years and relocated from Hong Kong recently, I am eager to learn to forage herbs locally in the UK and become a professional medical herbalist.
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Wiveliscombe, Somerset
helenwatkins@hotmail.co.ukI have always had a love of herbs and an interest in their properties, but it has taken until midlife to fully recognise this and finally have the courage to enroll. I am really looking forward to starting and meeting you all.
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Devon
jemma.adams222@gmail.comI want to be a herbalist to understand health and options available to treat health conditions.
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London
katierb@hotmail.co.ukI'm studying herbal medicine because I think nature is fascinating, and I want to help and heal the people around me. Always happy to connect with other eco-people!
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(she/her)
Chippenham, Wiltshire
laurenmokasdar@gmail.comI am excited to be a herbalist to be able to help people connect to nature.
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London
sarrafleila@gmail.comI'm a part time yoga and breathwork teacher in London. Herbalism has had a huge impact on my personal health and growth and now I am really excited to dive deeper to help others on their path of healing.
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She/her
Bristol
mariafernandez91@gmail.comI'm keen to show people alternatives to pharmaceuticals where appropriate and work with them to support their healing journeys.
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Basingstoke
mark@mnpmail.ukI have always had a strong personal interest in herbal medicine, generally preferring to take a holistic approach to health. My career has been in communications and business intelligence, but I have now trained as a spiritual healer and want to train as a Medical Herbalist to further help both myself and others.
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(She/her)
Abergavenny, Wales
meganlovell@hotmail.co.ukI am fascinated by the complexities of human health both physically and mentally and how these systems can come out of balance. I also really like to be outside and plants are cool.
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Isle of Wight
natachagaskin@yahoo.co.ukGrowing up on a farm in North Eastern France, I was always out with my grandma picking herbs and plants to make teas and remedies. Now, after recently ending three decades of working for large corporations and travelling all over the world, I am looking to reconnect with my roots and formally learn herbalism to open my own practice when qualified.
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Mendip Hills
rachelariadne@btinternet.comWe nurture herbs, they heal and restore us: the world becomes a better place. Anyone for tea?
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(She/her)
North East
rachelsquires77@gmail.comI passionately believe that people need a balance of mind, body and spirit. I have the mind and spirit covered and becoming a herbalist is the most holistic and sustainable way to support people in finding body balance too.
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South West London
sabena@icloud.comDespite having spent my career in Pharmaceutical Clinical Research and Development, and with three science degrees under my belt, a diagnosis of ADHD in my family prompted me to look at a more holistic approach. I have also participated in three plant-based cholesterol lowering clinical trials and followed closely the work of Professor Elaine Perry at Dilston Physic Garden; all of these factors have led me to Betonica and my journey to becoming a clinical herbalist.
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(she/her)
Llandysul, West Wales
sallydworsley@gmail.comOnce I understood the power of plants, I left my job as a pharmaceutical clinical scientist so that I could bring people and plants together as a herbalist.
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London/South Petherton
tjettoo@hotmail.co.ukI would like to become a medical herbalist so that I can treat people who are seeking out an alternative approach to healthcare. I have a fascination with botany and local plants available to different cultures and would love to travel as a herbalist.
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(She/her)
Birmingham
wvanriel@hotmail.comI am keen to learn about herbs and how they can help us, and very excited to take that to a next level of helping others through herbs.
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(he/him)
Gower
willdouglasholism@gmail.comI am facinatined by the human body and all its wisdom. I am motivated to explore the world of herbal medicine and how it relates to healthy abundant communities, through direct connection with nature and therefore life.