HAWBUSH HERBALISM
Foraging, Plant Kinship, and Medicine-Making on Common Ground
Rebel Botany is a gentle, grounded invitation to build deeper relationships with the wild, overlooked plants that shape our everyday landscapes. Rooted in the streets and hedgerows of the Hawbush estate, this gathering is a celebration of community herbalism, reciprocity, and the quiet power of weeds.
We’ll walk slowly and look closely. We’ll gather what is given. We’ll meet dandelions, nettles, rosehips, hawthorn, and chickweed as neighbours, elders, and kin. Through walks, wildcrafting, and medicine-making, we’ll explore what it means to honour plants as citizens of our shared ecology — and ourselves as stewards in return.
Each week will unfold in rhythm with the season and the group. There will be tea and fire, names spoken into chalk, jars filled with tinctures, and time to reflect, respond, and remember. Together, we’ll reclaim our herbal lineage and restore our place within it.
WHERE?
Hawbush Community Gardens, Brierley Hill, DY5 3NL
WHO?
Clare Evans
Herbalist & Wellness coach Ekho Collective
WHEN?
Throughout September.
WEEKLY RHYTHMS
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Week 1
Rebel Walk
An estate walk to meet the wild plants already living with us.We’ll chalk names, share stories, and start to see the world differently.
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Week 2
Canal Foraging
A gentle forage along the towpath — blackberries, mugwort, rosehips.A chance to learn, gather, taste, and carry the stories of our plant kin.
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Week 3
Hedgerow Remedies
Practical herbalism in the roundhouse.Make a syrup, a cordial, or a balm from the season’s gifts. We’ll stir stories into our medicine.
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Week 4
Make, Share, Reflect
Led by the group. An open session to reflect, create, commune and make more medicine.We’ll close in circle with tea, offerings, and quiet joy.
About Hawbush Gardens
Hawbush Community Gardens, Brierley Hill, DY5 3NL
Hawbush Gardens is a community-rooted green space in Brierley Hill. Home to Ekho Collective, the gardens are held as a place of regeneration, creative expression, nature connection, and seasonal celebration.
The Village of Hawbush Community Gardens provides wellbeing garden, fir pit and circle, roundhouse, kitchen-garden, compostable loo, willow spiral for crafting, an abundance of community gardens, field and ample green spaces.
ACCESS & LOCATION NOTES:
Activities take place outdoors and in the roundhouse
Wheelchair access to most areas; under canopy spaces are step-free
Fire pit and warm drinks each week
All materials provided — no need to bring anything
Please let us know any access needs in advance
WHAT YOU RECEIVE
A grounded reconnection to the plants growing all around you
Knowledge of local, useful, and healing herbs
Hands-on foraging and medicine-making skills
A reimagining of community through plant kinship and land-based care
A chance to tend, listen, learn, and root into place
WHO THIS IS FOR
This is for anyone who feels a tug toward the weeds!
No experience needed. Especially welcoming to those living on or near the Hawbush estate who want to reconnect with the land beneath their feet.
Open to all ages (under-16s accompanied by an adult).
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