The Start of a New Term

We start the new term with a new member of staff.

This year we are proud to welcome Christina Stapley to our teaching team. Christina will teach the History of Herbal Medicine and Pharmacognosy. She is well known in the herbal world and has been a historical herb consultant, tutoring workshops at Museums and other sites for 20 years. These cover from Celtic through to the Victorian period. Having qualified with a BSc in Phytotherapy in 2004, practising as a medical herbalist, she tutored a postgraduate course, Stillroom to Dispensary for NIMH in Reading in 2010. Christina has written three books on growing and using herbs, Herbwise Naturally, Herbcraft Naturally and Herb Sufficient. She has also edited a book of cookery and medicinal recipes from 1694 for the Blencowe family. The Receipt Book of Lady Anne Blencowe. Christina has written two courses on Ageing Successfully and is currently working on a book about Medicinal Trees.