Culpeper's Medicine Garden

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Discover the traditional healing and magical uses of the plants growing on your doorstep alongside local songs and plant folklore.

Meet The Cunning Folk of Sussex, herbalist Sara Jane Glendinning and musician Jo Burke at The Coach House and join them for a fascinating herbal walk up Whitehawk Hill with folklore and traditional song. Celebrate the local plants of Sussex in the spirit of Nicholas Culpeper, the radical 17th century herbalist who strove to make medicinal plant knowledge accessible to all.

Discover with Sara Jane how to identify the many wonderful healing plants growing wild right on your doorstep. You will learn learn their uses both in herbal medicine today as well as their significance in local folklore and magical practices of the past. You will also be entertained with traditional folksongs that feature those very plants alongside stories of the people who sang them in the past, from local musician and leader of Brighton Folk Choir, Jo Burke.

All this while exploring a beautiful and peaceful wilderness in the heart of Kemptown with stunning views acrosst the city that few locals even know exists...

Culpeper's Medicine Garden is a favourite of Brighton Fringe, receiving 5 star reviews in previous years, here's what folk have said about this tour:

We aim to finish the walk around 8pm but may not return to the the Coach House until 8.30 so please allow 2 hours.

Please wear appropriate foot wear as some footpaths on the route are uneven, steep and may be slippery when wet.

Please note that the footpaths on this walk are regrettably not accessible to wheelchairs or buggies.