I provide interactive displays suitable for historic sites.

There are lot

s of things that children can try, such as washing their hands with soapwort, making pills and scaring the birds - and usually everybody else too!

Learn:-

How the stars influenced planting.

To use a watering pot.

Why you will die if you dig up a mandrake?

What you use an alembic for?

Why you wouldn’t want a Woad dying factory next door?

Why a gardener needs a VERY large wooden hammer?

Why the EEC wont let you scare pigeons from your crops like they did in the ‘good old days’.

Why you needn’t spend hours making smelly soap when you can grow your own?

How to save money by not going to the expensive apothecary to cure your ills.

As a Medieval/Tudor/Stuart gardener  I will provide a fascinating insight into the plants and gardens of bygone times. Whether you wanted to appear more beautiful, relieve pain, improve a meal or kill a few rats, there were plants for every need.

With the largest collection of replica Medieval/Tudor/Stuart gardening tools in the country, I can set up a display of tools, plants, and potions, or even demonstrate the use of the tools on your own site.