UPCOMING WEBINARS 2025

UPCOMING WEBINARS 2025

Trees That Heal

October 2nd 2025 7pm

Online Zoom

Are you a landowner or farmer applying for the Forest Garden Pilot scheme?

Join us for an inspiring session with Anne Stobart, consultant medical herbalist, herb grower, and co-founder of Holt Wood Herbs - a productive medicinal forest garden. In this webinar, Anne will explore: The healing effects of trees and shrubs – from pain relief to stress reduction • How bark, fruit, and leaves support recovery and build resilience • Profiles of useful trees and shrubs suited to Ireland's temperate climate • How to safely harvest and prepare herbal remedies • Ways to integrate medicinal species into forest gardens, woodlands, and permaculture projects.

Anne is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Exeter and has led professional herbal medicine education in the UK. This session is ideal for those designing or managing forest garden projects, applying to the Forest Garden Pilots or who would just like to learn more about Trees that Heal.

This webinar is also suitable for Foresters preparing applications for the Forest Gardening Pilots available under the Afforestation Programme Agroforestry Supports.

This webinar is funded by Forestry Promotion Funding provided by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.