We teach the plants, the seasons and the handwork our grandmothers knew - on the moor, in the lanes, and around a fire that someone always has to keep feeding.
Our Philosophy
Somewhere three or four generations back, every woman in your line could feed and physic a household from a half-mile of lane. That knowledge wasn't lost so much as set down - in a hurry, during hard years, by women who thought there'd be time to pick it back up.
HedgeMoor Sisters is the picking back up. No costume, no mysticism for its own sake. Real plants, real hands, real seasons, and the slow company of other women learning the same thing.
She knew every plant in that lane by its first name, and none of them by their Latin.
Workshops & Wild Courses
Small groups, all weathers, no more than twelve to a walk. Each course runs when the plants say so - which is why the dates move a fortnight either way.
A Samhain woodland retreat with fire, fungi and folklore. Across the glade and into the old wood for stories, foraging and a fire that someone always has to keep feeding.
Sunday 25 October 2026, 10am-4pm, Dartington
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Cutting, drying and tincturing the plants that grow within a mile of your own door. You leave with three remedies and a stained notebook.
bring string & scissors
The hungry gap, turned generous. Nettle, cleavers, dandelion and wild garlic gathered in the morning and cooked over fire by noon.
the soup is always too salty
How the grandmothers held summer through the dark months - crocks, brines, hedgerow vinegars and the patient art of doing nothing well.
jars provided, patience isn't
Filter by season on the wheel below - each spoke holds its own gatherings.
About the Sisters
HedgeMoor Sisters grew from a long friendship between Gillian and Lucy, who first met at college and later found their work circling back towards the same place.
With backgrounds in nutrition, counselling, complementary therapies and nature-based practice, they brought their skills together through a shared love of the hedgerows and the healing value of gathering outdoors.
From those first walks and conversations came the idea for HedgeMoor Sisters.
"The Nutri Doula"
With roots in herbal medicine and a passion for nourishing the feminine, Gillian guides our community in the art of wild nutrition and the sacred practice of feeding both body and soul with the earth's bounty.
"Creating Calm with Lucy"
A weaver of ritual and ceremony, Lucy brings the ancient arts of seasonal celebration and mindful craft to our gatherings, creating sacred space where transformation naturally unfolds.
Community Voices
“Amazing day, I really learnt a lot and will take that with me and use it.”
“Thank you, for a lovely experience, both of you are very knowledgable and create wonderful space”
“The whole day was amazing and well needed after a difficult year”
Journal & Folklore Notes
The Elder Mother, the old permission, and why our grandmothers spoke to a tree before taking from it.
Late Summer
Two straining cloths, no shortcuts, and more vitamin C than a crate of oranges. Keeps a family through February.
Second Harvest
Hooper's rule, roughly: one shrub species per hundred years. How to date the lane you walk the dog down.
The Thinning
Eight letters a year, one at each turning of the wheel - what's ripe, what's opening, and where we're walking next. Nothing between times.
