WYLDE, the podcast about foraging and herbalism in Europe
Host Lieve Galle, a Belgian herbalist and forager, interviews fellow herbalists and foragers across Europe about different plant species and cultural approaches to plants. The podcast aims to transform plant blindness into plant wisdom and restore the ancient connection between people and plants.
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#23 What foraging teaches you about life with Joanne Ruminska
Recorded at the 10th-anniversary meetup of the Association Of Foragers, in part 3 of this 3-part series, host Lieve Galle talks with Joanna Ruminska.Originally from Poland, Joanna is now living and working in the UK where she offers foraging workshops, talks, and retreats. Her work is shaped by the attentiveness to place, season, and lived experience.Enjoy our beautiful conversation.About why it's
#22 Normalizing foraging with Liam O'Brien
Recorded at the 10th-anniversary meetup of the Association Of Foragers, in part 2 of this 3-part series, host Lieve Galle talks with Liam O'Brien. Liam is a UK-based foraging teacher, mushroom hunter, and wild food enthusiast specializing in educational walks and workshops focused on foraging, wildlife, and sustainable wild food.Listen to their inspiring conversationAbout how moving to another par
#21 The Wild Transformation: from gut health to cultural roots
Recorded at the 10th-anniversary meetup of the Association Of Foragers, host Lieve Galle sits down with a diverse panel of wild food experts: Fern Freud, Richard Mawby, Nic Roams, Łukasz Łuczaj, and Monica Wilde. This special episode explores the profound physical and mental shifts that happen when we return to wild spaces. We dive into the hard science of the Wild Biome Project, revealing how our
#20 Foraging, herbalism and folk medicine in Croatia
Gabrijela Vrbetić is the passionate founder of "It Is Gaby's Garden" where she hosts wild plant workshops and sells products made with freshly foraged herbs. She's also a proud member of the Croation Botanical Society. Growing up in a farming family, with an uncle who was a sailor, she developed a deep love for nature and traditional herbal medicine from a young age. Join is in this wonderful conv
#19 Herbalism in Greece with Eleni Bourou
Eleni Bourou is a pharmacist, herbalist, and plant storyteller from Greece. Her work moves between the clinical and the intuïtive, the ancestral and the contemporary. For the past 15 years Eleni has cultivated a unique practice in foraging, transforming plants into remedies, and creating experiences that guide people back to their bodies and to the land. Join us in this lively conversation.About t
#18 Remembering to trust the herbs with Columbia Hillen
Columbia Hillen is a herbalist whose journey bridges the ancient herbal traditions of Romania and the wild rich landscapes of Ireland. She's the founder of Anamcara Healing Herbs Garden in Donegal. She grew up in Transylvania where herbs and spices are traditionally important in both food and medicine, and is now on a mission in Ireland to help people rediscover and trust all that is around them,
#17 Being a herbalist in Portugal with Rita Roquette
Rita Roquette is the founder of Bloom Sativum, a botanical initiative in Portugal that bridges traditional herbal knowledge with contemporary practice. With a deep passion for plant medicine, Rita cultivates, crafts, educates, and helps you to embrace your wild side. Join us in celebrating the healing power of herbs in this wonderful conversation.About growing up as a city girl but spending weeken
#16 The healing power of nature with Dave Achula
Dave Achula is a Dutch herbalist and educator with Ugandan roots. He guides people on medicine walks, teaches the art and craft of herbal medicine, and hosts sacred ceremonies. Everything he does is rooted in the wisdom of ancestral traditions and informed by modern science, with emphasis not only on the medical properties of plants but also the relationships we cultivate with them. We hope you wi
#15 Herbal remedies in Austria and Germany with Gabriele Resch
Gabriele Resch is a mother of 5 now adult children, and a health trainer with a big passion for herbs and natural living. She learned from her mother, from courses and from books, and loves to pass on her knowledge to younger generations. She taught me a thing or two in this conversation. About how she uses herbs in vegan cooking, juices and smoothies, and the combinations she makes. About the way
#14 Discovering plant based foraging cuisine with Peter 'Chippy' Grant
Peter "Chippy" Grant is a wild vegan chef with Slavic roots, based in the UK. He's known for his creative approach to plant based foraging cuisine, turning overlooked ingredients into culinary magic. He has more than a decade of experience as a vegan caterer and loves experimenting with local and seasonal food. Grab yourself a wild healthy snack, because you will get hungry listening to this delic
#13 Traditional herbal wisdom in Cyprus with Miranda Tringis
Miranda Tringis is a pioneering herbalist with a passion for mediterranean herbs, sustainability and traditional herbal wisdom. She moved from The Netherlands to Cyprus at the age of 19 and evolved from intuitively playing with dandelions as a child to studying herbalism and creating a unique place in Cyprus where she blends education, wellness and ecotourism and where people can reconnect w
#12 Herbalism in Ireland with Nikki Darrell
Nikki Darrell is not only an experienced herbalist, she's also a passionate advocate for the deep relationship between plants and people, the author of the book "Conversations with Plants", and the founder of The Plant Medicine School, where she trains the next generation of herbalists.In this episode we dive into the landscape of herbalism in Ireland and explore the wisdom of plants and how we ca
#11 Foraging, farming, and culinary creativity with Swiss chef Rebecca Clopath
Rebecca Clopath is an acclaimed chef from Switzerland, known for her innovative approach to sustainable gastronomy. She combines foraging, farming, and culinary creativity to create dishes that not only tell a story but also honour the land where they come from. Let us inspire you to rethink your relationship with food and nature with this delicious conversation. About her deep connection to local
#10 Herbs and chronic illness with Anita Wasik
Anita Wasik is a Polish medical herbalist and biomedical scientist, based in Finland.She specialises in chronic illness, with areas of focus including environmental illness, digestive problems, hormonal disbalance, pain and fatigue, and mental health problems such as anxiety and depression. Always with a personal and holistic approach. And it all started with being chronically ill herself, as she
#9 Herbalism in France with Christophe Bernard
Christophe Bernard is a renowned French herbalist, the founder of Althea Provence online herborist school, and an advocate for the legalisation and recognition of herbalism in France. He has decades of experience in herbal medicine, and a deep passion for foraging and natural healing. Enjoy our very inspiring and a little bit rebellious conversation. About his move from computer programming
#8 Herb women in Bulgaria with Annelies Buggenhout & Lora Moiree
Lora Moiree is a practitioner of green magic and occult botany, she's Bulgarian and was always drawn to plants and felt guided by nature spirits all her life.Annelies Buggenhout is a permaculture teacher and a forager, she's Belgian and her history with plants and herbs is more recent, it all started when she moved to Bulgaria about 10 years ago. Two different stories, but what they have in
#7 Herbalism in Finland with Henriette Kress
Henriette Kress is a very experienced herbalist from Finland. Her website is a landmark in the field of herbalism, and she's also the author of several books on herbalism. It was an absolute pleasure to talk to her, so I hope you also enjoy listening to our conversation. About how she was introduces to herbs by her grandmother.About going to the US to study herbalism at the Southwest School of Bot
#6 Regenerative herbalism in Poland with Lyra Alves
Lyra Alves is a very experienced herbalist who is originally from Brazil, but she lived in Belgium for 17 years, and is now living in Poland. She's not only a phytotherapist but also an amazing wizard with plantbased ingredients as a vegan chef. Enjoy our lovely talk! About being lucky to grow up in a house with a big garden and spending vacations in the countryside.About being fascinated by
#5 Foraging in Norway with Mari Jerstad
Mari Jerstad has a degree in organic agriculture and herbal medicine. She is a forager, a storyteller, and a herbal medicine practitioner. Her journey with plants started as a child, spending time outside with the plants, just enjoying their beauty and their relation to the sun, which now has brought us here, having a beautiful and warm conversation. About being inspired by her great aunt, who loo
#4 Discovering the world through plants with François Couplan
François Couplan is a forager, ethnobatanist, wild chef, traveller, and published author of more than 120 books on wild edible plants, herbal medicine and culinary botany.He has 50 years of experience as a teacher, and over 70 years of life experience. Even as an infant, he was already turned on by plants, so that's where his journey with plants begins, and where we start our conversation. A
#3 Western Master Plants with Anki Paulssen
Anki Paulssen is the founder of Plant Spirit Guru. She has over 25 years of experience working with Western Master Plants, which offers profound insights and initiate a personal transformation that leads to emotional healing, spiritual growth, and self-discovery.Her journey with the plants started when she was a child, growing up in the apartment above her grandparents' bakery, with a small
#2 Wild & Tamed with Isabel Openshaw
Isabel Openshaw is a forager, a researcher at Kew Gardens in London, and a medicinal plant walk guide. She always loved spending time outside, and was inspired by her grandmother, her mother, and the abundance of elder plants around her, to become a forager herself. Her experience with elderberries and elderflower unlocked the world of medicinal plants, and got her thinking about what else there w
#1 Foraging in Sweden with Lisen Sundgren
Lisen Sundgren is a herbalist, forager, nature and forest therapy guide, and author from Sweden. As a child she already went foraging and was taught the botanical names of plants by her grandfather. Later on in life, after suffering a burnout and moving back from New York to Sweden, the herbs took her into their world. She started studying the healing effects of nature, edible and medicinal plants
