One of the greatest satisfactions, beside working with herbs every day, is sharing the experience with others.  Thus, setting up Anamcara...

Thank you to all who joined me to start a new year by celebrating Pine, Bay laurel and Rosemary as we shared experiences and recipes. We...

Join me to celebrate Brigid's Day, the ancient Celtic Goddess of healers, poets and creativity.

Winter.  Nature’s way to encourage us to focus on our inner worlds. To pay attention to our bodies, feelings and thoughts.  To take time...

As we are approaching the new year, I am excited to announce that I will be organising a series of workshops on herbal medicine making...

Join the only herbal medicine club in Donegal

Article about Columbia Hillen, herbalist in Donegal, published in the Irish Times

From home made pesto using herbs that grow wild in northwest Donegal, to home made ice cream with seasonal flowers, to aromatic vinegars,...

Happy Imbolg everyone and to celebrate Brigid the Celtic Goddess in each of us, I am offering free wellbeing consultations until February...

I could not bear to listen to the pipes go quiet and the words, spoken and unspoken, grow farther and farther away, and feel closer and...

As fires were being lit around us here at Anamcara Healing Herbs Garden, I decided to look for the light in the blooming around me. And...

Most often I find that looking through the lenses of a camera, time indeed stops and, what I am focusing on, begins to unfold. As if this...

In celebration of the herbal medicine, a series of events will take place in Ireland under the umbrella of the National Herb Week,...

As a herbalist, student of medical herbalism at The Plant Medicine School and member of the Irish Registry of Herbalists, I will launch a...

As a proud member of the Irish Registry of Herbalists I took up the challenge and entered in the annual photo competition 'Herbal...

Spending some time with a plant is not only medicine for the soul but for the mind and body. So enjoy these few seconds of my...

Enjoy a free, comprehensive consultation with well-qualified medical herbalists which may help you improve your overall health. As part...

Walks through my garden now are never the same. Every day, I notice a little change, some else who woke up after a long winter or someone...

As I watch some of my friend plants going to sleep, I find the thought that I will see them again in Spring, comforting. And there is...