Amanda Edmiston, Botanica Fabula
@botanicafabula.bsky.social
Herbal storyteller, folklorist, creative practitioner, writer. The Time Traveller’s Herbal published by David and Charles. Botanica Fabula school of herbal storytelling 💚🌲🌱💫 #botanicafabula #timetravellersherbal
I love how green the moss is as the rest of the landscape becomes grey and brown as it rests~this inspired me to write Moss Lights my journey into the C9th in The Time Traveller’s Herbal + share the story of this beautiful stone~said to have once been a woman www.botanicafabula.co.uk/time-travell...
December 14, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I love how green the moss is as the rest of the landscape becomes grey and brown as it rests~this inspired me to write Moss Lights my journey into the C9th in The Time Traveller’s Herbal + share the story of this beautiful stone~said to have once been a woman www.botanicafabula.co.uk/time-travell...
Sankta Lucia is this coming Saturday, I love that it celebrates light…and a fearsome witch who leads a procession of supernatural beings~we were also overjoyed to have been able to take in the full magic of Edinburgh Luciakör at Hexham Abbey this week…SO beautiful ✨ #folklorethursday ✨
December 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Sankta Lucia is this coming Saturday, I love that it celebrates light…and a fearsome witch who leads a procession of supernatural beings~we were also overjoyed to have been able to take in the full magic of Edinburgh Luciakör at Hexham Abbey this week…SO beautiful ✨ #folklorethursday ✨
One of my favourite festive stories to tell #folklorethursday friends is the tale of how the pine tree came to be covered in stars~I share it in my book The Time Traveller’s Herbal~it all begins in the heart of a forest on longest night…
www.botanicafabula.co.uk/time-travell...
www.botanicafabula.co.uk/time-travell...
December 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
One of my favourite festive stories to tell #folklorethursday friends is the tale of how the pine tree came to be covered in stars~I share it in my book The Time Traveller’s Herbal~it all begins in the heart of a forest on longest night…
www.botanicafabula.co.uk/time-travell...
www.botanicafabula.co.uk/time-travell...
Dilston Physic Garden is such a magical place+their herbal research even finds its way into my next book~so I’m thrilled to be sharing this special afternoon in the garden in December www.botanicafabula.co.uk/shop-botanic... we will be making tiny nettle paper books and sipping elderberry tea😊💫🌲💚
November 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Dilston Physic Garden is such a magical place+their herbal research even finds its way into my next book~so I’m thrilled to be sharing this special afternoon in the garden in December www.botanicafabula.co.uk/shop-botanic... we will be making tiny nettle paper books and sipping elderberry tea😊💫🌲💚
October 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Blackthorn trees are said to be home to the Lunasidh a terrifying race of moon worshipping fae who will attack anyone who steals their sloes unless they are harvested under a full moon #folklorethursday #halloween
October 2, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Blackthorn trees are said to be home to the Lunasidh a terrifying race of moon worshipping fae who will attack anyone who steals their sloes unless they are harvested under a full moon #folklorethursday #halloween
It’s Hawthorn berry season here and that means I’m immersing these heart healing beauties in brandy, all the while taking care not to fall asleep beneath the faerie tree…🌳🧚🏼♂️you can discover more in the pages of my first book The Time Traveller’s Herbal www.botanicafabula.co.uk/time-travell...
September 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It’s Hawthorn berry season here and that means I’m immersing these heart healing beauties in brandy, all the while taking care not to fall asleep beneath the faerie tree…🌳🧚🏼♂️you can discover more in the pages of my first book The Time Traveller’s Herbal www.botanicafabula.co.uk/time-travell...
The winged horse Pegasus who found immortality as a constellation of stars~was said to favour the fruit of the sea buckthorn~incidentally traditionally used to help altitude sickness~recently backed up by science🌿💫#folklorethursday 1878 img:Pegasus edited to accord the nymphs a degree of modesty🤣
September 4, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The winged horse Pegasus who found immortality as a constellation of stars~was said to favour the fruit of the sea buckthorn~incidentally traditionally used to help altitude sickness~recently backed up by science🌿💫#folklorethursday 1878 img:Pegasus edited to accord the nymphs a degree of modesty🤣
The winged horse Pegasus who found immortality as a constellation of stars, was said to favour the fruit of the sea buckthorn, incidentally a berry traditionally used to help with altitude sickness (and recently backed up by science)💚🌿💫#folklorethursday
img:Pegasus+the Nymphs, Greek Mythology 1878
img:Pegasus+the Nymphs, Greek Mythology 1878
September 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The winged horse Pegasus who found immortality as a constellation of stars, was said to favour the fruit of the sea buckthorn, incidentally a berry traditionally used to help with altitude sickness (and recently backed up by science)💚🌿💫#folklorethursday
img:Pegasus+the Nymphs, Greek Mythology 1878
img:Pegasus+the Nymphs, Greek Mythology 1878
So grateful to The Herb society Uk for this lovely review🥰📚💫🌿The whole edition is just a pleasure to read with a cool herbal drink in the garden🥰💚💫🌿🌞 #timetravellersherbal
July 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
So grateful to The Herb society Uk for this lovely review🥰📚💫🌿The whole edition is just a pleasure to read with a cool herbal drink in the garden🥰💚💫🌿🌞 #timetravellersherbal
Mugwort travelling…
July 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Mugwort travelling…
The drifting dunes of Forvie sands on the Aberdeenshire coast cover a village~said to have been lost in the C15th after a 9 day storm raised by three sisters who were deprived of their land by foul means~it is a favourite family beach~my mum always reminds us to listen to the dunes #folklorethursday
June 12, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The drifting dunes of Forvie sands on the Aberdeenshire coast cover a village~said to have been lost in the C15th after a 9 day storm raised by three sisters who were deprived of their land by foul means~it is a favourite family beach~my mum always reminds us to listen to the dunes #folklorethursday
What a magical evening~so grateful for the Palace of Holyroodhouse for inviting me to create a special herbal storytelling session for their physik garden~if you didn’t make it this evening you should totally go+spend a peaceful half hour in their garden (open to public) I will definitely return 💚🌿🍸
May 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
What a magical evening~so grateful for the Palace of Holyroodhouse for inviting me to create a special herbal storytelling session for their physik garden~if you didn’t make it this evening you should totally go+spend a peaceful half hour in their garden (open to public) I will definitely return 💚🌿🍸
If you’re in Edinburgh this evening there are a couple of tickets left for the Palace of Holyroodhouse🌿🍸event🌻You will be able to choose your own botanical cocktail view the garden after closing+then join me for a unique bespoke hour of herbal storytelling booking vital😊 www.rct.uk/event/firesi...
May 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
If you’re in Edinburgh this evening there are a couple of tickets left for the Palace of Holyroodhouse🌿🍸event🌻You will be able to choose your own botanical cocktail view the garden after closing+then join me for a unique bespoke hour of herbal storytelling booking vital😊 www.rct.uk/event/firesi...
The May is in full flower here in rural Scotland~one of my favourite blossoms~Hawthorn is said to mend a broken heart~lore proven in a way by herbalists+science~I explore this in my book The Time Traveller’s Herbal #folklorethursday friends may enjoy😉
May 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The May is in full flower here in rural Scotland~one of my favourite blossoms~Hawthorn is said to mend a broken heart~lore proven in a way by herbalists+science~I explore this in my book The Time Traveller’s Herbal #folklorethursday friends may enjoy😉
Dream laden, sleep inducing Cowslips the keys to fairyland or maybe heaven are one of the plants flourishing in the Palace of Holyroodhouse physic garden this week #folklorethursday If you’re in Edinburgh tomorrow 9th May join me there for more herbal storytelling www.rct.uk/event/firesi... 💚🌿🍸✨
May 8, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Dream laden, sleep inducing Cowslips the keys to fairyland or maybe heaven are one of the plants flourishing in the Palace of Holyroodhouse physic garden this week #folklorethursday If you’re in Edinburgh tomorrow 9th May join me there for more herbal storytelling www.rct.uk/event/firesi... 💚🌿🍸✨
I LOVE being a guest host on @folklorethursday.bsky.social genuinely the loveliest folk to work with 💚🌿✨tomorrow the theme is on my favourite subject PLANTS🌻fab folklorists will be around all day+I’ll be here from 10-11am BST #folklorethursday see you then🧚🏼♂️Pic Cowslip fairy Mary Cicely Barker 1923
May 7, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I LOVE being a guest host on @folklorethursday.bsky.social genuinely the loveliest folk to work with 💚🌿✨tomorrow the theme is on my favourite subject PLANTS🌻fab folklorists will be around all day+I’ll be here from 10-11am BST #folklorethursday see you then🧚🏼♂️Pic Cowslip fairy Mary Cicely Barker 1923
I’ve got a very special gig on the 9th of May💚🌿💫🍸
Join me in the physic garden at the Palace of Holyroodhouse for a botanical gin or non alcoholic cocktail~then repair to the Abbey strand for an evening of herbal storytelling inspired by the plants &the gardens history www.rct.uk/event/firesi...
Join me in the physic garden at the Palace of Holyroodhouse for a botanical gin or non alcoholic cocktail~then repair to the Abbey strand for an evening of herbal storytelling inspired by the plants &the gardens history www.rct.uk/event/firesi...
May 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I’ve got a very special gig on the 9th of May💚🌿💫🍸
Join me in the physic garden at the Palace of Holyroodhouse for a botanical gin or non alcoholic cocktail~then repair to the Abbey strand for an evening of herbal storytelling inspired by the plants &the gardens history www.rct.uk/event/firesi...
Join me in the physic garden at the Palace of Holyroodhouse for a botanical gin or non alcoholic cocktail~then repair to the Abbey strand for an evening of herbal storytelling inspired by the plants &the gardens history www.rct.uk/event/firesi...
Currently creating a whole new ‘Hidden Herbal ‘ section for the website, it might not be out for a few months but…you can still join my lovely #botanicafabulaschoolofherbalstorytelling courses which will be the first layer! www.botanicafabula.co.uk/spring-summer
April 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Currently creating a whole new ‘Hidden Herbal ‘ section for the website, it might not be out for a few months but…you can still join my lovely #botanicafabulaschoolofherbalstorytelling courses which will be the first layer! www.botanicafabula.co.uk/spring-summer
So excited about the new piece I’m creating especially for The Palace of Holyroodhouse physic garden in Edinburgh on May 9th~expect hints of Victorian gothic~insights into potions favoured by kings~a hint of witchcraft +a chance to choose your own gin+explore the garden www.rct.uk/event/firesi...
April 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
So excited about the new piece I’m creating especially for The Palace of Holyroodhouse physic garden in Edinburgh on May 9th~expect hints of Victorian gothic~insights into potions favoured by kings~a hint of witchcraft +a chance to choose your own gin+explore the garden www.rct.uk/event/firesi...
Really looking forward to sharing the folklore, historic uses and legends behind Shakespeare’s Midsummer flowers whilst Helen from Greenshed flowers helps you design your own flower crown at AKBell library in Perth, Scotland on June 21st, to find out more + book www.culturepk.org.uk/event/midsum...
April 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Really looking forward to sharing the folklore, historic uses and legends behind Shakespeare’s Midsummer flowers whilst Helen from Greenshed flowers helps you design your own flower crown at AKBell library in Perth, Scotland on June 21st, to find out more + book www.culturepk.org.uk/event/midsum...
In 1616 Elspeth Roach was accused of collecting Yarrow in a ritualised manner…amongst other things. Whilst divining with Yarrow stalks may not be wholly reliable it is great for helping with cold symptoms💚🌿💫 something I explore in The Time Traveller’s Herbal #FolkloreThursday 🤗
March 13, 2025 at 11:40 AM
In 1616 Elspeth Roach was accused of collecting Yarrow in a ritualised manner…amongst other things. Whilst divining with Yarrow stalks may not be wholly reliable it is great for helping with cold symptoms💚🌿💫 something I explore in The Time Traveller’s Herbal #FolkloreThursday 🤗
Maggie Wall burnt here 1657~a trip yesterday to Dunning and the witches monument~some believe it is actually a C19th cenotaph to those accused of witchcraft+Maggie is a composite character~or maybe the real story was too harrowing and so romanticised during the fairy tale days… #folklorethursday
March 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Maggie Wall burnt here 1657~a trip yesterday to Dunning and the witches monument~some believe it is actually a C19th cenotaph to those accused of witchcraft+Maggie is a composite character~or maybe the real story was too harrowing and so romanticised during the fairy tale days… #folklorethursday
How frequently the power of the weather is invoked with spells and charms fascinated me when I was researching The Time Traveller’s Herbal #folklorethursday friends~this one calling on wind+floods was used by The Wife of Usher’s Well in Walter Scott’s collection of Border Ballads to summon spirits!
February 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
How frequently the power of the weather is invoked with spells and charms fascinated me when I was researching The Time Traveller’s Herbal #folklorethursday friends~this one calling on wind+floods was used by The Wife of Usher’s Well in Walter Scott’s collection of Border Ballads to summon spirits!
Weathering the effects of the storm still here…but flourishing will happen again soon💚💫🌳 #botanicafabula
January 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Weathering the effects of the storm still here…but flourishing will happen again soon💚💫🌳 #botanicafabula