A cosy meet-up hosted by Diane about plants, folklore, witches and druids, with drinks, nibbles and book recommendations at Books on the Walls.
Plant Club returns to Books on the Walls on Friday 30 October, with this month's session titled Folklore, Witches & Druids: Between History & Myth. It's a Halloween edition, and the theme is exactly what it sounds like: the strange, overlapping relationship between plants, people and the supernatural. The evening looks at how healing herbs, poisonous plants and old remedies became tangled up with witchcraft, folklore and the kind of beliefs that sit somewhere between history and myth, drawing on historical accounts, folklore and modern research.
It's not a formal lecture, though. The format is a cosy, chatty meet-up, so you'll be chatting over drinks and nibbles rather than sitting in silence. There are also plenty of book recommendations to take home from the shop, which fits the setting. The whole thing is hosted by Diane, who's a professional pastry chef by trade and currently in her second year of Ethnobotany studies. Outside of this, she runs workshops on foraging, fermentation and reducing food waste, and posts on Instagram as @vegartemis.
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It runs from 6pm to 8pm at Books on the Walls, 2 City Walls, Chester CH1 2JG. General admission starts from £12.
