Spring Herb Walk – Online Virtual Course
Brief Introduction to the Course Material
This course is a series of short videos taken on a herb walk within the Forêt Domaniale de Coume Frède-Picaussel in the Aude department.
To simplify, the material and videos, are separated into four sections with some introductory presentations. The introductory presentations were added for ease of understanding. These were recorded after the walk to improve the course format. However, all the plant videos and photographs were shot on the same spring day in May and in the same forest.
What will you achieve …
By the end of this short course you will have
- discovered over a dozen wild plants or trees from the comfort of your own home
- obtained an understanding of some traditional and modern medicinal wild plant uses
- heard some folkloric tales and learned a little about plant science
- touched on some botanical features to aid identification
- glimpsed a little into the landscape of this beautiful corner of France and,
- gained a little more historical knowledge of the area
Finally, Thyme to Learn on a virtual herb walk !
