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*Bees have been here for 40 million years. Humans are toddlers in comparison* Revered across cultures as sacred messengers, bringers of blessing from the other world. Everything bees create is nourishing, medicinal, fortifying. 🐝 Walking around Chris Oxfordshire home, reminded us that bees are such great teachers in kinship, reciprocity, and remembering our place in the web of life. If this kind of earth-wisdom lights something up in you, and you are keen to learn more nature-based practices with those passionate about their stewardship and their craft, ✨ Join us for the final Bees to a Flower event of the year, this Saturday ✨ Our Mushroom Foraging gathering will be a slow wander through the woods, learning to recognise, respect, and relate with the fungi beneath our feet. 🍄 Our next event will be in March next year 📅 This Saturday 🎟️ Last few spots left, book via the link in bio 🌿 Come as you are, curious and open 📸 Thank you @benji_saul for the gorgeous video #Beestoaflower #primalgathering #regeneration

✨ Learn to forage mushrooms in London ✨ Our Mushroom Foraging & Feast has become Primal’s most popular event, and for 2 years running, every spot has been filled. Come together to: 1.⁠ ⁠Learn the language of the forest Mushrooms are more than food — they’re messengers of healthy ecosystems 2.⁠ ⁠Safe, guided discovery Many people are curious about wild mushrooms but afraid of misidentifying them. With experts like Alexandra Lea, you learn safely which are edible, which are medicinal and how to prepare them. 3.⁠ ⁠Food as medicine Some mushrooms are packed with nutrients and ancient healing properties. You’ll discover varieties that support immunity, energy, and resilience - knowledge you carry for life. 6.⁠ ⁠A feast for body & soul It’s not just learning: Peter’s freshly cooked vegan meal is a way to taste the land’s freshly picked abundance together 📍 London | 🗓 November 29th | 🎟 Link in Bio ⚡️ Tickets always sell fast — we wouldn’t be hesitating if we were you!

🌱 Knowledge transfer relayed delightfully Janes words of appreciation signify Alexandra’s extraordinary capacity to reveal scientific knowledge in really expansive and engaging ways, making it easy to learn how to forage mushrooms. 🍄 Whether you’re brand new or well versed to fungi life, Alexandra has something to share with everyone! 👉🏽 To join us on November 29th, follow the link in our bio ✨💕 #primalgathering #beestoaflower #regeneration #communitylearning #earthcare #mushrooms #fungilife

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🍄✨ Curious about mushrooms but not sure where to begin? If you’re feeling the mycelial pull, here are 3 must-reads to spark your curiosity: 📖 Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake – a dear favourite, this book introduces mushrooms as both magical and understandable. It shifts your worldview, not just your knowledge base. 📖 Mycelium Running by Paul Stamets – a classic where scientific depth meets passion, offering a more rooted perspective of fungi as a powerful ally in our climate shifts. 📖 The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben – A really valuable way to learn and integrate how trees align with fungi. Also, a cool book to try out integrating tree-based principles in your day-to-day life 🍄 And if you’re hungry for more than pages… and want to get up close and personal with learning about mushrooms we’ve got something brewing 👀 On November 29th join us for Bees to a Flower: Mushroom Foraging with biologist Alexandra Lea and biodynamic chef Peter Daniel Grant 🌿 Learn how to identify edible mushrooms 🌿 Discover their medicinal secrets 🌿 Taste them transformed into a nourishing feast ✨ Not an event to be missed 🎟️Tickets via link in bio! ✨

🌿🍄 4 Mushrooms You Can Eat 🍄🌿 The forest floor is alive with hidden treasures, some edible some dangerously not… Knowing the difference is the art of foraging. Alexandra Lea (@the_female_forager ) biologist & ethnomycologist, shares 4 edible mushrooms you can identify in the UK ✨ From the Field Mushroom found in late summer pastures… ✨ To the Saffron Milkcap glowing beneath the pines… ✨ The mighty Hen of the Woods at the bottom of an oak & beech tree… ✨ And the vibrant Orange Birch Bolete nestled by birch trees... 👉 Come learn how to safely identify edible species on November 29th, discover their medicinal secrets, and taste the alchemy of wild mushrooms prepared into exquisite vegan dishes by Peter Daniel Grant @thegathererwild 🔗 Grab your ticket. Link in our bio. 🌿 Foraging is as much about curiosity as it is about caution. We share these mushrooms to inspire, not to substitute proper identification. Always cross-check with an expert before eating anything from the wild.

🍯 Honey isn’t just sweet, it’s medicine. In fact, Sir Owen of Scotland lived to 124, fuelled by a diet rich in honey, and even fathered a child at the age of 98. Imagine the vitality nature holds in its simplest gifts. ✨ On October 4th, Chris Park opened a window into the world of bees, bringing these stories to life, showing our community the magic of a bee colony up close in his Druidic home in Oxfordshire. From witnessing their dance to understanding their role in regenerating ecosystems, we left buzzing with awe (pun intended 🐝). We learnt that these five-eyed, sleepless creatures colonies are living examples of resilience, cooperation, and rest. 🐝 For everyone there, it wasn’t just about meeting bees… it was about meeting ourselves in nature’s mirror. When we gather like this, we remember: our health, our longevity, our communities, they’re all sustained by the same ecosystems we came to celebrate. 🌿 To join us at our final nature adventure of the year this November 29th to “Learn how to forage your own mushrooms” Link in our bio 🔗 📸 by @benji_saul #BeesToAFlower #EcosystemRestoration #RegenerativeCulture #bees #savethebees

Ever wondered how our ancestors brewed the nectar of the gods? 🍯✨ This Saturday, we’ll be learning how to craft our own sloe mead, blending honey, apples, and ancient wisdom into a drink as old as time itself. From the old Brythonic tradition there is a triad that says there are 3 medicines in the world: 1. Water: To keep us hydrated 2. ⁠Honey: Medicine with antimicrobials 3. ⁠Labour: Movement and exercise When you combine those three, a mead is crafted. Join us for a day with beekeeper, Druid & folklorist Chris Park (@chrischarlespark ). Together we’ll: 🍯 Tour a thriving apiary 🌿 Learn the secrets of bee biology & practical beekeeping 🍏 Press apples & make sloe mead 🔥 Share stories, pagan songs & ritual around the fire A day of learning, connection, and ancient wisdom, guided by the hum of the hive. 👉🏽 Learn more, click the link in our BIO

🚶‍♂️✨ Walk the mystery, and bring your own beliefs. Pilgrimage invites us into a living conversation with the land. The British Pilgrimage Trust, founded by Dr. Guy Hayward (@drguyhayward ) is reawakening this ancient practice, reminding us that sacred sites are not just relics of history, but places designed to shift our state of consciousness. Each carries its own unique quality, and the mystery reveals itself only when we walk within and amongst them. 🌿 Our 7.5-mile journey led us through the ancient landscapes of Avebury — across the great Silbury Hill, over Waden Hill, along the remnants of the West Kennet Stone Avenue, beneath the Tolkien trees that inspired the Ents, and finally into the embrace of the largest prehistoric stone circle in the world. ✨ To walk these paths is to touch both history and mystery, to be shaped by the land as much as we move through it. British Pilgrim runs these walks all year long are certainly worth learning more about at @pilgrimtrust 🌸 To experience more events like these join an upcoming Bees to a Flower event soon: 🐝 Experience Bee-Keeping & Druidry | Oct 4th — [link in bio] 🍄 Forage & Feast with Mushrooms | Nov 29th — [link in bio] 📸 special thanks for capturing to Benji (@dancinglightfilms ) and Alexia (@alexias.films ) #Pilgrimage #BritishPilgrimageTrust #PrimalGathering #SacredSites #Avebury #WalkingTheLand

🐝 Learn a Wealth of Knowledge and Skills Our Bees to a Flower events make learning interactive and easy, you can arrive knowing nothing, or already have a hive of your own, a day with Chris will leave you richer in wisdom and wonder for the natural world. Our previous participants certainly adore moseying around Chris Druid inspired home, and stepping into an ancient lineage of connection, learning and reverence for the natural world. 🌸 Join us this season for a magical day 🔗 Limited spots available — link in bio

🐝🌸 The Ancient Pilgrimage of Honeybees 40 million years ago, honeybees arrived. 120 million years ago, a giant wasp tasted tree pollen, and slowly, over 80 million years, they grew their hair long, turned vegan, and began living in community. ✨ The plant kingdom responded with generosity. 🌼 Flower power bloomed: nectar as reward, petals as lure. The world became sweeter, more colourful, more alive. Since the beginning of time, we humans have followed the bees, from our ape ancestors hunting wild honey to our own ancient honey-hunting traditions. Today, we are still learning from them: every single gift of the hive is medicine, even the beehive air itself. 🍯💨 On Saturday, October 4th, join us at Westmill Farm (Vale of the White Horse, Oxfordshire) for Bees to a Flower, a day to step into this ancient story. Together we will: 🌼 Learn the subtleties of bees, forage, and medicines of the hive 🎶 Sing bee songs and breathe with the hives in bee bedrooms 🔥 Gather by the fire, share food, and hear old folklore 🌿 Explore kinder, nature-based ways of beekeeping This is not just a workshop. It is a remembering. A chance to walk in the timeless relationship between bees, flowers, and humans. 🐝✨ Come be part of the story. 🎟️ Tickets via [@primalgathering ] | Link in bio #primalgathering #regeneration #community #nature #bees #landregeneration

✨ Learn to forage mushrooms in London — back for its 3rd year, and always sold out ✨ Our Mushroom Foraging & Feast has become Primal’s most popular event, and for 2 years running, every spot has been filled. Come together to: 1.⁠ ⁠Learn the language of the forest Mushrooms are more than food — they’re messengers of healthy ecosystems 2.⁠ ⁠Safe, guided discovery Many people are curious about wild mushrooms but afraid of misidentifying them. With experts like Alexandra Lea, you learn safely which are edible, which are medicinal and how to prepare them. 3.⁠ ⁠Food as medicine Some mushrooms are packed with nutrients and ancient healing properties. You’ll discover varieties that support immunity, energy, and resilience - knowledge you carry for life. 6.⁠ ⁠A feast for body & soul It’s not just learning: Peter’s freshly cooked vegan meal is a way to taste the land’s freshly picked abundance together “Yesterday was nothing short of magical! 🌿 I spent the day diving into the fascinating world of medicinal mushrooms with the amazing @thefemaleforager . 🍄✨ One of the most exciting moments? Encountering turkey tail for the first time, a powerful medicinal mushroom known for its antioxidant properties, immune-modulating benefits, and even its use in cancer treatments. 💪🍄” Every year is different; the mushrooms, the season, the people, the stories. But one thing stays the same: the joy of slowing down, noticing the forest floor, and tasting the gifts of the land together. 📍 London | 🗓 November 29th | 🎟 Link in Bio ⚡️ Tickets always sell fast — we wouldn’t be hesitating if we were you! #foraging #mushroom #regeneration #primalgathering #primal