Herbal weekend (Czech Republic)
Members of 5 cities travelled to Horní Světlá to gather herbs, spend time in nature and learn few practical skills like how to recognize and correctly gather medicinal plants. St John’s wort was put in oil and alcohol and ribwort plantain turned into sirop, but those were not the only plants people found and gathered. There was also many other – all to be dried up and used later – and few forest strawberries that served as a refreshment for the herbalists. After learning everything that could be learned about all the gathered plants and those that grow in our garden, all participants were able to test their knowledge in a fun quiz. During the weekend few less botanically inclined travelled to help in a horse shelter for elderly horses that were given a lot of care, cuddles, new stables and carrots and apples.