Suitable for children aged 7 and over. Each month we will be learning about the medicinal uses of plants, stories, songs, growing, harvesting, and making something to take home - lavender bags, lip balms, bath bombs, lotions, potions and much more!!

📚 A Structured & Engaging Learning Experience

JHC offers a three-level curriculum designed to adapt to children and teens as they grow in confidence, skill, and understanding:

✅ Level 1 & Level 2 – Introduces children to medicinal plants in a safe and supervised environment. Through hands-on activities, they make lavender bags, sun teas, infused oils, cordials, bath bombs, lip balms, and more! Learning is woven into fun, incorporating English, Maths, Biology, Chemistry, Botany, Latin, and Cookery, all while improving fine motor skills and fostering confidence.

✅ Level 3 – Designed exclusively for teens, this advanced level takes a body-systems approach, exploring how medicinal plants support different parts of the body, such as the digestive, respiratory, nervous, and immune systems. Students work on more complex formulations developing real-world herbal skills and deeper scientific understanding.

Each fully trained Medical Herbalist / Naturopath running a JHC adapts the delivery to their group, offering sessions monthly, weekly, in blocks, or as part of a school/after-school program.

🔬 What Students Learn

Each session focuses on a specific medicinal plant. Children and teens will:

🌱 Identify common plants in gardens, parks, and hedgerows, distinguishing between safe and toxic species. 📖 Learn plant history & folklore, including storytelling and fun anecdotes. ⚗️ Explore plant chemistry and understand their healing properties. 🛠️ Make herbal remedies to take home using safe, supervised techniques. 📄 Complete worksheets to build a portfolio of learning over time.

The aim of JHC is to let children learn about the healing and medicinal plants all around them in a safe and supervised environment and is proudly supported by the National Institute of Medical Herbalists.

·      Identification of common herbs growing all around

·      Safety – which herbs are safe to use and which are poisonous

·      Folklore – taught through stories and songs

·      How to grow and harvest herbs

·      Medicinal uses of common herbs

·      How to use a variety of common herbs for first aid

·      How to make a variety of herbal preparations to keep and take home

·      Respect for plants and their environment

Monthly club (Level 1) Begins 6th October 2026 and runs until July 2027.

Week intensives for Level 1 are open for booking for the following dates;

October 26th-30th 2026 (Level 1) 9am-1pm

February 15th-19th 2027; Level 1 (9am-1pm) & Level 2 (1.30pm-5.30pm).

*Please note that to join level 2 you must have completed Level 1.