WYLDE
Lieve Galle
I'm Lieve Galle, a Belgian herbalist and wild plant forager since 2002 and host of the Wilde Wieven podcast (in Dutch). In this WYLDE Podcast I talk to fellow herbalists and foragers in Europe. We deal with different plant species and different cultural approaches towards plants, but what we have in common is that we all want to transform plant blindness into plant wisdom. Together we can have a greater impact on restoring the ancient link between people and plants. If you're ready to find out what you've never been told, but what your soul already knows, then welcome to WYLDE.
#11 Foraging, farming, and culinary creativity with Swiss chef Rebecca Clopath
Rebecca Clopath is an acclaimed chef from Switzerland, known for her innovative approach to sustainable gastronomy. She combines foraging, farming, and culinary creativity to create dishes that not only tell a story but also honour the land where they come from. Let us inspire you to rethink your relationship with food and nature with this delicious conversation. About her deep connection to local terroir and nature.About a mindful eating philosophy that goes far beyond the plate. About slow lea
Apr 1, • 1:02:39
#10 Herbs and chronic illness with Anita Wasik
Anita Wasik is a Polish medical herbalist and biomedical scientist, based in Finland.She specialises in chronic illness, with areas of focus including environmental illness, digestive problems, hormonal disbalance, pain and fatigue, and mental health problems such as anxiety and depression. Always with a personal and holistic approach. And it all started with being chronically ill herself, as she will tell you in this inspiring conversation.About how herbs were always a part of her life and chil
Mar 4, • 1:00:24
#9 Herbalism in France with Christophe Bernard
Christophe Bernard is a renowned French herbalist, the founder of Althea Provence online herborist school, and an advocate for the legalisation and recognition of herbalism in France. He has decades of experience in herbal medicine, and a deep passion for foraging and natural healing. Enjoy our very inspiring and a little bit rebellious conversation. About his move from computer programming to herbalism.About the historical role of the herbalist in French pharmacies and the war between pharmaci
Feb 4, • 1:07:31
#8 Herb women in Bulgaria with Annelies Buggenhout & Lora Moiree
Lora Moiree is a practitioner of green magic and occult botany, she's Bulgarian and was always drawn to plants and felt guided by nature spirits all her life.Annelies Buggenhout is a permaculture teacher and a forager, she's Belgian and her history with plants and herbs is more recent, it all started when she moved to Bulgaria about 10 years ago. Two different stories, but what they have in common is they love nature, just like you and me. Enjoy our talk in this podcast episode! About how Annel
Nov 12, 2024 • 1:33:36
#7 Herbalism and foraging in Finland with Henriette Kress
Henriette Kress is a very experienced herbalist from Finland. Her website is a landmark in the field of herbalism, and she's also the author of several books on herbalism. It was an absolute pleasure to talk to her, so I hope you also enjoy listening to our conversation. About how she was introduces to herbs by her grandmother.About going to the US to study herbalism at the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine in Arizona and how that made everything fall into place.About herbalism in Finland a
Oct 1, 2024 • 1:03:18
#6 Regenerative herbalism in Poland
Lyra Alves is a very experienced herbalist who is originally from Brazil, but she lived in Belgium for 17 years, and is now living in Poland. She's not only a phytotherapist but also an amazing wizard with plantbased ingredients as a vegan chef. Enjoy our lovely talk! About being lucky to grow up in a house with a big garden and spending vacations in the countryside.About being fascinated by the ancient healers or curandeiros as a child, but also needing the more rational knowledge from books.
Sep 3, 2024 • 1:31:38
#5 Foraging in Norway
Mari Jerstad has a degree in organic agriculture and herbal medicine. She is a forager, a storyteller, and a herbal medicine practitioner. Her journey with plants started as a child, spending time outside with the plants, just enjoying their beauty and their relation to the sun, which now has brought us here, having a beautiful and warm conversation. About being inspired by her great aunt, who looked at herbs from a practical point of view as a nurse, but also as something spiritual.About what t
Aug 6, 2024 • 56:05
#4 Discovering the world through plants with François Couplan
François Couplan is a forager, ethnobatanist, wild chef, traveller, and published author of more than 120 books on wild edible plants, herbal medicine and culinary botany.He has 50 years of experience as a teacher, and over 70 years of life experience. Even as an infant, he was already turned on by plants, so that's where his journey with plants begins, and where we start our conversation. About growing up in Paris, and seeing green everywhere, even in the city.About how it's always easier to r
Jul 9, 2024 • 1:17:34
#3 Western Master Plants with Anki Paulssen
Anki Paulssen is the founder of Plant Spirit Guru. She has over 25 years of experience working with Western Master Plants, which offers profound insights and initiate a personal transformation that leads to emotional healing, spiritual growth, and self-discovery.Her journey with the plants started when she was a child, growing up in the apartment above her grandparents' bakery, with a small garden in the back which had only one tree. She could see that tree from her bedroom window and started h
Jun 11, 2024 • 1:22:05
#2 Wild & Tamed with Isabel Openshaw
Isabel Openshaw is a forager, a researcher at Kew Gardens in London, and a medicinal plant walk guide. She always loved spending time outside, and was inspired by her grandmother, her mother, and the abundance of elder plants around her, to become a forager herself. Her experience with elderberries and elderflower unlocked the world of medicinal plants, and got her thinking about what else there was out there. And here we are now, having a very inspirational conversation.About her favorite place
May 14, 2024 • 47:09
