The Thorn & the Bog

Enter the living world of Celtic Plantlore

Enter the living world of Celtic Plantlore through this free gathering of Scottish story and song

through this free gathering of Scottish story and song

Sunday, 26th July
11am PDT / 2pm EDT / 7pm BST
60-minute Zoom Call

Bright Moon, Red Fruit, Black Water... Green Future

Come... by way of a hedgerow hymn and ancient peatbog portal, into the living realm of ancestral plant wisdom.

In celebration and anticipation for our new season of Celtic Plantlore, we invite you to a free evening of story and song featuring:

Eileen Budd
Scottish Storyteller

Maya McNeil
Musican

Hanna Leigh
Musician

Come, Hear the Tales of Our Time…
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GATHERING ON 26TH JULY
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Come, Hear the
Tales of Our Time…
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GATHERING ON 26TH JULY
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Into the Otherworld

In this gathering, we’ll expand our perceptions of the plant world and open ourselves to new ways of earth connection through a reciprocal and animist lens.

Eileen Budd, renowned Scottish Storyteller, will be your guide as we wander the peatlands, discovering sunken goddesses, drifting spirits, writhing roots and the moon caught in peat black water.

Maya McNeil, Scottish-American song spinner, will share Huath // Sgeathach, a song to the Hawthorn – a generous and thorned shrub, a fairy tree, some say gateway to the other world, a protector of the small.

We look forward to sharing this time with you as we prepare for the second season of our nine-week online course, Celtic Plantlore, beginning on 30th July.

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What's Included

  • A 60-minute immersive storytelling experience with Celtic Plantlore teachers
  • Scottish stories, songs, and plant wisdom from the worlds of peatlands and Hawthorn
  • A recording delivered within 24 hours
  • Entry in our GIVEAWAY ($375 VALUE!) — Attend live for a chance to win free registration in Celtic Plantlore, our 9-week course starting July 30th
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Our Presenters

STORYTELLER

Eileen Budd

Eileen Budd (IG: @eileenbudd) is a Scottish author, artist and storyteller with TRACS (Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland) Scottish Book Trust and BBC Stories in Scots.  Raised in Perthshire in a family with a strong tradition of maintaining oral storytelling practices, Budd specialises in traditional Scottish folklore, folk objects, folk beliefs, origin stories and ancient Scottish legends.  Budd is an archivist for her village’s community archive; orchardist for her village’s community orchard and runs the community’s Ceilidh House supporting local events and artists.

Before devoting her life to sharing stories, she spent over 20 years working with national museums, including National Museums Scotland and V&A London. 

Compelled to maintain her family’s storytelling tradition and use all she’s learned from working in museums, she now travels all over Scotland sharing the stories via her Travelling Folk Museum, using song, illustration and historic object handling to help bring Scottish tales from history and folklore to life for audiences of all ages.

FOUNDERESS, WEAVING REMEMBRANCE

Hanna Leigh

Hanna Leigh is a Singer-Songwriter, Voice Doula, Weaver, and Devotee of this precious, living Earth. She was raised in California (Chumash territory) though in recent years has spent extensive time residing on ancestral lands in the Celtic isles. Her people migrated to the U.S. several generations ago from England, Scotland, Norway, Germany and the Netherlands.

This organization, Weaving Remembrance, was birthed through her own passion to reclaim ancestral wisdom and grow in intimate reciprocity with this miraculous earth that sustains us.

You can listen to her music on Spotify.

SINGER & SONGWRITER

Maya McNeil

Maya McNeil (IG: @maya_mcneil_music) is a queer Scottish-American singer, songwriter, poet, healing arts practitioner, filmmaker, and co-creator of the Celtic Plantlore course at Weaving Remembrance, born in Huichin/Oakland, California.

They were raised by rose people and the children of immigrant gardeners. Tended by the plants for all their life, and continually learning from them and their stewards of many nations.

Maya endeavors for the healing of their family of all relations, and the bridgework they believe in: Reweaving cultural connection to animate landscapes, actively grieving diasporic, colonizing/colonized traumas, and freeing the imagination, so we may repair and honor the future ahead, the ancestry behind us, and the time that is now.

Frequently Asked Questions

This offering is happening online through Zoom, with teachers joining us from different countires.

You will have access to the recording until August 3rd, 2026.

The giveaway winner will be chosen at the end of of gathering, around 11:45am PDT / 7:45pm BST.

Come, Hear the Tales of Our Time…
REGISTER BELOW FOR THE FREE
GATHERING ON 26TH JULY
You're registered! Check your email inbox (or promotions folder) for a welcome message with details on the giveaway and our Zoom link for Sunday, the 26th July.
Come, Hear the
Tales of Our Time…
REGISTER BELOW FOR THE FREE
GATHERING ON 26TH JULY
You're registered! Check your email inbox (or promotions folder) for a welcome message with details on our giveaway and the Zoom link for Sunday, the 26th July.