Celtic Plantlore
Gathering
4 Day Gathering In the Scottish Borders
A weekend of practical & magical application Gathering together in the land
15th May – 18th May, 2025
Gathering in community
with the plants & the land
Weaving wholeness,
Weaving remembrance.
Our Celtic Plantlore Gathering is an opportunity to come together in circle alongside our dear plant kin who provide us with an abundance of food, medicine, magic & beauty.
In this gathering, we will dive into Celtic Plantlore, integrating and applying some of the practices shared by teachers within the online course.
During the 4 days, we will adventure out onto the land, pilgrimage to sacred sites, hear some of the local history and lore, learn about native plants, druidry & earth wisdom.
Our weekend is woven with simple rituals and practices for sensing and connecting with the land and plants. We will engage in the hands-on experiences of foraging; herbal medicine, mead and tea ~ making and tasting.
With our senses, we will remember the ways that our ancestors knew. We will connect with plant, stone & tree, rooting into the Earth. We will attune with ways of life that flow in harmony with the cycles of the moon, sun and stars. Coming together to gather around the fire, we will share stories, song, laughter and tears.
Gathering In the Land
May we be nourished & inspired through deepening our connection with this animate Earth.
Practice
We will explore & apply some of the practices shared during the Celtic Plantlore course. Through hands-on experiences out in the luscious land, we will cover plant identification, asking permission & making offerings, foraging, gathering, preparing & ingesting wild foods & medicinal plants.
Connection
We will work with practices for deepening our connection with the living Earth, opening our intuition through the five senses. Coming into deeper relationship with the plants, the land and each other.
Ritual
We will be walking the land and making pilgrimage to sacred sites, learning some history and lore of the local area, including Druid and Celtic wisdom. We will create a ritual to celebrate Beltane, offering our gratitude and praise to the land.
Nourishment
Delicious meals, including local, organic and foraged foods, lovingly prepared by our chef and hearth tender. Story, song, laughter, evening gatherings around the fire and in the hot tub...all of these will offer us deep nourishment & joy!
Where You'll Stay
We will gather in a beautiful home in the Scottish borders, where the land and spaces are lovingly tended.
Our classroom is a gorgeous indoor space with a beautiful kitchen, as well as an outdoor firepit, woodland and the surrounded hills and glens.
We also have use of an outdoor hot tub, to enjoy under the stars.
There are 4 options for dreamtime spaces:
1. On-site camping (bring your own tent)
2. Private yurt or bell tent with double bed
3. Luxury indoor en suite room with double bed
4. Or arrange your own accommodation. Locals are welcome to commute.
Our Schedule
May the living reality of earth and ancestral belonging be rekindled within you.
Arrival from 4:30pm on the 15th, finishing around 12pm on the 18th (BST).
Thursday
15th May
From 4:30pm – arrival & set up camp
6pm – Opening ceremony, land & water blessing
Dinner
Opening circle
Friday
16th May
Breakfast
Attuning with the land, making offerings, opening connection
Plant walk, plant identification, foraging
Celtic & druid plant lore
Lunch
Pilgrimage to local sacred sites. Lore, history, story & song
Dinner
Plant Tea Journey. Sensing with 5 elements.
Optional hot tub
Saturday
17th May
Breakfast
Visit to botanical gardens
Nature connection, celtic tree wisdom.
Attuning & listening with the land & trees.
Lunch
Medicine, Magic & Mead Making!
Herbal medicine making class
Mead making class
Dinner
Beltane ritual, making a plant altar & offerings to the land
Gathering around the fire: story, song, hot tub, celebration
Sunday
18th May
Breakfast
Morning attunement with the land
Intergration & closing circle
12pm Journeying home…
Program & Facilitators
Many may have forgotten the old ways, though gratefully there are those still keeping the skills and songs alive, and others of us who are relearning them.
Lana Lanaia
Ritual, Song & Growing Connection with the Living Land
Lana is a musician and facilitator of retreats, ritual & healing spaces, within which we may remember the beauty & sacredness of life.
She was born in England, lives in the Scottish Highlands, and has spent much of her life journeying within the landscapes and sacred sites of these Isles.
For many years she has learned from indigenous & shamanic traditions, worked with sound & healing, grown and tended biodyanmic gardens, lived in the wild, and learned a lot from listening with the land.
She is now sowing these seeds, along with others who are dreaming and re-weaving the earth honouring ways of our lands, into the soil again.
Sarah Long
Druidry, Plant Wisdom & Ritual
Sarah is a Druid, holder of ritual and ceremony, artist and poet. She has been exploring Druidry and celebrating the wheel of the year for over 30 years, and carries a deep devotion and reverence for Mother Earth.
She weaves her magic in the mundane through organic gardening and her love of plants and the divine feminine. She has spent many years pilgrimaging to sacred sites, holding space around the fire and loves to share stories, songs and chants.
She has lived on the isle of Iona and is a Keeper of the Sacred flame of Brigid.
She is passionate about connecting to ancient myth through landscape and sacred sites. Last year she ran a pilgrimage to follow in the footsteps of the sixth century Merlin of the Scottish Borders. Those grave is marked by a hawthorn tree and whose legend lives on in the landscape.
Sarah creates warm and welcoming spaces, allowing people to feel at ease and encouraging their own inspiration to flow. She has a generous spirit and a great gift of offering blessings.
Kate Cohen
Journeying with the Plants, Nature Connection & Song
Kate is of Scottish, Irish and Polish ancestry. Over the past 10 years she has cultivated experience sharing embodied movement practices, holding women’s circles, sound healing through sound journeys and voice explorations, community gatherings and ceremony following the wheel of the year, native plant connection practices and herbal wisdom, land connection and pilgrimage.
Kate is a lover of mythos and mystery, wonder and beauty, and exploring how we can come into deeper connection with ourselves, our ancestors, each other and the wider living world, to create healing and harmony.
She is in living apprenticeship with the plants, bees, stones, trees and waters.
Practical Information
The Gathering is open to participants of the Celtic Plantlore online course.
Arrival is from 4:30pm on Thursday 15th May, completing around 12pm on Sunday 18th May. Times are UK/BST.
The gathering is being held in the Scottish borders, near Peebles. 70 min drive south of Edinburgh. Nearest train station: Galashiels.
There will be one minibus pickup offered from Galashiels train station on 15th May. We encourage ride sharing wherever possible.
All meals included (please see program). Food will be locally sourced & organic, where possible. Plant-based meals.
Program Pricing
Send an email to support@weavingremembrance.org to reserve your spot. In your message, please include your preferred accommodation.
Payment plans are available.
The program fee does not include accommodation (see on-site options below) or travel. *Please note that the fee in USD reflects currency conversion fees.
Program Fee
Celtic Plantlore Gathering-
4 days, 3 nights intimate gathering
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20 + hours of guided workshop time
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All meals
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Entrance to botanical gardens & historical sites
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Herbal medicine making workshop
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Fire, hot tub, song & story
Accommodation Options
Choose an accommodation option below or arrange your own for our 3 nights.
Locals are welcome to commute daily.
For friends overseas feeling drawn to join us in person, please note will also be offering our 16 day Scotland Pilgrimage in Septmeber. Info coming soon!
1. Camping
on-site-
Bring your own tent
2. Private Space
Bell TentOR 2 PEOPLE SHARING
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Double bed included
3. Private Space
Luxury IndoorEn-Suite
OR 2 PEOPLE SHARING
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King bed included
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Venue & Accommodation Photos
Frequently Asked Questions
To keep things intimate and spacious, we will host 15-25 participants.
No. The nature of the gathering is that you purchase a place for the whole event.
No. There will be one minibus pickup offered from Galashiels train station on 15th May.