Living Medicine is a vision, unique in Britain, to create a world herbal medicine centre. It will include a beautiful herb and kitchen garden, where people will be guided in how to use herbs and food in health, drawing on the input of many UK communities that use plant medicine traditions.

This national centre for excellence will revive the world’s herbal and food medicine heritage. People of all cultures will be able to exchange knowledge and reclaim responsibility for their everyday healthcare. Living Medicine will be supported in this work by its partner, Plant Medicine, a community interest company (www.plant-medicine.com), and its authoritative new herbal medicine database.

The Living Medicine Centre will develop a model to promote healing community gardens nationwide. We will link with other healing gardens around the world to learn from them and help us all share our experience. We are working here with the new Sustain Care network (www.sustaincare.net), which brings together people interested in sustainable self-care.

Living Medicine is a vision in development. Funded by an UnLtd Millennium Award and Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, it is currently seeking a prestigious central London site. It is a company limited by guarantee with charitable aims and objectives, seeking charity status.