These are a few of the herbs I found today in and near Oosterpark, whilst I had a look around in preparation for Sunday’s River of Herbs meeting which will begin there.

Greater celandine – useful but not edible. The orange sap is toxic to skin or internally.

Mostly forgotten, the mundane evergreen Daisy. Here looking well-trampled in the park but very alive and useful as a wound herb.

Lastly, Witch hazel, with those unique flowers, a very useful astringent herb, mainly (safely)