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Saturday 14th November
An Assembly of Local Folk
Plant-Kin, Craft and Magic of Amsterdam Oost
10:00 – 20:30

Wandering · Craft · Nature magic · Ritual · Foraging · Fire · Connection

A collective day of sharing skills, embodied guided tours, making things, discovering third spaces, learning from one another and exploring different ways of relating to our local environment, the wild city and its other-than-human inhabitants.

Ticket Link

Tickets from €40.80 to €80.80 (incl. booking fee 0.80)

Programme Outline

Scroll below for the full session details

10:00: Gather

10:15-10:45: Opening Ceremony

(Park Frankendael)
Guided meditation to land and connect with environment. Make/bring something with you to carry through the day/exchange with others.

11:15-12:30: Exploration, Wanderings
(around Amsterdam Oost)

Guided walking tour in Oost; Discovering the wild city
(From Park Frankendael) with Lynn 

Multi-species encounters in Anna’s Tuin 
(Anna’s Tuin en Ruigte) with Gwen

Heksjes pesto tour
(Flevopark) with De Heksjes

(Walk/cycle to) De Groene Bibliotheek
(Tugela 85)  with Eelco

Delve into the wilderness of Amsterdam Oost
self-guided

13:30-15:00 – Craft Magic (various locations)

Windfall Arcana; Crafting Divination Cards from Organic Prints
(Park Frankendael) with Diana

Weaving for wildlife 
(Flevopark) with Sameena

Nettle cordage 
(Anna’s Tuin en Ruigte) with Tamara

Living Mediums: Making Your Own Artist Charcoal from Local Willow
(Flevopark) with Ha-Nah

15:30-17:00 – Mind Magic (various venues)

Land Grief: a workshop on reconnecting relationship with land and grief.
(Flevopark) with Sarah

Sensory encounter with a plant
with Jules

Practical magic; shape-shifting 
(Park Frankendael )with Lynn

Magical documentaries

Guided meditations
(Flevopark)

17:30-20:30 – Closing Ceremony

(Flevopark)
Fire, Stone Soup, Intentional candle rolling, story telling, poetry, music, singing

Tickets

Early bird ticket: €80.80 €50.80
Children’s ticket: €45.80
Early bird Volunteer ticket (maximum 8): €45.80 €40.80

Tickets purchases include a booking fee of €0.80

*If anyone is unable to purchase a ticket and would really love to join the festival please contact us.

After booking, we will send you a link to choose the sessions you prefer to attend.

Ticket Link
Buy Tickets Here

Programme Details

10:00: Gather

10:15-10:45: Opening Ceremony

(Park Frankendael)
Guided meditation to land and connect with environment. Make/bring something with you to carry through the day/exchange with others.

11:15-12:30: Exploration, Wanderings
(Amsterdam Oost)

Guided walking tour in Oost; discovering the wild city 
Facilitator: Lynn
Startpoint: Park Frankendael
Description: Join Lynn Shore for a guided walk through some of Amsterdam Oost’s green yet overlooked spaces, discovering the plants, trees, and other forms of urban wildlife living alongside us. We’ll look more closely at some of the species we encounter, explore their stories, uses, and ecological relationships, and consider how getting to know our urban neighbours can change the way we experience the city.
Spaces: 20

Multi-species encounters in Anna’s Tuin 
Facilitator: Gwen 
Startpoint: Entrance to Anna’s Tuin, opposite Restaurant Polder
Description: Discover the diverse community of species at Anna’s Tuin through your senses. 
Spaces: 15

Heksjes pesto tour
Facilitator: A few Heksjes, supported by parents/Tamara
Startpoint: Heksjesboom in Flevopark
Description: The Heksjes are a re-wilded gang of primary school girls. They love food: making it, eating it, discovering it. They are experts in making wild pesto. Join them in Flevopark to hunt for and harvest nettles and other wild herbs, to make pesto in a mortar and pestle that can be eaten immediately with some tasty crackers.
Spaces: 15 

(Walk/cycle to) De Groene Bibliotheek 
Facilitator: Eelco
Startpoint: Tugelaweg 85 (Motuin doorbell 1)
Description:  De Groene Bibliotheek is een Amsterdamse leesbibliotheek en is dé plek in Oost om informatie te vinden en groene kennis op te doen. Met een kopje thee of koffie in de hand vind je alles over ecologie, planten/dieren, (genees)kruiden, voeding, wildplukken, voedselteelt en permacultuur. 
Spaces: 10

Delve into the wilderness of Amsterdam Oost
Facilitator: self-guided
Startpoint: your choice
Description: We have prepared a map of the local plant folk and cared-for green spaces so that you can take yourself and anyone you choose on a walk, a run, a cycle through Amsterdam Oost. The map will be available in print at the Opening Ceremony, and available digitally for ticket holders.
Spaces: unlimited

13:30-15:00 – Craft Magic (various locations)

Windfall Arcana.Crafting Divination Cards from Organic Prints
Facilitator: Diana 
Location: Park Frankadael
Description: We’ll wander the nearby parklands to forage skeleton leaves, acorn caps, and textured bark, paint them with shaggy-mane mushroom ink, and hand-press them onto paper. Together, we’ll translate these organic prints into a bespoke tarot deck, listening to the shapes that emerge as we inscribe their symbols, archetypes, and intuitive meanings.
Spaces: 10

Shaping as you’re shaped; exploring nature connection through clay
Facilitator: Sanni
Location: Anna’s Tuin
Description: Explore your inner landscape and connection to nature through shaping local clay. Make a representation of your inner world; it can be anything — an animal, a landscape, a face, a tree, a memory, or completely abstract. Or make an ‘earth spirit’ and explore your nature connection through that; Let’s decide together what seems more interesting / fitting. We will be using nature materials from nearby / what participants have gathered during other activities that day like leaves, bark, rocks etc. 
Spaces: 10

Weaving for Wildlife 
Facilitator: Sameena
Location: Flevopark
Description: Under the willow tree we will weave natural birdfeeders together with willow to take care of the bird life this winter. We will also weave “Water Drops” with the same design to help purify our waters. The vision is to make as many as we can to hang all around trees in Amsterdam & in all the canals. Welcome to weave 🌿No experience needed. 
Spaces: 8

Remembering Nettle Cordage 
Facilitator: Tamara
Location: Anna’s Tuin
Description:  Nettles are amazing. Do you know they used to be an important resource for making cloth in Europe? In this workshop we explore the wonders of their long fibres to make cordage, from scratch, delving into those forgotten skills of stripping, combing and twisting to make natural cord that can be used for bracelets, weaving, tying, etc. After an initial learning curve, enjoy the meditative magic that returns to your fingers as they re-embody knowledge of our ancestors.
Spaces: 10

Living Mediums: Making Your Own Artist Charcoal from Local Willow
Facilitator: Ha-Nah
Location: Flevopark
Description:  Starting at the foot of a living willow, participants gather in quiet gratitude to discover the ancient craft of making charcoal directly from the land. You will mindfully process local wood, assemble a reusable metal oven, and guide your willow through fire, transforming it into rich artist charcoal. Rooted in creative autonomy and a deepening relationship to our plant kin , you’ll leave with your first custom batch, a reusable oven, and a lifelong practice of making art supplies in harmony with the environment.
Spaces: 8 

15:30-17:00 – Mind Magic (various venues)

Land Grief: a workshop on reconnecting relationship with land and grief.
Facilitator: Sarah
Location: Flevopark
Description: In this workshop you will participate in understanding what soil means and how to transform grief of land loss/extraction into meaningful rituals and actions. We would love to hear folklores and stories of your family/community on how they grieve and appreciate the land.
Spaces: 10-15

Sensory encounter with a plant
Facilitator: Jules
Location:
This session invites you on a personal and sensory journey to meet one plant. Instead of asking ‘what is this plant is good for’ and relying on existing knowledge of the plant, we will go through a number of interactive exercises to tap into your intuition to tune into the plant’s qualities, form and effect on your senses through sight, smell, taste, and touch.  We will conclude with some stories of the folklore surrounding the mystery plant. Caution: Some of the activities involve tasting a plant. If you are pregnant or breast/chest feeding we advise against taking part in the tasting activities.
Spaces: 10

Practical magic; shape-shifting 
Facilitator: Lynn
Location:  Park Frankendael – Orchards
Explore and experience how to shapeshift as a means to connect deeply with nature and work magic in the world. We will be outdoors, taking inspiration from, and communing with local, other than human life.  
Spaces: 20

Magical documentaries
There is nature everywhere. We forget that easily in cities, a concentrated human-made environment. For anyone who would enjoy laying down at this point in the day and absorbing information passively, we have selected a documentary that we hope will change the way you look at the urban marsh you live in. 

Guided meditations
Facilitator: volunteer, guided meditations prepared by Tamara
Location: Flevopark
Two recorded guided meditations are available to ticket holders to listen to as you sit on a bench or stroll through Flevopark. Take a moment for yourself and become aware of the magic of twilight, or journey into a plant.
 

17:30-20:30 – Closing Ceremony

Share soup around the fire. Intentional candle-rolling.
Storytelling, poetry, music, singing.

Buy Tickets Here

We are so excited to gather with you on 14 November!
With love from the organisers, Tamara, Diana and Lynn

Magic is Full of Natural Secrets – Becoming a Green City Witch

Green City Witch Course

“Magic is full of Natural Secrets.” — Paracelsus

Magic doesn’t have to take you away from everyday life. It can begin with the tree outside your window, the birds on your street, the plants growing on your windowsill, the changing moon, the weather, the seasons and the particular corner of a park that you enjoy visiting.

This is the starting point for my The Green City Witch Course — a one-year, 13-Moon journey into nature, plants, animals, ritual, herbalism and the living world around us.

What does it mean to be a Green City Witch?

It means paying attention.

It means becoming curious about the plants and animals you encounter every day, learning their names and stories, noticing seasonal patterns and developing your own relationship with the natural world.

It also means discovering that you don’t need to live in a forest or have a cupboard full of mysterious ingredients to practise nature-based magic.

The city is full of allies.

The Green City Witch Course brings together practical knowledge, traditional wisdom, herbalism, ritual and magical practice in a way that is grounded in the real world — and particularly in the urban landscapes in which so many of us live.

A year of exploration

The course unfolds over 13 Moons, with new material opening every four weeks. Each Moon contains four sections:

Lifestyle & Rituals
Explore how magical practice can become part of ordinary life, from creating rituals and working with seasonal rhythms to developing greater awareness of yourself and your surroundings.

Allies
Meet the plants, animals and other beings that share your world. Learn how to notice relationships, develop connections and discover your own local allies.

Spellcraft
Explore the principles and practice of creating meaningful magic, working with intention, symbolism, plants, place and the natural world.

Techniques
Develop practical skills and explore different ways of working with nature, perception, ritual and magic.

The course is primarily online, allowing you to explore the material in your own time and return to it throughout the year.

There are also optional monthly lunch dates and ceremony gatherings in Amsterdam for those who want to meet other Green City Witches, share experiences and bring some of the work into physical space.

You don’t have to call yourself a witch

You don’t need to arrive with a magical practice, a particular tradition or a perfect knowledge of plants. This course is open to everyone.

You simply need curiosity.

Perhaps you’ve always felt drawn to herbs and wild plants. Perhaps you garden, forage, make herbal remedies or spend as much time as possible outdoors. Perhaps you’re interested in folklore, ritual or traditional magic but want to explore it in a grounded, contemporary way.

Or perhaps you simply have a feeling that there is more to the natural world than we usually notice.

The course gives you space to explore that feeling — while developing practical knowledge and skills along the way.

Look closer

One of the most rewarding things about working with nature is what happens when you start to look closely.

A plant stops being just a weed. Familiar birds become incredible beings, perfectly adapted to the city, seasonal patterns and your place in the local ecosystem all start to unfold.

Local trees become landmarks, teachers, sources of medicine, food, folklore or ritual.

The ordinary becomes interesting and the city begins to reveal itself quite differently.

Magic is full of Natural Secrets.

Perhaps some of them are waiting right outside your door.

The next Green City Witch Course begins 10 October 2026

Early Bird enrolment is now open. 12 Monthly payments of €19 currently available.

Discover The Green City Witch Course →

A Second Urban Herbology Apprenticeship Group Opens for September

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[Update 06/9/26: This group is full. Please email Lynn if you’d like to be informed when the next apprenticeship course opens – probably starting March 2027]

The response to the newly redesigned Urban Herbology Apprenticeship has been really lovely.

The first September group, Linden, is now full. It has been wonderful to see the people joining this new version of the apprenticeship, and to read the thoughtful messages from those who have felt drawn to it.

But the enquiries kept coming so rather than turn people away simply because the first group’s workshop dates didn’t work for them, I’ve decided to open a second small apprenticeship group. It will also start in September 2026.

This group will be called Hawthorn.

The Hawthorn group

Hawthorn will follow the same apprenticeship structure as Linden, but the workshop days will be on Sundays.

There will be a maximum of six apprentices, meeting for ten workshop days throughout the year. Each workshop runs from 10:00–14:00 and is designed to be a substantial day of learning, making, exploring and spending time outdoors together.

The workshop dates are:

  • 27 September 2026
  • 25 October
  • 22 November
  • 24 January 2027
  • 14 February
  • 21 March
  • 18 April
  • 23 May
  • 27 June
  • 29 August

Between the workshops, apprentices have access to the Urban Herbology Library: an extensive collection of online lessons, recipes, plant information, practical guidance and other resources.

The Library is there to explore when you want to go down a rabbit hole, revisit something we have worked with together, download a recipe or deepen your knowledge of a particular plant.

But the in person workshops are the heart of the apprenticeship.

Learning together, in person

I have deliberately moved away from the idea of an apprenticeship being primarily an online course with assignments to complete. If you like, you can read more about why, in my previous post.

Instead, the year is built around coming together regularly and learning through experience.

We’ll work with plants, make things, explore local habitats, observe seasonal changes, share food and stories, practise skills and spend plenty of time outside.

The online material supports all of this, giving you somewhere to continue exploring between workshops without turning the apprenticeship into a long list of homework.

You don’t need to arrive knowing everything about plants. Curiosity, willingness to learn and an interest in developing a deeper relationship with the natural world around you are much more important.

Rooted in the place where we live

Urban Herbology is particularly interested in what becomes possible when we pay attention to the nature that is already around us.

That might mean discovering useful plants growing beside a city path, learning how to grow herbs in a tiny garden or large allotment, understanding seasonal plants and foods, making simple herbal preparations, or developing the confidence to recognise and respectfully interact with the plants of our everyday surroundings.

It is also about community.

The apprenticeship is intentionally small so that there is time to get to know one another and to learn together over the course of a whole year.

Applications are now open

There are six places available in the Hawthorn group.

If the Sunday dates work for you and the apprenticeship sounds like something you’d like to explore, you can read the full details and register here:

Join the Urban Herbology Apprenticeship

If you have questions before deciding, you’re very welcome to get in touch.

I am looking forward to seeing what grows from this second small circle of apprentices.

Linden is full. Hawthorn is now open.

Reconnect with Nature: Urban Herbology Apprenticeship Program

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For nearly fifteen years, I have been helping people to discover the edible, medicinal and useful plants growing around them. Over that time, hundreds of people have joined me on walks, workshops and apprenticeship courses, each bringing their own questions, backgrounds and reasons for wanting to reconnect with nature.

The apprenticeship has grown alongside them.

Like many long-running courses, it gradually became bigger. New modules appeared. More videos, links, recipes. Every year I added another layer somehow, wanting to share everything I had learned.

Recently, I found myself asking a different question.Not, “What else could I teach?” But, “How do people learn this best?” And naturally, the answer was quite simple. My apprentices don’t learn best by sitting behind a screen, rushing through hundreds of plant profiles or downloading endless PDFs. They have learned best by doing and returning. They tell me they’ve loved walking together through the seasons, sitting around talking over cups of herbal tea, making remedies with their own hands, smelling plants, exploring them, asking questions, sharing discoveries and gradually becoming familiar with the place where they live.

So this autumn, the Urban Herbology Apprenticeship begins a new chapter.

The heart of the course will become ten seasonal workshop days, held throughout the year in Amsterdam. We will spend time together indoors, out on walks, and at my allotment (volkstuin), learning through experience as much as through explanation. Each gathering will follow the rhythm of the season and the plants that are ready to meet us.

Alongside the workshops sits an extensive online library that I have been building for many years. Rather than replacing the practical learning, it supports it. Recipes, videos, demonstrations, downloadable notes and deeper explorations will be there whenever you want to revisit a topic or disappear happily down one of those wonderful herbal rabbit holes.

We’ll explore four connected themes throughout the year.

Urban Plants — learning to recognise and understand the plants growing around us.

The Urban Apothecary — creating safe, practical herbal remedies from local species.

Urban Foodcraft — bringing wild and cultivated plants into the kitchen through seasonal recipes, fermentation and preservation.

Regenerative Urban Living — gardening, biodiversity, household crafts and simple ways to live more gently alongside nature.

Instead of trying to know hundreds of plants, we’ll spend time getting to know around thirty local species really well. By the end of the apprenticeship, you’ll have built your own Urban Materia Medica, created remedies and foods from plants you’ve gathered yourself, and developed a much deeper relationship with the landscape around you.

For me, this feels like a return.

Many years ago, my first apprenticeship groups gathered around my kitchen table before we headed out to forage together. Those days remain some of my happiest memories of teaching. This new version brings that atmosphere back, enriched by everything I have learned since then.

If you’ve ever wanted to feel more at home where you live, to recognise the plants on your daily walk, to build confidence in making your own herbal preparations, or simply to become part of a small community of curious people learning together, I hope you’ll join us.

The first renewed apprenticeship begins this September.

I can’t wait to welcome the next group around the table.

For practical details about the course please see this page.

Lynn Shore teaching how to do organoleptic tasting at Mediamatic Amsterdam

Meet-a-Maker @mediamatic

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Meet-a-Maker is a 30-minute session to have a one-on-one talk with artists currently working at Mediamatic. We are lucky to be inspired by the many artists who work and stay with us for exhibitions, residencies and workshops. We welcome you to meet them and be inspired as well!

About the Artist
Lynn Shore is a green witch, herbalist, and educator based in Amsterdam. Her work explores how people can reconnect with nature in urban environments through plants, observation, and everyday ritual.
With a background in science and special education, Lynn has spent over 25 years studying and practising herbalism, including training in the UK (Medical Herbalist) and the Netherlands (HBO Kruidengeneeskunde), alongside permaculture, horticultural therapy, and nature-based education. She has also worked for over two decades as a complementary therapist, bringing a holistic approach to wellbeing.

In 2010, she founded Urban Herbology, offering walks, workshops, and courses that help people engage with edible and medicinal plants in the city. She also initiated the River of Herbs community gardening project, supporting access to freely available food and medicine through urban growing.
Lynn is the author of The Green City Witch: Weaving a Magical Life in Urban Spaces, and teaches the Green City Witch course, where she guides students in developing a personal, grounded relationship with urban nature.
Her work brings together practical plant knowledge, folklore, and lived experience, encouraging a slower, more attentive way of relating to the natural world — even in the heart of the city.
She has a particular interest in supporting neurodiverse individuals through nature connection, herbal practice, and diet.

Topics
The conversations with Lynn are meant for anyone whose main topics of interest are:

  • Consult with a Medical Herbalist
  • Urban edible and medicinal herbs
  • Urban nature as a support tool for mental health
  • Responsible city foraging

Information
Date: Friday 24th April and Thursday 21st of May
There are two 30-minute time slots on each date
You can choose from 16:00-16:30 & 16:30-17:00.
Tickets
Full price €10
Artists/Students discount €7,50

*Mediamatic give a discount to students, artists and Stadspas holders. If this applies to you we might ask to see your kvk nr/portfolio or student card for this option.
Read our ticket terms and conditions here.

For questions please e-mail workshop@mediamatic.nl

Volunteers Wanted: Help Bring the Stijltuin Back to Life

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Do you enjoy being outdoors, getting your hands in the soil, and working together with others on something meaningful?

We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help care for and revive the beautiful Stijltuin at Huize Frankendael. Together, we are restoring this historic garden into a peaceful, inspiring place for everyone to enjoy.

Led by Lynn Shore and Tamara Last (English and Dutch spoken), our friendly and international group meets weekly to work on the garden. Whether you’re an experienced gardener or just curious to learn, you are very welcome.

When

Every Monday, 09:30 – 13:00 (year-round)
Join us for part or all of the morning—whatever suits you. We take a relaxed coffee break together in the middle of the session.

What do we do?

Our work focuses on:

  • General garden maintenance (like weeding and pruning)
  • Planting and repositioning to improve the borders
  • Growing plants from seed and cuttings
  • Gradually restoring the garden in a natural, historically sensitive way

We are working towards a planting style that reflects the heritage of Huize Frankendael, while creating a space that feels vibrant and welcoming today.

Who are we looking for?

Anyone who:

  • Enjoys being outdoors
  • Is happy to get involved and learn
  • Would like to contribute to a shared project

No gardening experience is needed, and you don’t have to come every week. Even occasional help—locals or visiting guests—is greatly appreciated.

Where

The Stijltuin is located directly behind Huize Frankendael, home to Restaurant Merkelbach, in Park Frankendael (Amsterdam Oost).
Address: Middenweg 72, 1097 BS Amsterdam

Join us!

We provide gloves, tools, coffee, and a variety of tasks—just bring yourself and your enthusiasm.

If this sounds like something you’d enjoy, feel free to get in touch via email or come by on a Monday morning.

You can also follow along and stay updated via our Instagram: @stijl.tuin 🌱

We look forward to growing something very special together.

Stijltuin – NLDoet 2026

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NL Doet in het Stijltuin van Park Frankendael

Datum en tijd:
Vrijdag 13 maart 2026, van 10:00 tot 13:00 uur

Omschrijving van de activiteit:
Samen maken we er een gezellige en nuttige ochtend van in de Stijltuin van Park Frankendael! We gaan de tuin opfrissen voor het voorjaar: nieuwe struiken planten, licht onderhoud doen en de tuin weer mooi maken.

Kom gezellig meedoen met de vriendelijke vrijwilligersgroep van de Stijltuin. We staan altijd open voor nieuwe vrijwilligers – misschien is dit een mooie gelegenheid om te zien wat we doen en of dit iets voor jou is!

Om er een echt leuke dag van te maken zorgen we voor koffie, thee, drankjes, snacks en natuurlijk taart. Zo wordt het niet alleen werken, maar ook een klein tuinfeestje!

Gewenst resultaat:
Met deze NL Doet-activiteit willen we nieuwe vrijwilligers aantrekken en de Stijltuin nog mooier maken voor het komende seizoen. Daarnaast willen we onze huidige vrijwilligers bedanken en samen een gezellige en verbindende ochtend beleven.

De Stijltuin is een plek in de buurt waar we wekelijks samenkomen om in een prettige, sociale en ontspannen sfeer in de tuin te werken. We hopen dat deze dag nieuwe mensen enthousiast maakt om zich bij onze vaste groep aan te sluiten – voor zolang als het hen uitkomt.

Witch Walks

Urban Herb Walks, Witch walks

The Green City Witch Walk

A magical walking tour with a real witch – starting and ending at Black Moon Botanica, Amsterdam

Illustration by @hannah.mcdonald.illustration

When: 2–4pm | Last day of each month (Mar–Oct)
Where: Starts & ends at Black Moon Botanica – Magical Apothecary & Occult Bookshop, Spiegelgracht 30-H, Amsterdam, 1017 JS.
Price: €30 per person | Limited spaces
Tickets: Scroll down for Ticket Tailor links

✨ Step into the Magic Beneath Your Feet ✨ 

Join The Green City Witch – real-life witch and author of The Green City Witch – on a spellbinding walk through Amsterdam’s hidden green corners, enchanted architecture, and streetwise plant allies.

These walks won’t just be strolls through the canal streets looking for herbs. We will be creating a sensory spell, a natural history lesson woven with folklore, and live ritual – The art of seeing the city like a witch.

What to Expect:

  • Discover the magical properties of common city trees and weeds (you’ll never see them the same way again)
  • Hear tales of architectural superstition and natural symbolism in the city’s design
  • Learn how to craft simple protective charms and green spells using local herbs
  • Tap into seasonal energies and leave with practical witchy wisdom
  • Option to browse ritual herbs, blends, and occult goods at Black Moon Botanica after the walk

Hosted by a Real Witch

Your guide, Lynn Shore, is a practicing city witch and medical herbalist, with decades of magical and botanical experience. She loves introducing deep plant and esoteric knowledge, and is the published author of The Green City Witch.

Spaces are limited | Book your place now

Book your place on one of the Green City Witch Walks

Witch Walk – €30 pp 

A discount rate is available for Urban Herbology Apprentices
(code is on the course News/Events page)

Ticket Booking – click your preferred date
Thursday 31st July – FULL
Sunday 31st August – FULL
Tuesday 30th September
Friday 31st October – FULL* (waiting list open)

*To join the waiting list, please email lynn.shore@gmail.com with your phone number. Lynn will telephone you, if a place becomes available.

Contact Lynn at GreenCityWitch@gmail.com if you experience any issues with booking, or have questions.

Follow @thegreencitywitch and @urban.herbology on Instagram for updates, walk dates, and seasonal spells.

*Cancellation Policy
Payments are fully refundable up to 48 hours before the event. If you need to cancel after that time (so less than 48 hours before the event start time) a refund can only be made if we can fill your place with someone else. If you need to cancel or change your booking, contact please contact Lynn directly.

Book News!

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The Green City Witch

Weaving a Magical Life in Urban Spaces
By Lynn Shore

Available for Preorder Now

Published by Aeon Books | Launching October 2025
Paperback | 300 pages | ISBN: 9781801521888
Illustrations by Hannah MacDonald

About the Book

A beautifully illustrated handbook for urban witches that combines green witchcraft with city life.

Rich with herbal and esoteric wisdom, this delightful and thoughtful guide provides an essential basis for magical practitioners living in cities to connect with nature, magic and community.

This book is for urbanites who want nature and magic in their lives. Written by an experienced herbalist, who eats street weeds, talks to crows, casts spells, and brews potions; this book shows how to walk a magical path while riding the waves of urban life.

Divided into three sections, The Green City Witch covers the lifestyle, knowledge, and techniques of real witches who love nature and city life. The lifestyle section covers how to work sustainably, grow roots in new towns, align with the seasons, and forage; all within city limits. The urban nature section contains an extensive directory that details how to engage with fascinating lifeforms that thrive in city buildings, streets, and parks. From spider plants to knotweed, and parakeets to earthworms, the plant, animal, and bug lore entries offer magical symbolism, folklore, foraging or care advice, and practical ways to weave them into daily life. The techniques section explains how to achieve magical goals with rituals, sigils, spells and charms, blood magic, shapeshifting, and divination, all with local, natural, sustainable materials.

The Green City Witch is an invaluable resource for beginners and experienced magical practitioners alike, who wish to embrace the endless magical potential and gifts of urban nature.  

Preorder Offer – 20% Off!

Be among the first to get a copy of The Green City Witch by preordering now. From now until the official launch at the end of October, Aeon Books is offering a 20% discount on all preorders via their website.

🛒 UK / International (via Aeon Books):
👉 Preorder with 20% discount from Aeon Books
(Use discount code GCW20 at checkout)

Ordering Outside the UK

If you’re outside the UK, the book will also be available through major retailers and online bookstores closer to publication. You can bookmark or preorder through the following links:

Book Details

PublisherAeon Books
Publication DateOctober 2025
CoverPaperback
Pages400
Size152mm x 229mm
Catalogue No95368
ISBN-139781801521888

Launch Event

Official Book Launch: Saturday 25th October 2025
Black Moon Botanica – Amsterdam Store
Spiegelgracht 30-H
1017 JS, Amsterdam
The Netherlands
(18:30 – 20:00)

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Lynn Shore is a herbalist, educator, and green witch. Born in Bristol, study, and work led her to several UK towns and cities. In 2004 she settled in Amsterdam and founded Urban Herbology which connects city people with nature through walks and courses. She also runs a community herb orchard, where locals, plants, and wildlife grow together. Lynn and her family live in a plant and book-filled apartment. Most often out gardening, foraging, or concocting strange brews; helping others find peace in nature is her mission.

About the illustrator

Hannah McDonald is a British artist and author, living in Amsterdam. She explores visual narratives that create space for emotional exchange between audience, artwork and artist, to enhance a deeper connection to each other and the natural world. 

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Vrijwilligers gezocht: Voor het wekelijkse tuinonderhoud van de Stijltuin bij Huize Frankendael

Houdt u van tuinieren en wilt u deel uitmaken van een vrijwilligersteam dat zich inzet om van de Stijltuin bij Huize Frankendael een mooie, rustige en inspirerende plek te maken?

Lynn Shore en Tamara Last (die Engels en Nederlands spreken) zijn op zoek naar enthousiaste en toegewijde vrijwilligers om deze bekende tuin te helpen onderhouden en verbeteren. We zullen voornamelijk in de Stijltuin zelf werken en ook de bosgebieden ernaast netjes houden – alles in lijn met de elegantie en het erfgoed van de locatie.

Wanneer:
Maandag 09:30 – 13:00 uur, het hele jaar door.
(Vanaf maandag 2 juni 2025)

Wat doen we?
Algemeen tuinonderhoud onder leiding van Lynn en Tamara. In het eerste jaar bestaat dit voornamelijk uit onkruid wieden en het verplaatsen van planten om gaten in de borders op te vullen. We zullen nieuwe planten kweken uit zaad en stekken. De prioriteit ligt bij het verbeteren van de esthetiek. Lynn en Tamara werken samen met de Vrienden van Frankendael aan een beplantingsplan dat past bij de tijd van Huize Frankendael. Zodat we straks een stijltuin hebben die prachtig aansluit bij de locatie en een genot is voor alle bezoekers.

Wie zoeken we?
Enthousiaste mensen, bij voorkeur met enige tuinervaring, maar de wil om te leren en de inzet om de stijltuin weer mooi te maken door regelmatig deel te nemen, vinden we belangrijker.

Waar:
De Stijltuin ligt direct achter Huize Frankendael, waar Restaurant Merkelbach gevestigd is – net binnen de hoofdingang van Park Frankendael, in de Watergraafmeer (Amsterdam Oost).
Adres: Middenweg 72, 1097 BS Amsterdam.

Als dit u aanspreekt, neem dan contact op met Lynn (lynn.shore@gmail.com) om uw interesse kenbaar te maken.

We kijken ernaar uit om samen iets heel bijzonders te laten groeien!