Black Girls Hike: Epping Forest Foraging Walk
Saturday 15th June
Meeting time: 11.45am (Chingford Station - meeting point in confirmation email)
Start Time:12:00pm
Distance: 5km
Difficulty: Easy/Moderate
Circular route. 3.5 hours including lunch and breaks. Join Cherrelle Douglas x BGH on a medicinal herb walk through Epping Forest as part of the Grow Festival and BIG GREEN WEEK.
We’ll explore and connect with the medicine that can be found growing around us, learning how to identify medicinal plants, delve into their therapeutic properties, and look at how they can be incorporated into our daily lives to support health and wellbeing. We’ll also be sampling some herbs along the way through sensory tea tasting.
The aim of the walk is to deepen your connection to nature, build relationships with the plants that surround us through the senses, and become empowered in how these plants can be supportive through medicine and food.
Bio
Cherrelle Douglas is a qualified medical herbalist - supporting people one-to-one with a variety of health challenges, a herbal and holistic health educator, and workshop facilitator.
She was led to herbalism with the intention of reconnecting to the medicine that nature has to offer. Her goal is to share this knowledge, empower others to claim sovereignty and autonomy over their health. She is passionate about helping people reconnect, not only to nature’s medicine, but to themselves, and believes harnessing the knowledge of plant medicine is an act of resistance within the systems in which we live.
Instagram: @cherrelledouglas.herbalist hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Trainers with ankle support and a good tread are suitable for this walk. There are toilets on this route.
Age: 18+
How much is it? - £6
As a registered non-profit, your support helps our community grow. Enabling us to provide opportunities for Black women across the UK to explore and reconnect with nature.
Please read before signing up
Can I come to Black Girls Hike?
As the name suggests, this is a safe space for Black/Mixed Race cis and trans women and
non-binary people of Black African and / or Caribbean descent who are comfortable in a
space that centres the experiences of Black women. We are not a BAME, POC, BIPOC,
WOC, Politically Black or Ally organisation.
What do I need to bring?
Walking boots / shoes with ankle support essential. No pumps or sliders.
Food and water
Extra layers
Waterproof jacket
Rucksack
Please ensure any medication is bought with you e.g., asthma pump or epi pen
Planning your journey
●Join our Facebook group to arrange car shares and connect with other hikers –
https://www.facebook.com/groups/452855682259161/
(When requesting to join the FB group, please answer the membership questions)
●You can also use https://www.traveline.info/ or https://tfl.gov.uk/ to plan your route, for car
parking check out https://www.parkopedia.com/
*This meet is also not led by qualified Mountain Leader and is therefore not insured; you will be attending at your own risk*
