Welcome!

Backwoods Basics School of Wildcraft Medicine evolved out of  Sheila commitment to preserve what she feared was becoming a fading memory and endangered knowledge base of wild medicine, especially here in the Pacific Northwest. “As the old people pass away, so to will the knowledge of their wild medicine.” First Nations trained but of Celtic ancestory, Sheila combines both of these dynamic cultures in her work with the local indigenous plant medicine.

 

Her educational programs aim to enliven awareness of the art of wildcrafting, of “practical” ethnobotany and folkloric medicine making.

Our forests are full of first aid; from the majestic Douglas fir to the graceful Red Cedar;

even our ferns, fungus and lichens dripping from the old growth,

speak of healing, speak of first aid!

In our forests can be found, antibiotics, antiseptics, pain and inflammation relief.

It is here in the old growth rain forests of British Columbia,

as well as in the meadows, streams and hills of home

that the ingredients for all our HedgeWych Wylds healing products are found.

“Dedicated to the Preservation of the Wild Lands and her Folk Herbal Knowledge”