ONE of the North-East’s best kept secrets has launched its Spring schedule.
Dilston Physic Garden, located near Corbridge in Northumberland (NE45 5QZ) is a magical place – a living, breathing science garden – where you can explore over 700 heritage flowers, herbs, vegetables, and trees with rich histories in health, healing, and medicine. Whether you’re curious, creative, or seeking a peaceful escape, this is a place to rejuvenate mind, body, and spirit.
The garden was created 30years ago on former pastureland on the south bank of the Tyne Valley nestled above the flowing Dyvel’s Water. It is the inspired creation of the curator and prominent UK neuroscientist Professor emeritus Elaine Perry. The Physic Garden team’s enduring work continues this community garden for all to enjoy and benefit from. The pioneering scientific research into plants to support the mind and brain, showed that traditional plant medicines, like European sage improve memory, focus and attention. To take part in our clinical studies into safe plant medicine for enhancing the mind, email
As the gardens open for Spring this March, the team look forward to the year’s full programme of inspiring workshops and celebrate its biodiversity and conservation work funded and highlighted by the Community Foundation North East. Dilston Physic Garden is open all year round but as Winter turns to Spring, it comes alive – inviting everyone to step inside and learn about Mother Nature’s healing powers.
| 2026 Season: March Opening and Upcoming Workshops The physic garden welcomes you back Friday 6th March. Come rain or shine we look forward to seeing you all to immerse in nature’s abundance of fresh new shoots. From the healing power of nature and restorative retreats, to hands-on Junior Herbalist Club and pharmacist led home remedies, to the art of perfumery, writing, drumming and philosophy, the year ahead promises much to boost your journey in plant medicine and wellbeing Upcoming Events |
| The User-Friendly Guide to Happiness |
| Saturday 28th February | 12pm-1pm | Free of Charge If we all had a living, loving relationship with nature, our lives, environment and overall wellbeing would be absolutely transformed. But it’s not easy… View Event |
| Botanical Brain Balms: Memory and Mood |
| Friday 20th March |12pm -2pm | £25 Discover valuable insights into scientifically proven plant medicine for memory and mood, offering a natural alternative with comparable efficacy to conventional drugs. View Event |
| The Art of Reading Old Herbals |
| Saturday 28th March | 10.30am-12.30pm | £18-£25 Go away from this short expert talk with a refreshingly new appreciation of our invaluable plant medicine heritage. Focusing further on the written work of renowned and cherished William Turner… . View Event |
| Reclaim Your Vitality: Wellbeing Day for Professionals |
| Saturday 21st March | 9.30am-4.30pm | £70 This isn’t just a seminar, it’s a day of growth and personal nourishment for mental health professionals. We’ll use the energy of the equinox to shed the fatigue… View Event |
| Willow Weaving Workshop |
| Sunday 22nd March | 1pm-3pm | £95 Join a relaxed one day workshop at the beautiful Diston Physic Gardens. Held in the Herbology House, we’ll be making small spring gathering or egg baskets from local willow… |
