Passionate weed-eater Julia Sich will share her knowledge, recipes and journey to health at a workshop in Whanganui on November 26.
After growing up in a gardening family, Ms Sich studied for a diploma of horticulture from Massey University. She then worked at Weleda in Havelock North where she grew the herbs that were turned into tinctures and medicinal remedies and teas.
Ms Sich had years of ill-health, including being diagnosed with the auto-immune disease Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) or low platelets, and had a brain bleed which required six months in hospital.
She attributes her current wellbeing to a combination of western medicine and edible weeds, leafy greens and fresh fruit turned into a rich green smoothie.
"I have realised that I wasn't getting nearly enough nutrition from my diet before the aneurysm happened," Ms Sich said.