Hello! Im Becky Cole. Im a trained herbalist, artist and accidental farmer.

I am the author of The Garden Apothecary, published by Hardie Grant and now in 4 languages, the host of the Nature & Nourish podcast and worked as a gardening contributor for BBC radio 2 for over 4 years. I have been featured in publications such as the Financial Times, Country Living, Country Life and The Sunday Times and also on tv on ITV and BBC. 

I first stumbled into herbalism aged around 7 when I came across a book by Juliette de Bairacli Levy and became enthralled by the world of plants and their uses. I went on to follow in my mother’s (the Irish artist Lucy Doyle) footsteps and studied at art college and art history at Trinity College Dublin and honed my painting skills. At around the same time I started a popular fashion and beauty blog and became a mainstay of the Irish magazines, featured regularly and was signed to the Andrea Roche modelling agency. Despite my love of the industry I had stumbled into I began to feel a call back to countryside, and when I met my now husband Charlie my next journey began!

Charlie and I have spent the last 13 years working together to create Broughgammon Farm, a sustainable, regenerative farm based in Northern Ireland.  We have a diverse and exciting business with a farm shop and cafe, artisan butchery, charcuterie, meat boxes, classes, supper clubs, 2 acres of veg and more! 

We also have two gorgeous little boys which keep us very busy. 

Through running the farm I rediscovered my love of plants and taught myself gardening and foraging. I now run regular foraging walks and have a 2 acre market garden! I also discovered the idea of slow and seasonal living which as a mother to little kids, really appealed to me. I began podcasting my life and learnings through the podcast Nature & Nourish.

Today I work as a herbalist and have been trained by incredible herbalists such as Sage Maurers, Juliet Blankespoor at Chestnut School of Herbs and Marysia Miernowska. I am trained in herbalism, plant spirit mediations, foraging and flower essences. I also have a burgeoning herbal reference library and consider myself a keen herbal scholar! I share my knowledge and love of plants through my online membership, Rooted which I host on patreon. There you can find a huge array of workshops, seasonal inspired audios, behind the scenes vlogs and more!

 I am also a working artist and my work can be found at The Doorway Gallery in Dublin and the 1608 Gallery in Bushmills. My paintings reflect my love of the countryside and my daily life on the farm.

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To listen to my podcast Nature & Nourish click here.

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