Plant Pilgrim Server: A Journey Through the Celtic Wheel of the Year

A men’s circle exploring deep plant connection through the practice of Insight Herbalism. Plant Pilgrim Server is a series of men’s circles grounded in Insight Herbalism, offering space to slow down, listen, and come into deeper relationship with the living world. Each gathering is shaped by the plants themselves, approached not just as remedies, but as living presences we can learn to listen to and perceive. Together, we explore subtle ways of sensing plant intelligence, presence, and teaching. Insight Herbalism is a relational, embodied, and experiential approach to plant connection. These circles offer a simple ritual container for meeting plants directly through a range of gentle practices, which may include tea tasting, quiet witnessing, shared reflection, movement, sound, and guided journeying. Rather than seeking answers, we work with attention, curiosity, and presence. Through our questions and reflections, our lived experience with the plants can open new ways of perceiving ourselves and the more-than-human world we are part of. The Wider Container This circle is held within the rhythm of the Celtic Wheel of the Year, allowing the seasonal shift to quietly shape the work. This gathering takes place on Sunday, September 20th, as we move towards the Autumn Equinox and the turning of the season. A time of ripening, gathering, and transition, this circle invites us to pause and acknowledge what has come into fruition, what we are ready to gather and share, and what we may be ready to release. As the days shorten, we’ll create space to slow down, listen deeply, and honour our connection with the living world and the rhythms of the turning year. Practical Details • Held on the land of 42 Acres, in their traditional Mongolian yurt • Open to men of all backgrounds • No prior herbal knowledge is needed: only curiosity, openness, and respect for the living world.