Braemar Folk Folk Festival 2026 - Foraging with Natasha Lloyd - The Fife Arms

Meeting point: Community well opposite The Fife Arms hotel

Natasha Lloyd, founder of Gathering Nature, is a qualified and highly experienced Medical Herbalist, Forager, Mycotherapist and Author, based in the Cairngorms National Park. Her passion for all things plants and herbs, started very young with gardening and discussions with her mum, alongside a copy of A Modern Herbal, by Mrs Grieves - a book which Natasha still uses today.

Natasha trained at the College of Phytotherapy and then at the University of East London, achieving a BSc (Hons) Herbal Medicine in 2013. She has been practicing since qualifying as a medical herbalist, and have been teaching foraging for 21 years. Natasha is the in-house Forager at The Fife Arms in Braemar, offering bespoke Foraging experiences for the guests.