Nathalie Chidley

Nathalie Chidley began to study herbal medicine in 1991 at evening classes with Christopher Hedley. After a chance meeting in a village in the Himalayas signposted her to the degree course at Middlesex University, she formally qualified in 2000 with a BSc in herbal medicine.

 

She went on to work as Dispensary Supervisor at the Archway Clinic of Herbal Medicine, the training clinic associated with Middlesex University’s Herbal Medicine degree. Nathalie and Hananja Brice-Ytsma worked closely together at the clinic for more than a decade on a number of projects including a popular series of CPD lectures and workshops.

 

At this time she also contributed to the BBC series and accompanying books, Grow Your Own Drugs.

 

Since moving away from London, she has been practising as a herbalist in a market town in Suffolk and working for Heartwood, training student herbalists.

 

Nathalie makes many of her own tinctures from herbs she grows on her allotment and is particularly interested in herbal creams and other external preparations.