28/04/2024
Many of you who attended Bevs workshop at my home and cafe at Meadows will be sad to hear of her passing. Thank you Julianne Davy for such a beautiful tribute to Bev. Bev touched many lives with her knowledge and her joy. She was the first Druid I met and she was more than willing to recite hours long traditional Celtic mythology and history, from memory! She taught me so much about herbs, fungi and mead making. She will be deeply missed by the many many people who had the privilege to meet her.
My thoughts go to her husband Star whom she loved deeply ❤️
There will never be another Bev....
Vale Bev Lane
It is with the greatest of sadness that I must let you all know that Bev died on Friday (26th April). This is an end of an era and Bev will be missed by so many people.
Bev Lane was a retired botanist, natural therapist and a renowned herbalist, poet, writer and bard.
She lectured in herbal medicine for forty years, and ran many workshops on wild food foraging, herb gardening, traditional plant usage, self-sufficiency and making your own herbal preparations.
Bev was very knowledgeable in folklore, ancient & medieval martial arts, wild foods, dye & medicinal plants, & bushcraft survival skills. Many of you may have heard Bev recounting myths and legends at medieval fairs, or attended a herb talk and walk, or been at one of her magical music nights, or been enthralled by her magical knowledge.
The last few years Bev had volunteered and taught food gardening at the Mount Pleasant Community Garden. She ran the “Beautiful and Useful” stall at the Mount Pleasant Farmers Market selling herbs and rare plants. At home Bev grew an astounding variety of herbs, vegetables, medicinal and perfume plants, as well as a number of unusual fruit trees.
Bev was a gardener, a healer, a Bard, & a published poet and her like will not be seen again.
