DOSE Botanicals | Botanical seed packs
Grow your own botanicals and get to know the plants that are used to create some of the most common medicines in your pharmacy. Make the connection between modern medicine and the natural world while learning more about the origins, uses and properties, chemistry and pharmacology, botany and cultivation of the plants as well as the chemical structure of key active compounds.
Receive a folded information sheet with details about your chosen plant and three cross shaped seed planters formed from hand made seed paper.
Choose from plants that are the origins of some commonly prescribed standardised medicines in the UK (Morphine and Digoxin) and plants that are used in commonly sold herbal remedies and have not been standardised (St. John's Wort and Purple Coneflower).
Contents: Each single pack contains three cross shaped seed planters, cut from hand made seed paper. You'll need to provide your own pots, compost, water, light etc. Each twin pack contains two single packs. The full set contains four single packs.
Single pack | Papaver Somniferum (Opium Poppy)
£5.00 exc VAT
Postage and packaging | Delivery details | £2.50 UK | £10.00 Overseas
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Single pack | Digitalis Lanata (Grecian Foxglove)
£5.00 exc VAT
Postage and packaging | Delivery details | £2.50 UK | £10.00 Overseas
£5.00Add to basket
Single pack | Hypericum Perforatum (St. John's Wort)
£5.00 exc VAT
Postage and packaging | Delivery details | £2.50 UK | £10.00 Overseas
£5.00Add to basket
Single pack | Echinacea Purpurea (Purple Coneflower)
£5.00 exc VAT
Postage and packaging | Delivery details | £2.50 UK | £10.00 Overseas
£5.00Add to basket
Twin pack: Commonly prescribed | Papaver Somniferum (Opium Poppy) and Digitalis Lanata (Grecian Foxglove)
£8.00 exc VAT
Postage and packaging | Delivery details | £2.50 UK | £10.00 Overseas
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Twin pack: Herbal remedies | Hypericum Perforatum (St. John's Wort) and Echinacea Purpurea (Purple Coneflower)
£8.00 exc VAT
Postage and packaging | Delivery details | £2.50 UK | £10.00 Overseas
£8.00Add to basket
Full set: Papaver Somniferum (Opium Poppy), Digitalis Lanata (Grecian Foxglove), Hypericum Perforatum (St. John's Wort) and Echinacea Purpurea (Purple Coneflower)
£15.00 exc VAT
Postage and packaging | Delivery details | £2.50 UK | £10.00 Overseas
£15.00Add to basket
On the nature of growing plants: Unfortunately we can't guarantee that your seeds will grow. That's down to where and when they are planted, how they are looked after and to an extent, a dose of luck! If you have green fingers you'll know how to start your seeds off already. For those of us still learning you'll receive some information about how to give your seeds the best chance.
Take a look here for some advice on growing your seeds.
Warning: Not to be taken. Do not, under any circumstances, consume the seeds, or any plant that grows of them, purchased on this website. They are for educational and decorative purposes only. Keep out of reach of children and pets and in fact any creature who you consider might decide to eat either seeds or plants regardless of age or species. For up to date, personalised healthcare see the most appropriate healthcare professional, call 111 (UK) or in an emergency call 999 (UK).
Background
There are estimated to be around 400,000 species of terrestrial plants on earth and approximately 35,500 of these have medicinal uses. Archaeological excavations dated as early as 60,000 years ago have found remains of medicinal plants such as Opium Poppy. One of the oldest written records on medicinal plants, dated 1500 B.C., is the Egyptian Ebers Papyrus although there are those that are older.
Knowledge gained through trial and error and eventually an understanding of the chemical compounds within various plants underpins modern pharmacy. It is estimated that around 40% of modern medicines are thought to be derived from natural origins while a study from 2002 found that 11 percent of the 252 drugs considered essential by the World Health Organisation are exclusively derived from flowering plants.
If you are interested in medicines and pharmacy you may not know it but you are interested in plants.
About the designer
Gavin Birchall is a pharmacist, designer, marketer and author who has worked in pharmacy for 20 years, at the bench, in hospital pharmacy, primary care, representation, academia and was Operations and Marketing Director and Superintendent Pharmacist for an award winning pharmacy group before setting up DOSE Design and Marketing in 2015 and DOSE Publishing in 2018. He now works with pharmacy people helping them to develop robust marketing strategy and world class brand identity. Gavin completed the first global research into the brand of pharmacy as part of Masters in Graphic Design and studied marketing and brand management with Professor Mark Ritson. Learn more about Gavin.
Product details
First available: December 2020
Language: English
Pack dimensions: 105mm x 105mm
Scale: Three cross shaped seed planters per pack - Each 25mm x 25mm
Colour-way: Black and white
Artwork
B&W botanical illustrations: one per pack
B&W chemical structure illustrations: one per pack
Paper & print details
Seed planters hand made from recycled paper. Folded information sheet printed by DOSE Publishing Ltd on 130gsm, natural, kraft paper made from 100% recycled waste fibres.
B&W chemical structure illustrations: one per pack
The not so small print
Unfortunately we can't offer a refund if your seeds don't germinate. It is estimated that it took around 2.5 billion years for photosynthesis to begin on earth and another 1.1 billion before we saw anything we'd recognise as a plant. There are many interrelated factors affecting whether a seed will germinate. Give it your best shot, relax, enjoy the journey.