Kirsten Hartvig

ND MRN MNIMH DipPhyt

Biography 2021

Kirsten Hartvig is a registered naturopath, medical herbalist, nutritionist, vegan, and the author of 14 books on natural health. She is in private practice in Forest Row. She also runs the Healing Garden at Emerson College in Forest Row and is curator of the Biodynamic Botanic Garden @ Emerson College. She also teaches materia medica on the Heartwood Herbal Medicine online professional course, and the YouTube Channel Herb Hunters.

The Healing Garden is a physic garden within the 22-acre botanic garden focusing on native and medicinal plants.

Kirsten was born in Denmark, but came to the UK in 1986 and spent the next 6 years studying herbal medicine and naturopathy at the School of Herbal Medicine and the British College of Naturopathy and Osteopathy. After qualifying, she went into private practice, taught nutrition and dietetics at the European School of Osteopathy in Maidstone, and wrote a nutrition course for the Scottish School of Herbal Medicine.

In 1996 she set up a small naturopathic retreat in the French Pyrenees and ran it for a decade together with her husband, Dr Nic Rowley. While they lived in the mountains, they also wrote several books about their experiences, notably You Are What You Eat, Ten Days To Better Health, Energy Juices, Energy Foods, and The Detox Box.

Nic and Kirsten later lived in Denmark, where they set up a private practice in Skanderborg. During the time in Denmark, Kirsten also became involved with the political aspects of natural health, and became a member of the Danish Health Authority's Council for Alternative Medicine. 

Kirsten has also written the best-selling Healthy Diet Calorie Counter, The Big Book of Quick and Healthy Recipes, The Complete Guide to Nutritional Health and Eat for Immunity, and since returning to Sussex she has written Healing Berries and Healing Spices.[1]

[1] all Kirsten's books are available from amazon.co.uk