Fernanda Botelho: Writter / Escritora

Fernanda Botelho was born in Tojeira, Sintra, Portugal, in August 1959. At the age of 17 she travelled to London to study and graduate as a Montessori teacher. While in England, she also
studied Waldorf education and photography, took courses on medicinal plants, worked in a nursery school and at a herbshop.
She became a member of the UK Herb Society in 1997. At 37 she returned to Portugal and developed several projects on environmental awareness in schools, cultural organizations and local borough councils. She studied children’s literature with specialist Portuguese writers António Torrado and Margarida Fonseca Santos, and completed the Botanic Garden guide course. She published As Plantas e a Saúde, a first-aid herbal guide, as well as a 2010 Diary (on medicinal plants), a 2011 Diary (on trees) and a 2012 Diary (on bees and medicinal plants).
Besides participating in the Portuguese Eco-Schools project and organising workshops on medicinal plants and herbs, she writes for different magazines and sites, such as Portal do Jardim. In
her garden, she shares her days with countless spontaneous and cultivated herbs, her huge elder tree, an old fig tree, lots of birds and three cats. Her blog is at malvasilvestre.blogspot.com.
Should you wish to get in touch with Fernanda Botelho, please either write to fernandatojeira@gmail.com or call +351 21 9611767.


Fernanda Botelho nasce na Tojeira, concelho de Sintra, e aos 17 anos viaja para Londres, onde inicia e conclui a formação como educadora no método Montessori. Na capital inglesa, estuda ainda pedagogia Waldorf e fotografi a, realizando vários cursos sobre plantas medicinais. Membro da Herb Society UK desde 1997, regressa a Portugal aos 37 anos e desenvolve diversos projetos de educação ambiental junto de escolas, de associações culturais e de câmaras municipais. Autora do blogue www.malvasilvestre.blogspot.com, estuda literatura infantil com António Torrado e Margarida Fonseca Santos e, mais tarde, publica As Plantas e a Saúde, um guia básico de primeiros socorros. No seu jardim, partilha os dias com plantas medicinais, um enorme sabugueiro, uma velha figueira, muitos pássaros e alguns gatos.

Para contactar Fernanda Botelho: fernandatojeira@gmail.com or +351 21 9611767.