Thank you to Harmony Birch for the wonderful article in The Brattleboro Reformer! It also got picked up by the Associated Press and the Vermont section of US News & World Report The article is about the new Medicinal Gardening Course (and self-empowerment through herbalism)--click...
Announcing "Quick Question" Mini Consultations! "Quick Question" consultations are available for people with simple, straightforward questions that can be answered within 15 minutes. They are available for both first time clients and existing clients. If more time is needed, the client may choose to continue into...
Great News: Starting April 15, I am expanding my clinical hours to include two clinical days every week! That's double the availability to schedule health consultations! Hopefully, this will get rid of the wait time for an appointment. Clinical consultations can help guide you to self-empowerment on your...
I'm so thrilled to announce my new column in Plant Healer Magazine, called "Heart & Hearth: Radical Family Herbalism." I'm so honored to be joining this vibrant community, and I hope you will enjoy the column! The glorious Kiva Rose Bell Hardin introduced it on her...
Starting seeds is a cornerstone of my herbal practice, not to mention my sweet sideline as homestead queen. I highly recommend growing this skill, as it quintuples your access to strange and interesting plants. There is a great, wide, green world of herbs and flowers...
Free Medicinal Plant Walk Celebrate Earth Day with a calm amble to meet the medicinal weeds of spring in Brattleboro. We will discuss how to find them, medicinal uses, and safety concerns. Children are welcome. Sunday, April 22, 4-4:30 PM, Brattleboro location TBA Although this event is...
Solubility: The Basics Something is soluble if it dissolves in a particular liquid: picture stirring sugar into hot tea (soluble) versus cold water (not). Many plant compounds that we use for medicine have to dissolve in the water/alcohol/honey/oil/etc. for medicine to be a thing. Many plant constituents...
This thing happens kind of a lot when you live in a place with significant seasons: you harvest some wonderful medicine, enough to last you a while--maybe all year--but then you have to actually do something with it while it's still good, knowing you can't...
When all is right in the world, it’s easy to mess around with kitchen witching. That’s not the case when we can’t sleep, or the kid’s sick and screaming, or whatever the current herbal crisis happens to be. Over many years of drying herbs to...
I just found out that United Plant is giving us a grant to build an at-risk medicine trail in our botanical sanctuary! It will be along the trail to the classroom, so every student will get a close view of forest conservation in action. More...