I have used many roses as medicine. Often, I will sample a hip or petal to assess whether I’d like to collect it. I generally prefer wild or heirloom species for medicinal purposes. Never use roses from a florist as they usually have unwanted chemicals on them. The flowers when in bloom, can be used fresh or dried. Rose hips are best harvested when deep red in late summer and through the winter.

There are many herbs that can be helpful for anxiety, stress, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Common herbs, essential oils and easy recipes you can use to support your immune system and fight viral infections.

Learn how to make and use flower essences. Borage flower essence is very good for courage.

It’s so useful to be able to identify medicinal plants year-round! Learn more about winter plant I.D.

Learn about caring for your respiratory system during prolonged smoke exposure using herbs and essential oils. Lots of recipes available.

When using plants for medicine, we can interpret information about how they grow and reproduce to help us understand how to store them, how long they will stay fresh, and how to best make them into herbal medicines.

Trees and shrubs offer all sorts of amazing medicines from every part of the plant, depending on the species. These range from seeds (including nuts, berries, and fruits), sap, pollen, bark, twigs, leaves, flowers, and buds.

Rose hips are chocked full of beneficial constituents. They contain: tannins, invert sugars, pectin, malic acid, ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), calcium, flavonoids and so much more!

Dandelions are truly wonderful plants. Because really, who wouldn’t love dandelion once they got to know it?

Shrines help bring the divine into our daily life. With this in mind, I wanted to get to know herbs in a different way.

Plants that grow near us are exposed to the same environment as we are – the same air, water, weather, and the same seasons. Because of this, I believe they are uniquely able to nourish and heal us in ways that other plants can’t.

Skullcap is a relaxing nervine that is useful for stress, irritability, and anxiety.