In the SecretGarden
A garden is a wonderfully safe place to cultivate seeds of inspiration. It is also a strange place where you can find the weird & wonderful
Hedgecraft
Wildcrafting (Foraging) for the C21st
While wildcrafted ingredients can’t be “certified organic” under current guidelines, the process basically ensures that ingredients are inherently organic. “Wildcrafted plants are indigenous, and organic in the sense of being pure and untouched by toxins or pollutants,” said Brandy Monique, founder of the small-batch FIG+YARROW beauty line http://www.youbeauty.com/beauty/beauty-dictionary-wildcrafting/ Country Lane and Ancient Hedgerow Lamium Purpureum – Purple Dead-Nettle … Read more
Vervain – The Herb of Enchantment
Long associated with divine & other supernatural forces Vervain The Herb of Enchantment has an equally long-standing use as a medicinal plant – read more
The Humble & Persistent Little Weed – Plantain
Plantain is generally considered to be a weed; one description even read ‘a short, fat, ugly weed!! But beauty is in the eye of the beholder. In actuality Plantain has a long history as one of the best healing herbs on the planet; and is probably the biggest masochist of the plant world – it loves to be trampled.
Wise Woman’s Power Plant – Mugwort
Mugwort The Wise Woman’s Power Plant – Mugwort; or to give it it’s proper name Artemisia vulgaris LINN, is rightly justified in being called that. Said to be named after the Hellenic goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness, childbirth, the moon, virginity and protector of young girls; Artemis.That Mugwort is steeped in so much folklore regarding its healing properties should be … Read more