Newsletter
Spring Workshops + Plant Walks
👇In this newsletter:
• A recent podcast about bioregionalism
• Two spots available in our Year One Herbalism Program
• Upcoming Guest Workshops
Writings
Coming Home to our Bodies
We are pressured on a daily basis to disconnect from our bodies.
Sedentary work environments, social media siphoning our attention
Newsletter
New year, new things + a fond farewell to sliding scale pricing.
Happy new year everyone! As an herbalist, I prefer to align my threshold moments with the fall and spring transitions,
Recipes
Potion of Delight
📻This recipe was featured on the Herbs with Rosalee podcast here below:
A tea blend combining some of my favorite
Recipes
Sumac-ade (Staghorn Sumac Lemonade)
🫖General Guidelines for Making Infusions and Teas
Ingredients:
yields ~1 gallon of Sumac-ade
* 200 g fresh Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina)
My favorite herbs to infuse in oil
If you are looking for directions on making an herbal infused oil, check out our post below:
Herbal OilsFat is
Recipes
Shagbark Hickory Syrup
This roasty, toasty, and smokey syrup is made from an infusion of roasted shagbark hickory bark (Carya ovata). This recipe
Land-Based Practice
Foraging Tips + Tools
There are dozens of tips and rules floating around related to the best approaches for safe and ethical foraging (also
Land-Based Practice
Urban Foraging Guide
The chart below is adapted from a resource provided by ethnobotanist Nina Lawrin of Loveren Collections. Nina was an early
Recipes
Forager's Bitters: a not-so-simple recipe for reconnecting with our home-place
As a community herbalist, it is my goal to make herbalism accessible and approachable. So when I offer recipes for
Green Currents Zine
Speculative Fiction & Herbalism
By Jana Greenslit
This post is part of the 2025 volume of our annual 'Green Currents' zine which
Green Currents Zine
The Four Seasons of our Lives
By Rashida Gokcebag
This post is part of the 2025 volume of our annual 'Green Currents' zine which
Green Currents Zine
Healing the Land and Oneself: A Reflection on Bioregional Herbalism
By Christiane Rey
This post is part of the 2025 volume of our annual 'Green Currents' zine which
Embodied Presence Practices
Candlehour
To Know the Dark – Wendell Berry, Farming: A Handbook, 1970
To go in the dark with a light is to
Embodied Presence Practices
A Journey to the Underworld: Cultivating Sacred Space for Sleep
The dread and resistance which every natural human being experiences when it comes to delving too deeply into himself is,
Embodied Presence Practices
Breath, Impermanence, and the Practice of Breathing
When we are given the most basic instructions for sitting in meditation, we are often instructed to focus on the
Embodied Presence Practices
Staying present in stillness when difficult thoughts arise
Gods suppressed become devils, and often it is these devils whom we first encounter when we turn inward.
– Joseph Campbell
Health & Vitality
Friction and Resistance at the Beginning
When I was a freshman in college, I made a few poor financial decisions. The week I got my first