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Category: herbalism
What If Gentle Witnessing Is the Medicine?
What if healing didn’t have to be forceful? This reflection explores violet’s herbal wisdom and emotional teachings—how it soothes, strengthens, and invites us to grow in the right direction. With personal stories, flower essence insight, and nature-based journaling prompts, this piece invites you to consider gentleness as a valid, powerful path to healing.
Want to Help Spring Bees Thrive? Start Where You Are.
You don’t need to be a beekeeper to help bees thrive. In this gentle and informative guide, Tamara Schmidt offers seven practical ways to support spring pollinators right from your backyard — from planting native flowers to simply spending more time outside. Interwoven with intimate bee-and-blossom moments, this post reminds us that caring for pollinators…
Coltsfoot: A Voice From The Edge Of Spring
Coltsfoot, or Tussilago farfara, is among the first spring flowers, resiliently growing in disturbed areas. Historically used for respiratory issues, it now faces caution due to potential liver toxicity. While no longer used medicinally, it symbolizes emergence and voice, reminding us of the beauty that can bloom before being fully formed.
A Garden Highlight: Introducing the Lovely Nervine Lavender!
Lavender is a versatile herb supporting the nervous system, aiding sleep, digestion, and skin. Its essential oil can alleviate stings, burns, headaches, and sore muscles. It is used in various products and can be consumed in tea and cookies. A skin recipe includes lavender oil.
Winter Balm is a little love for your body
This post details a recipe for a nourishing winter balm, ideal for hands, feet, elbows, and knees. It requires organic ingredients such as beeswax, shea butter, and oils, all gently heated and mixed. Essential oils are then added before pouring into glass containers. Ingredients can be found at health food stores and creative labels can…
Getting Good Greens In The Dead Of Winter
In winter, getting enough greens can be challenging, especially in snow-covered areas. Options like tough leaves (kale, collard greens), sprouts, and seaweed can be beneficial. Nutritive infusions and lactofermented vegetables are also recommended. Frozen spinach, herbs, and greens powder offer convenient alternatives. Overall, incorporating various greens into meals is essential for maintaining a healthy diet.
Healthy & Easy Valentine’s Day Recipes from Nourishee at Fleurbain
The linked content offers simple recipes perfect for Valentine’s Day. It also mentions Mountain Rose Herbs as a source for ingredients like damiana. Links to specific recipes are included.
Three Great Years and Moving On
It is with a mixture of pride and sadness that we are announcing that after three great years of art, herbalism, community-building, collaborations, vernissages, workshops, special events and fun… we are moving on. So very much happened in three years! ?áSpecial events in Fleurbain included artist presentations, poetry readings, and yoga…
Small Works Again!
Small Works Again, our annual small works show, opened last night to the tune of a very fun Pie Party. Guests and friends and participating artists enjoyed a potluck Pie fest alongside a wine and cheese. For the first time, we have featured a small craft/card table for participating artists to share some of their…
Joy+Love
Fleurbain Truffles 3/4 c old fashioned oats (pulverized in a food processor) 3/4 c macadamia and cashew nut-butter (or a nut-butter of your choice) 1/4 c cocoa 2 tbsp honey 1 tbsp coconut oil 1 tsp vanilla 3 tbsp amaretto 1 tsp cinnamon 1/4 c chopped dried cherries 1/4 mini chocolate chips Mix together and…
