Tag: herbalism

  • Winter Balm is a little love for your body

    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…

  • Herbes Dix – Ten Plants

    This Saturday March 2, join us for Herbes Dix/Ten Plants during Montreal’s?áNuit Blanche. We are excited to have been selected to be a part of the official programming of Nuit Blanche. The exhibition features mixed media paintings on wood by Natasha Henderson. The paintings depict ten plants that help you survive and thrive through the…

  • One Year Open

    It is with great delight that we are about to celebrate one year since opening our doors in this verdant city, Montreal. At 6pm onward on Saturday November 3, we will do so in style. We have so much to celebrate! Fleurbain is where seeds have been thrown, ideas have germinated, friendships and connections have…

  • LAB Series: Lemon balm

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU4q-znw-zw] Join me at Fleurbain for the LAB Series. On August 30th and 31st we are all about Lemon balm, otherwise known as Melissa officinalis. What you might like to know about this herb ahead of time: Lemon balm: * is a great tasting herb, so lemony, but it is actually a part of the…

  • In February we show the LOVE!

    It is the middle of winter. Energy is a little low, “sigh…” The weather is a little intimidating with all the snow and ice and icy cold mountains of slush. ?áIt’s not just the ubiquitous boots, but the whole experience of walking down the street makes people scream, “Ugg!” We see this and so, we…

  • Fleurbain. Is open.

    YES! We did it! We opened our doors to the public… On November 5th, we had a?á party and business-launch and vernissage of art! It was a fabulous evening. We are proud and happy to announce that we are HERE. You can join us! Tammy is available for full consultations and mini consultations. ?áPlease email…

  • site under construction

    Fleurbain is under construction. Fleurbain is moving… moving in, setting up shop, shifting around, clarifying, distilling, and experimenting to compound our knowledge and expertise. Fleurbain is no longer only a dream and a website… Fleurbain is a site. We will have a grand ouverture and vernissage soon (probably in early November), but in the meantime…

  • the beauty is in the practice

    I just read a very silly article in the Globe and Mail called The promise and perils of backyard herbalism by Adriana Barton. ?áIn this, she tries to pit herbalists against ‘real’ science and research. ?áI love how this article reveals how bound-up we are in our respective beliefs. ?áSome people are thoroughly disgusted with…

  • Custom Workshops: have creativity, will travel

    The brains behind Fleurbain, Tammy Schmidt CHT and Natasha Henderson BFA,?áare pleased to announce an exciting new service: Customised Workshops. Combine these two women’s talents?áfor an inventive and?áinnovative experience that is tailored to meet your needs. For groups, clubs,?ácorporate teams, or?ájust a?ágathering of friends, Tammy and Natasha will craft?áa unique?áworkshop with the greatest of expertise…

  • March!

    A friend of mine remarked to me a couple of months ago that Arcade Fire’s music is very marchy. ?áSometimes when I am listening to them on my Ipod, I test this comment and try to march a little. ?áUnfortunately, I can usually march along to their music. ?áThis does not really matter to me.…

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