“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.”
– Frank Lloyd Wright
For the love of plants, humanity and the planet, practice herbal medicine.
Herbal medicine and healing is a place to be heard, offered plant medicine that is sustainable and supports life while learning how to care for yourself and cherish this beautiful planet called Earth.
"It's funny Abrah - I wanted to learn from you about working with the physical bodies of plants (and I have!) but you have also done so much to deepen my understanding of how to work with them energetically as well."
- K.S.
"How can I find the right words to thank you? This journey with you is so unbelievably special to me. I will honour your teachings and herbs forever. Thank you for showing me the purple in the field."
- Margie
"Thank you for a wondrous 10 months of learning the fascinating world of plants you teach so beautifully. I am filled with more curiosity, respect and wonder for plants than ever before. You opened up a world that I want to learn more about. I feel grateful to have been part of your class."
Sitting at my kitchen table, amongst the salt shaker, cups of tea and books, I watch the birds come and go from bird feeders: one near the blue berry patch,
Chapter One of The Vessel: Plants, Women and Contraception We are the Granddaughters of the Witches you didn’t burn! – A protest sign carried during the Woman’s March January 21,
When the wind carries a warning of cooler weather and leaves scurry across the path, herbalistsdig up roots. Putting on rubber boots with wool socks, down filled vests and knitted
I’ve been working on a book about plants used for contraceptives. In the research journey I learned about Silphium, an extinct plant that was a wildly poplar contraceptive. The story
Thank you to Ilse Turner and Ruth Salmon who invited me to read parts of The Weaving at the library in the village near my home. IIse’s questions and insights
Last night I felt a chill. So I made a ginger kidney poultice and crawled into bed with a novel. The ginger kidney poultice is deeply warming and relaxing… perfect
Nettle Seed (Urtica dioica semen)Etymologyurtica from the Latin “urere” meaning to burndioica from Latin for “two houses” – this refers to male and female flowers occurring on separate plants. Nettle
Enjoy this old story of initiation from The Weaving: Plants, Planets and People. “A long time ago, a young girl went into Starodubsk, an old Oak forest, searching for mushrooms