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Anise hyssop growing with echinacea.
Last updated on April 11th, 2025

Get Growing: 15 of Our Favorite Resources for Spring Herb Gardening

…herb gardener and seed-saver, and owns Strictly Medicinal Seeds, our favorite source for herb seeds and many medicinal plants—including trees, shrubs, and cacti (shipping is available). The Healing Garden: Cultivating and Handcrafting Herbal Remedies by Juliet Blankespoor Juliet Blankespoor’s essential guide to growing and harvesting herbs, making herbal medicine, and practicing sustainable hands-on herbalism. This book will help you design…

Juliet's library.
Last updated on October 11th, 2024

The Best Books on Foraging Wild Foods and Herbs

…many botanical enterprises over the decades, including an herbal nursery and a farm-to-apothecary herbal products business. These days, she channels her botanical obsession through her writing and photography in her online programs, on her personal blog Castanea, and in her new book, The Healing Garden: Cultivating and Handcrafting Herbal Remedies. Juliet and her family reside in a home overrun with…

Jars of red fire cider sitting on an outside table surrounded by oranges and hibiscus branches.
Last updated on October 30th, 2025

Hibiscus Pomegranate Fire Cider Recipe

…decades, including an herbal nursery and a farm-to-apothecary herbal products business. These days, she channels her botanical obsession through her writing and photography in her online programs, on her personal blog Castanea, and in her new book, The Healing Garden: Cultivating and Handcrafting Herbal Remedies. Juliet and her family reside in a home overrun with houseplants and books in Asheville,…

A person harvests wild garlic mustard.
Last updated on March 20th, 2026

Foraging for Wild Edibles and Herbs: Sustainable and Safe Gathering Practices

…the globe. She’s a professional plant-human matchmaker and bonafide plant geek, with a degree in botany and over 30 years of experience teaching and writing about herbalism, medicine making, and organic herb cultivation. Juliet’s lifelong captivation with medicinal weeds and herb gardening has birthed many botanical enterprises over the decades, including an herbal nursery and a farm-to-apothecary herbal products business….

Holy Basil or Tulsi.
Last updated on June 1st, 2026

11 Tonic Herbs for Stress and Anxiety

…in botany and over 30 years of experience teaching and writing about herbalism, medicine making, and organic herb cultivation. Juliet’s lifelong captivation with medicinal weeds and herb gardening has birthed many botanical enterprises over the decades, including an herbal nursery and a farm-to-apothecary herbal products business. These days, she channels her botanical obsession through her writing and photography in her…

A bottle labeled winter spiced herbal bitters rests on top of herbs and spices.
Last updated on January 23rd, 2025

Winter Spiced Herbal Bitters for Digestive Health

…for Winter. A materia medica spotlight on seven botanicals embodying the season’s herbal spirit. Herbal Recipes for Wintertime. A collection of festive, warming, and health-enhancing recipes. Winter Spiced Herbal Bitters Recipe These spiced bitters are so delectable you’ll want to drink them straight! Bitter mugwort, cardamom, and orange peel get the digestive juices flowing, while cacao and hawthorn add mouth-watering…

A field of goldenrod at sunset.
Last updated on October 1st, 2025

Goldenrod Benefits: The Bee’s Knees for Allergies, Sinus Infections, and Urinary Tract Infections

…Juliet’s lifelong captivation with medicinal weeds and herb gardening has birthed many botanical enterprises over the decades, including an herbal nursery and a farm-to-apothecary herbal products business. These days, she channels her botanical obsession through her writing and photography in her online programs, on her personal blog Castanea, and in her new book, The Healing Garden: Cultivating and Handcrafting Herbal…

Red clover harvest.
Last updated on November 3rd, 2025

The Ecology of Estrogen in the Body

…lifelong captivation with medicinal weeds and herb gardening has birthed many botanical enterprises over the decades, including an herbal nursery and a farm-to-apothecary herbal products business. These days, she channels her botanical obsession through her writing and photography in her online programs, on her personal blog Castanea, and in her new book, The Healing Garden: Cultivating and Handcrafting Herbal Remedies….

Witch Hazel branch.
Last updated on March 5th, 2025

The Folklore and Medicine of Witch Hazel

…with medicinal weeds and herb gardening has birthed many botanical enterprises over the decades, including an herbal nursery and a farm-to-apothecary herbal products business. These days, she channels her botanical obsession through her writing and photography in her online programs, on her personal blog Castanea, and in her new book, The Healing Garden: Cultivating and Handcrafting Herbal Remedies. Juliet and…