Moonrise Herbs Blog

If you're attending the Summer Arts and Music festival down in Southern Humboldt this weekend with your little ones, come craft & learn about smoke cleansing/smudge sticks for free with Moonrise staff herbalist Kody Hilton at the FarmSchool booth at 2pm on Saturday! Kody will share wisdom about the locally-foraged, fragrant plant allies and she’ll talk about the ancient therapeutic practice of clearing the air and the energy… through smoke cleansing or smudging. Moonrise Herbs features trained herbalists on staff EVERY day, with Kody herself available for consultations every Monday and Tuesday— but why wait! Photo courtesy of @farmschool

Enjoy some sweet summer news and herbal info in our latest newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/2c51b8cf081c/wild-wisdom-for-the-summer-season

As we approach Memorial Day and the beginnings of summer, hopefully we'll see a few (or a lot depending on your locale) sunny days.  We've got some tasty treats, great products and recipes to help you beat the heat!   Herbal Popsicles A tasty relatively-healthy treat for young and old alike!  Here are some delicious recipes to try: Sweet Hibiscus Lemon Zinger Pops 400ml/~6oz water 1/2 cup Sweet Hibiscus Lemon Zinger dried tea 2 - 3 Tablespoons lemon juice 4 Tablespoons honey (if desired) Optional: You can add in fruits or fruit juice if desired. Edible flowers look really pretty when...

Coming up next month...space is very limited so reserve your spot asap! Uses & Health Benefits of Medicinal Mushrooms Monday, June 27 6 - 7:30pm Levon Durr of Fungaia Farm will discuss the current research into medicinal mushrooms. He will cover sourcing, extraction methods, dosages, tinctures, teas, culinary uses & more. Join us to expand your knowledge of these amazing medicinal allies! Cost: $5.00 Health Requirements:-Masks required-Preregistration required (no walk-ins please)-Space is limited to 10 people *For payment please call, drop-in or message us for the best way for you to make the class payment. Levon Durr is an amateur...

Happy Tuesday, friends and welcome back to Tarot & Tea!  Today’s card comes to us from the whimsical Tarot of a Moon Garden by Laura E Clarson.  This deck takes us to a magical world of fairies, unicorns, wizards, and all manner of fanciful plants, trees and mushrooms. The Moon, ever the changeling, comes to us in many guises through the cards to share her wisdom.  There is an innocence to this deck but it still retains the beautiful mystery of the divinatory tool that it is. Tarot of a Moon Garden has its structural base in the Rider-Waite-Smith deck...