by Kristine De Block | Feb 25, 2026 | Blog Post
SWEET VIOLET – A FLOWER OF LOVE AND GRIEF Sweet violet (Viola odorata) turned up in my garden this February. I didn’t plant it. It arrived on its own, weeks ahead of schedule, three small purple faces tucked under their own heart-shaped leaves in the patch...
by Kristine De Block | Oct 28, 2025 | Blog Post
ROOTS, FIRE, AND REMEMBRANCE – HOW HERBALISTS BECAME WITCHES It always starts with the scent of something drying on the rack. Sage, thyme, maybe the last of the rosehips I gathered with the children before the rains came. The kitchen smells earthy, faintly...
by Kristine De Block | Oct 7, 2025 | Blog Post
Botanical wonders of autumn – the fascinating medicine of Rosehips (Rosa spp.) By October, the hedgerows change character. The soft greens of summer give way to russet leaves and the small red hips of the wild rose that glow even on dull days. When the wind...
by Kristine De Block | Sep 5, 2025 | Blog Post
It’s early September, and already the hedgerows are turning. The rosehips are blushing, the elderberries hang heavy in clusters, and the hawthorn – ah, the hawthorn – she’s been ready for weeks now. Her berries came early this year. Not just by a few days,...
by Kristine De Block | Jul 1, 2025 | Blog Post
ELECAMPANE – THE FORGOTTEN ROOT FOR GRIEF, BREATH, AND HEALING My elecampane is flowering. Tall and luminous at the back of the garden, with golden, tousled petals like miniature suns – not quite elegant, not quite wild, but something in between. I always think...
by Kristine De Block | May 21, 2025 | Blog Post
Before the Nettles turn, on the edge of Spring I stood in front of a patch of nettles this week and found myself hesitating. Scissors in hand, basket by my side… but something in me paused. The plants were taller now. The sting sharper. A few of the females had...