by Kristine De Block | Mar 12, 2025 | Blog Post
Spring Equinox: A season of reckoning and release There’s this idea that spring arrives with a sigh. Soft petals, birdsong, everything gently waking up. But if you’ve really paid attention – in the garden, on the land, or within yourself – you’ll know the...
by Kristine De Block | Jan 23, 2025 | Blog Post
IMBOLC: THE QUIET STIRRINGS OF SPRING There’s a particular kind of beauty to this time of year. The earth still feels heavy with winter’s weight, but if you slow down and look closely, the signs of life are unmistakable. Snowdrops pushing bravely through frozen...
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 | 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 | Feb 10, 2025 | Blog Post
Ancient roots: fertility festivals and pagan beginnings One of the stories often told about the origins of Valentine’s Day is that it replaced the Roman festival of Lupercalia, a fertility rite held on 15th February. Lupercalia was associated with Lupercus, a pastoral...