Wildroot Botanicals

Name: Wildroot Botanicals
Address: Bellingham, WA, US
Telephone: +13607247668
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www.wildrootbotanicals.com; www.wildroot.etsy.com We are a small family with an intense passion for vibrant health for all beings.

We appreciate the wildness in life, the wisdom of the plants, animals and elements around us. Together we dwell in our mountain home nestled in-between the stellar Cascade mountain range and the Salish sea we call home. It is here in these mountains, fields and shores that we hold our herbal intensives, apprenticeships and workshops. We are proud to host some of the very best herbalists in North A

merica. It is a great joy that we can deepen the relationships between people and plants and empower people in their journeys of herbal medicine. Website at: https://www.wildrootbotanicals.com/

01/16/2025

I will be collaborating with bow sanctuary February 2 offering an afternoon workshop of breathwork, restorative yoga and herbal medicines that are nourishing and restorative to the mind, body and spirit. Check out the link in the bio to find out more info or to register. 🌲💚 I have been incredible thankful to be teaching at such a calming healing space. The fresh mountain air coming off the bay and Blanchard mountain refreshes my spirit deeply every time I’m there.

12/13/2024

I’m hosting a new course that begins in January all about how herbs support the bodies ability to adapt in a healthy way to stress. We will dive deep into herbs to support sleep, reduce anxiety and tension and support our over all health of the nervous system. Link in bio for more info.

10/31/2024

Join us for a day of crafting herbal remedies for fall and winter health.

We will explore the art of crafting a formula, blending remedies for immune support, stress relief and nourishing ourselves for the colder months. Students will have the knowledge how to recreate these formulas to create holiday gifts for friends and family and take home remedies for themselves to enjoy.

This class is for those that would like to develop and deepen their confidence with herbal medicine making skills. Class will be hands-on and experiential so that each student will gain experience in the preparation process.

Preparations will include preparing nourishing and tasty tea blends, fresh and dried plant tinctures, syrups and cremes.

The class is suited for total beginner to intermediate students. No prior experience is needed. Click the class link in bio for more info💗

10/07/2024

Cooler temperatures and earlier sunsets mark the transition of summer to fall here in the Pacific Northwest. It is a time of mycological abundance upon our damp mossy forest floors. These woods are a treasure trove of medicinal and edible mushrooms. We are blessed by their presence and the multitude of health benefits they offer. Join us for a one or two day mushroom foraging adventure to learn more about the multitude of their nutritional and medicinal health benefits. Link in bio for classes.

07/12/2024

One of my favorite poetry lines is by Mary Oliver. “You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves”. These words have been a pathway throughout my life to embody peace. Tonight I’m taking a pause by the pond at bow sanctuary where I just taught a yoga class and it just feels so nice here I wanted to soak up the good feeling instead of speeding off to the next thing I need to get done. The breeze feels fresh, the voice of a bald eagle is on the wind and my spirit feels at peace lingering here for a little moment.

07/05/2024

Come join us next weekend July 13 & 14 for two days of immersion in herbal medicine. We will spend this weekend together with other like minded plant lovers, immersing ourselves in the gardens of Wildroot Botanicals. We will be slowly steeping in the healing properties of the plants we work with through hands-on harvesting, processing and medicine making.

Participants will have opportunities to submerge into the healing ways of plants by spending time with them, sensorially experiencing their scents, textures, growing patterns and developing a personal connection with them. Demonstrations will include processing each plant in their own unique ways to preserve their medicinal attributes, drying techniques, hydrosol production and alcohol extraction. For more information visit www.wildrootbotanicals.com

07/05/2024

I’ve been collecting wild foods and incorporating them into my cooking more than ever this year. It is revitalizing my body profoundly. I feel clearer and calmer in my mind and my digestive system feels light and easeful. I feel nourished and satisfied.

I’m understanding the land in new ways that is feeding my spirit too. The scents and sounds of the places I’ve been harvesting from feels like an awakening of fond familiar memories of a beloved grandparent that wants to feed me delicious things. The scent of berries in humid air after it rains, the sound of the slooshing mud under my boots as I collect salmon berries by the river and the sharp green scent of nettle seeds on a crisp morning is more than something that is merely a smell or sound. It’s a relationship full of giving and care just like my precious memories of my grandmother offering us homemade cookies.

The time spend in wild places recalibrates my busy mind and body and helps me remember the real cycle of things. Good things are better when savored and aren’t always the easy way to do things. I’m blessed the way the land helps me remember these important things. Harvesting and eating these foods feels like falling in love. The more I spend time with them, the more clearly I’m able to experience their incredible gifts, to show my appreciation and love and to feel taken care of.

This time on the land is teaching me again just how special it is to live here and to be able to be fed by the land. I’m so thankful to know these plants and to be able to work with them

07/04/2024

It's been a long time since we have had a sale in our Etsy shop. Now through Sunday July 7, we are offering 20% with orders $50+ with coupon code FACEBOOKFRIEND. Much love to each of you! Thanks for the support over the years!

06/23/2024

Nettle seeds are forming and the seeds in this immature green stage are a delicious treat packed full of nutrients. I like sautéing them in a little oil or adding them to soups or stir fries. Harvesting these little clusters will sting you if you aren’t wearing gloves. However, I actually like getting stung. It’s a good way to get circulation into your hands, keeping the joints healthy.

06/21/2024

The other night I went out to this beautiful place and felt so much gratitude for the beauty of this place. This ecosystem is so abundant and I pray with my whole heart that this sacred place is protected and we can live here with a spirit of gratitude.
I’m this photo you can see a healthy kelp forest that lines the bay. These kelp beds are home to a diverse array of plants and animals. While I was here we saw otters playing, herons fishing and the heads of sea lions popping up out of the water. This kelp is also a favorite ingredient I love adding to my diet regularly for all of its trace nutrients, cooling and healing properties.

06/14/2024

This beautiful lotus relative is blooming in the ponds of the bow sanctuary where I’ve been teaching yoga classes Thursday evenings. Isn’t it gorgeous?

06/12/2024

It has been an amazing árnica season this year. I spent the weekend with students a few weekends ago harvesting plants in the methow valley and it was one of the most abundant years for arnica I have seen. Fresh árnica salve from this harvest is now in our Etsy shop💚🌱

06/11/2024

It’s such a good salmon berry year. This corner of the world is rich with the gifts of many berries. Salmon berry is one of the first to ripen and is ripe in a variety of colors from orange to red to purple. All are full of life giving properties from this land. It may feel like something small to go harvest some berries but to I feel for myself that harvesting berries weaves me into the fabric of this landscape. I get to take this time to hear the bird songs and witness the tracks of animals, today i saw elk prints. This is one of life’s most precious gifts, the gift of food and specifically sweet nourishing berries, the gift of feeling a part of a community of beings instead of a stranger to it. 💗

03/17/2024

I made a few new rewilding collections. Link in bio. Spring energy feels so good after months of darkness and rain here in the Pacific Northwest. There is so much healing available as new life emerges and literally springs forth from the ground and tree branches. It’s so life promoting ....the warmth of the sunshine, the frogs singing, songbirds returning from their winter journeys and hikes through these stunning mountains. This time of the year is real life magic! We get to witness the birth of a new generation of plants, animals and the next chapters of ourselves. It’s a season to reclaim and reinvent the next layers of our health and healing.

With the first signs of spring, I’ve started sowing seeds in my gardens. It’s got me reflecting on the metaphorical seeds within myself that I want to nurture and bring life to. What ways do I want to experience life this year? As I’m sorting through that question, I find myself being guided back to gratitude. Gratitude brings clarity. Gratitude for the light of sunshine, for foraged nettles in my soup, for a new year of exploring plants with students, for the smiles on my kids’ faces. Gratitude helps me remember where I stand on this Earth amongst all that is around me and it reminds me who I am. Sometimes we forget to see these incredible gifts and I think that dims our spirits. Gratitude is seeing the world around us and within us. It offers peace and support and nourishment for the many layers of who we are.

I am thankful for the plants that guide us back to ourselves too. They have a real gift for doing it, especially when we ask for their guidance. Each plant supports us a little differently, but I have found that most plants I work with are very willing to build a relationship and offer teachings.

02/14/2024

GIVE AWAY!
We are giving away one spot in our Foundations of Herbalism Course. This is a 9 month program that dives into the healing gifts of plants. We explore wildcrafting, identification and hands on medicine making techniques. To enter to win: 1. write in the comments below why you’d love to study medicinal plants this year. 2. In two separate posts tag two friends that might be interested in taking a course on medicinal plants that live in the the Bellingham to Seattle area 3. Share this post in your stories stating this is a give away for a free spot in a medicinal herbs course. Closing date is next Wednesday February 21. 💚 🌱

01/27/2024

In this 9 month immersion program we will meet once per month throughout the growing season to learn how to grow medicinal and edible plants. This course will help you feel confident how to start herbs from seed, start new garden beds, optimize soil fertility, start herbs by cuttings and harvest and prepare medicines from the harvests. Come join our community and keep the wisdom of plants and growing alive. For more information see the link in bio.

01/24/2024

This year our wild foods 9 month course will take a deep dive into exploring the wild plant foods of the pacific northwest. We will spend time harvesting, preparing delicious foods and eating together, contemplating topics such as food sovereignty and revitalizing areas with plantings. This topic is one deep in my heart and I’m so excited to learn and explore these topics with like minded folks and work toward becoming deeper in relation with this beautiful place we call home. For more information see the link in bio.

01/23/2024

This time of the year I’m always dreaming about when the plants will first emerge. In the spring we gather together as a community in these classes to learn the wisdom of plants and immerse in the healing they foster. Our foundations of herbalism course begins in March and is a 9 month journey through intimately meeting the medicinal plants of the Pacific Northwest and beyond. We spend time in the field harvesting, witnessing and engaging our senses with their medicines. Classes also encompass learning how to prepare medicines from them. It’s always a group that fosters friendships, healing and a joy for the natural world and how to be in a place of reciprocity with all things. Visit our link in the bio if you’d like to learn more about what this course offers or send it to a friend if you think they would benefit and enjoy this kind of hands on learning. It would be lovely to have you with us this year.🌱💚

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Bellingham, WA

Telephone

+13607247668

Website

https://www.wildrootbotanicals.com/

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Im distilling yarrow today from a shipment from Ancestree herbals. The oil is so blue!! It enraptures me every time I distill it. Yarrow is absolutely an amazing plant that walks between realities. Its one of the best plants I know for defining spaces and providing protection for unwanted energies, especially non human. It’s medicine lyes outside of easy comprehending and it’s one of the reasons I love this plant. It stimulates a sense of wonder, It’s not easy to categorize. It’s what we in the herbal world refer to as amphoteric. It can be balancing to contradictory actions. For instance it’s a great resource for stanching bleeding from a wound but it also is an emmenagogue, promoting menstrual flow. One of my favorite applications for yarrow is for those of us that are empaths. Those of us that are sensitive and work to create positive change in a world not led from the heart. Yarrow helps us to take care of ourselves as we fight the good fight, speak up for the injustices around us, and help us to protect our delicate pieces as we are exposed to difficulties and for when life wears us down. I recommend taking some time to sit with this plant and get to know it personally. It has a lot to teach us. The fresh hydrosol is now in our Etsy shop for those interested. Link in bio. #yarrow #herbalmedicine #hydrosol #empathy #achilleamillefolium

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We work for and believe deeply in vibrant health and respect for all beings and the dismantling of oppressive systems that work against this basic truth. We appreciate the wildness in life, the wisdom of the plants, animals and elements around us.

We dwell in our mountian home nestled in-between the stellar Cascade mountain range and the Salish sea. It is here in these mountains, fields and shores that we hold our herbal intensives, apprenticeships and workshops. We are proud to host some of the very best herbalists in North America. It is a great joy that we can deepen the relationships between people and plants and empower people in their journeys of herbal medicine.

We also offer a line of ethically harvested and local farm grown hydrosols. To view our offerings visit www.wildroot.etsy.com.

Blessings on your day. website at: www.wildrootbotanicals.com