UPCOMING EVENTS
Solid Perfume-Making
with Lakeja Baylor
* New Date *
Saturday, October 4th, 4-5 pm
In this workshop you will be learning how to make your our own solid perfumes. Combining beeswax, botanically infused oils, and essential oils you will make & take home 2 differently scented solid perfumes.
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Fall Ayurveda Gathering & Ghee-making
with Kimber Hyatt
12-1:30pm, Saturday October 11th
Let’s have tea & discuss this most beautiful season of transition, the ups & downs that come with it.
Kimber will share Ayurveda’s perspective & some beautiful ways to stay grounded, nourished, healthy & feeling like your best self as the season brings about its changes.
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Community Medicine Making Circles
withJen Halima
Next one: October 25th
Roots & Broth Blends
Meet the autumn root harvest and the many ways it can be incorporated into healing and immune supporting remedies through infusions into tinctures, cough syrups, teas and food. We will learn how to make a cough syrup and prepare an herbal broth bags for you to take home.
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Plant Allies for Stress, Depression, and Fatigue
with Kat Maier
Saturday January 31st, 2026, 10am – 5pm

Sunday Morning Tea Ceremonies
with Silvy Franco
Join Silvy for a meditative ceremony to commune with Camelia sinensis. Come for quiet reflection as you sip on several cups of tea following Japanese tradition. Ceremony begins at 9:30 am and goes for an hour. Pre-registration is required.
Suggested Donation: $25
Mugwort
/in Herb of the Month /by Ashley DavisMugwort is a common plant that is found all over the world. There are many different varieties, but this post will focus on the one most prevalent in our Mid-Atlantic region–artemisia vulgaris. The species name vulgaris speaks to how common this plant is. In fact, it is quite invasive, but every weed has a virtue.
Latin Name: Artemisia vulgaris
Family: Asteraceae
Names: croneswort, moonwort
Parts Used: aerial parts
Energetics: bitter, aromatic, warming
Actions: bitter tonic, carminative, nervine, emmenagogue
Uses: Mugwort is the herb that is most often used in moxabustion. Internally it is used to counter depression and rheumatism. Mugwort will stimulate menses when delayed, stagnant or absent. Mugwort is also known to promote highly vivid dreaming. For dream support, you can burn mugwort as a smudge before bed or put some under your pillow. As a bitter tonic, mugwort stimulates digestive secretion, including the synthesis and release of bile. It can be used to prevent and diminish gallstones. With an affinity for the liver, mugwort is cooling and antioxidant to the liver, enhancing hepatocyte function. It can improve nearly all digestive issues, from acid reflux to constipation, when used regularly and in small doses (3-10 drops of tincture).
Indications: Stagnant digestion, irregular menstruation, menstrual cramps or pain, depression, rheumatism, sciatica, gout, tension, colds, bronchitis, and other cold or damp conditions.
Fun Facts: The name mugwort refers to the fact that mugwort was used in brewing beer before hops gained the monopoly on bittering agents. The genus name of Artemisia is associated with the goddess Artemis. It’s correspondence to Artemis is reflected in her silvery foliage that glows under the moon, in her action on menses, as well as in her spiritually therapeutic powers to help heal aspects of the wounded female, including marks of abuse from the astral body.
Contraindications: not recommended during pregnancy. It is not a nourishing or tonic herb so prolonged use and/or high doses are not recommended.
**This information is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or treat any disease**