The nose knows and plants don’t have noses, but there are some fun photos of tree trunks that appear to have them. Can plants smell? ...

On Being-A Plant Being, existence, living, life; these words all describe the same thing. The Oxford dictionary defines intelligence as...

There are many who are researching how plants communicate with each other. Not out of a sense of down-grading human intelligence but to...

There are so many good books available to read. Sometime in the future I will share more of my favorites. In the new year I will be...

Monica Gagliano takes us with her as she shares her experiences with a variety of plants throughout the world. It is the plants that...

Rosemary Gladstar has made a positive and lasting influence on herbalism and herbalists from the west to the east coast, as well as...

Reiki is a word many have heard of by now, but that was not always the case. Even today some people feel the word Reiki sounds like some...

In 2011, Paul Stamets was the Keynote Speaker at the International Herbal Symposium in MA. I had not heard of him or his work, but his...

This book is about trees, research, discovery, and so much more.

If you or someone you know is a budding plant enthusiast, this is the book for you. Elpel is plant knowledgeable and has created a book...

Many people are familiar with Ms. Kimmerer’s book Braiding Sweetgrass, another must read. My first experience with her writing,...

These two women are herbalists from the Northwest yet their teachings reach across geographical areas. This is a delightful book for the...

Early in the pandemic, when going to the grocery store was all one should do, I found myself ungrounded. It was a pandemic, after all. ...

This is not a book about how to perform yoga poses. There is no downward dog or warrior 2, and yet there is a dog and there is a warrior....

It is 2022 and I am wondering where the past two years have gone? It is both very dream-like and also full of harsh reality. I know...

I hope that my discussion of a few wonderful flower essences has been of help to you. Flower Essences are a beautiful connection with...

Birch trees are beautiful and can be found with white/black, yellow, brown, and silver bark. They grow in hardwood forests and boggy wet...

This is a plant and a family I have mentioned before but which deserves to be mentioned again. The Asteraceae family is huge with 1,620...

Known as Anaphalis margaritacea, Pearly Everlasting is a lovely plant that blooms in New England from mid-summer into fall. I was first...

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