Field notes

I’ve been noticing some common themes popping up in my flower essence sessions lately. For the past few months, I’ve been seeing a lot of women in their 40s and 50s who are mentioning physical and emotional changes that they attribute to shifting hormones in perimenopause and menopause. Hearing so many similar stories in a concentrated time frame has got me thinking about what essences I have on hand for hormone issues - and more broadly, for overall support in the aging pr

The moment I decided to make the Red Chestnut essence this morning, something weird happened. I began to worry. Quite a lot actually. As I was getting my essence supplies together (water, glass bowl, etc.) and making my way out to the tree, all of these apprehensions started popping to mind about the essence-making process. What if a squirrel knocked the essence water over? What if the weather took a turn? What if someone came to cut the grass? What if I spilled the las

True confessions: I’ve never loved the stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) plant in the Delta Gardens garden. No doubt, stinging nettle is...

I got to spend some time with this beautiful Hinoki Cypress the other day - wow, what a tree. It grows in a spot where I often walk, but...

This crowd of Dogwood flowers seemed so friendly, I just had to take their picture. I made the essence a couple of years back with...

For the past month, I’ve been weirdly obsessed with the idea of making a Weeping Willow (Salix babylonica) essence. See below for a few...

Well, I had to break out my mittens again yesterday, but it wasn't too cold for this Cornelian Cherry - Cornus mas! It was so nice to be...

Last summer, I invited a group of volunteers to sample a new tree essence - Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera L.) - for a week and...

Is this flower a work of art or what? I found this Southern Magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) tree a couple of years ago in a park near my...

I got up early this morning and visited a few trees that I’ve had my eye on for essence-making: Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum), Linden...

Over the summer, David gave me a packet of Hemp Agrimony seeds (Eupatorium canabinum) to start under my grow-light at home. He wanted to...

Introduction I’d like to extend a big thank-you to everyone who joined my Ginkgo biloba research project, offered in partnership with...

An unexpected score today! I went for a hike this afternoon and found...an American Tulip tree (also called Tulip Poplar) on the crest of...

Happy New Year! I just wanted to drop in here and give some attention to Gather Antiquated, a beautiful hand-printed newsletter...

Hello friend, Thanks for visiting me here! It’s my wish to carve out a spot where I can record happenings and discoveries in nature…with...