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 process. Hormone...

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 last of my brandy? ...

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