Please note these plant profiles are a work in progress. I will always be adding to them as I keep learning about the amazing world of plant medicine. Botanical Overview Latin name: Arctium lappa (Greater Burdock), Arctium minor (Lesser…
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2019 Annual Review What went well? My fantasy of a little plants and prison zine turned into a book! I published the Prisoner’s Herbal Book in September 2019 and it became a bigger and more beautiful project than I…
Please donate to the Herbalists without Borders Winter Calais Campaign! Find the link here: https://gogetfunding.com/herbalists-without-borders-winter-calais-campaign/ The need: We are witnessing a mass movement of displaced people that is unprecedented in our lifetime. Towns and cities in Northern France and…
The Solidarity Apothecary has been featured on the Herbal Action Podcast. It’s one of my favourite podcasts produced by Herbalists without Borders International. I was interviewed by the very inspiring Denis Cusack who asked me questions about the Prisoner’s…
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Trip to Calais and Dunkirk with Herbalists without Borders
This Monday I got back from a week away in Calais and Dunkirk in France with Herbalists without Borders UK. I was there as a student being mentored by the inspiring herbalist Melissa Ronaldson who has more than two…
Below is what was included in my herbal packages send to Hunt Sab groups around the country that are sabbing the badger cull this winter. If your groups would like to recieve a package in 2020 please email info@solidarityapothecary.org…
I was so honoured to be interviewed by Katja and Ryn from the CommonWealth Center for Holistic Herbalism in Boston on their Holistic Herbalism Podcast. We discussed everything from making plant medicines in prison to the complexity of prison…
The Prisoner’s Herbal is now available as an Ebook! We are selling it in advance of the printed copies to help fundraise to get the books to prisoners. Every copy of the Ebook sold will pay for a book…
One of my favourite medicines that I have been making this summer is Rose Petal Glycerite. Rose petals are a fantastic resource for the nervous system and a very cooling remedy for hot, inflamed conditions. You can read a…
Please note these plant profiles are a work in progress. I will always be adding to them as I keep learning about the amazing world of plant medicine. Botanical Overview Latin name: Chamaemelum nobile (Roman chamomile), Matricaria chamomilla (German Chamomile), …
Please note these plant profiles are a work in progress. I will always be adding to them as I keep learning about the amazing world of plant medicine. Botanical Overview Latin name: Achillea millefolium Plant family: Asteraceae Identification: A short…
Please note these plant profiles are a work in progress. I will always be adding to them as I keep learning about the amazing world of plant medicine. Botanical Overview Latin name: Rosa spp. Plant family: Rosaceae Identification: Roses have…
Please note these plant profiles are a work in progress. I will always be adding to them as I keep learning about the amazing world of plant medicine. Botanical Overview Latin name: Bellis perennis Plant family: Asteraceae Identification: Low rosettes…
Please note these plant profiles are a work in progress. I will always be adding to them as I keep learning about the amazing world of plant medicine. Botanical Overview Latin name: Plantago major, Plantago lanceolata Plant family: Plantaginaceae Identification:…
Please note these plant profiles are a work in progress. I will always be adding to them as I keep learning about the amazing world of plant medicine. Botanical Overview Latin name: Malva sylvestris Plant family: Malvaceae Identification: Tall and…
This February, actually only a day or so after writing my last blog about herbs for anger and rage, the scales completely tipped on my mental health and the overwhelm I experienced triggered a bad mental health episode whereby…
Content warning – references to suicide, self-harm, state violence, imprisonment, cancer Yesterday was a hard day. Back to back calls from friends in prison. News that one of my closest friends, Taylor, had slashed his face open and tried…
>>> Content warning – abuse <<< So I don’t use instagram, I’m on facebook but I check it about once a month. Generally life is pretty intense with prison visits, organising, work and surviving that I don’t often have…
Please note these plant profiles are a work in progress. I will always be adding to them as I keep learning about the amazing world of plant medicine. Botanical Overview Latin name: Urtica dioica Plant family: Urticaceae Identification: Broad oval…
Please note these plant profiles are a work in progress. I will always be adding to them as I keep learning about the amazing world of plant medicine. Botanical Overview Latin name: Stellaria media Plant family: Caryophyllaceae Identification: Small, white,…
I just wanted to share a call-out for folks to donate towards BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour) herbal education organised by Seed, Root and Bloom who describe themselves as “a hood collective gathering to weave healing + justice…
I’m an absolute sucker for goal setting (for any astrology nerds, I have four planets in capricorn, ha!). For years I have been learning herbalism in such an informal way, which has been super powerful. I have followed my…
Please note these plant profiles are a work in progress. I will always be adding to them as I keep learning about the amazing world of plant medicine. Botanical Overview Latin name: Taraxacum officinale Plant family: Asteraceae Identification: Dandelions…
While my website may have only just gone live, I actually started the Solidarity Apothecary in May 2018, sharing news about the project on my Empty Cages Design website. This post shares my reflections on the first 10 months…
Just wanted to share a call-out from Dana Woodruff at Dandelioness Herbals: http://dandelionessherbals.blogspot.com/2018/11/support-remedies-without.html Remedies Without Borders/Remedios Sin Fronteras is an herbal medicine-making project supplying humanitarian aid organizations with salves, lip balms, foot powders, and other remedies for those on…