Have you also noticed the bright yellow flowers in the grass, along the tiny daisies? Yes, the dandelions are blooming on these sunny Spring days. Maybe you are bothered by these flowers in your lawn and have you tried hard to remove them. But they keep on coming back…perhaps with a reason?! It makes sense…
Perhaps you remember I graduated as herbalist last year. And next month, I’m going to give my first herbal workshop! I’m really excited about it! It’s a collaboration with ’t Schoon Gerief in Landen. A lovely store with retro decoration, organic soaps and skin care and products for a sustainable life. This store is a…
As we’re approaching winter, I would like to share another herbal story, about sage this time. It’s one of my favourite winter herbs! I must admit, this hasn’t always been this way. For a long time I detested sage as its taste so easily dominates and was so bitter. But apparently my taste has quite…
On these hot summer days I would like to tell you another herbal story. This time it’s about the queen of flowers; the rose. Who doesn’t like stop to smell the roses? At least, I try to do so, but the sad thing is that there aren’t many gardens with roses anymore. Happily my mother…
The past months, every week I’ve been following lessons to become a herbalist. It was a really interesting and intense education with a perfect mix of theory and practical exercises. Days of studying hard on the Latin names and the characteristics of every herb and writing treatments and products for 2 cases. Some weeks ago…