the Buds blog - on being friends with plants

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Pondering herbs, the medicine of place, and being friends with plants. From the perspective of a zone 8 herbalist, gardener, and natural skincare maker.

Posts on herbs - seaweed - recipes - natural skincare ingredients

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Tag: flower power

freshly cut, bright yellow-orange calendula flowers

Calendula's Flower Power: food, medicine + beauty

European folklore associates Calendula with the Sun. It is said to strengthen and comfort the heart, soothe agitation, and draw out evil spirits. Who doesn't need more of that? Not only soothing for our psyches, Calendula has long been relied upon as healthy food, gentle medicine, and healing skin care.

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Tags: calendula, eat your medicine, flower power, herbs
a collage of 3 photos of blue hydrangea flowers

Back to the garden

Flowers seem to speak directly to the heart, making them easy for us human clods to understand. We just have to pay attention.

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