apothecary garden
over 100 varieties of medicinal plants, grown on 0.6 acres of terraced hillside
A membership-based, u-pick, medicinal herb farm
Join us in this adventure of relational medicinal plant cultivation!
BECOME A MEMBER of the Apothecary Garden for the entire calendar year, and have open access to harvest the plants as they are ready throughout the year. Over 100 varieties of medicinal plants are grown on our 0.6 acres of no-till, terraced beds, including Calendula, Nettles, Marshmallow, Skullcap, Chamomile, Yarrow and more. Heat-loving, tropical plants are just down in the hill in our greenhouse, including Turmeric, Ginger, Ashwagandha, Gotu Kola and Yerba Mate.
COME SIT with the plants any time, draw them, learn about them, bring books (or use our shared library), make medicine, have a picnic, nap in the hammock, soak it all in.
DRY YOUR HERBS. Shared use of a walk-in Herb Dryer to dry your harvest, complimented by root washing sinks and garbling station.
GROUP HARVEST. Join us for monthly group harvest & medicine making mornings, where we collectively harvest an herb that is in abundance and make medicine together, highlighting different medicine making techniques. Tentative schedule includes:
March : Food as Medicine : Harvesting Nettles : Making Nettle Pesto
April : Tea Blends : Harvesting Raspberry Leaf : Making Nutritive Tea Blends
May : Tinctures : Harvesting Milky Oats : Making Tincture
June : Tinctures: Harvesting Skullcap : Making Nervine Blends
July : Infused Oils & Salves : Harvesting Calendula : Making Healing Salve
August : Syrups : Harvesting Elderberry : Making Wellness Syrup
September : Saving Seed for Next Year's Garden
October : Oxymels : Harvesting the Kitchen Sink : Making Fire Cider
November : Root Harvest : Tucking Beds in for the Winter
December : Turmeric Harvest : Closing Gathering
LEARN. GATHER. Attend various workshops and skillshares in the Garden, with discounts for members for ticketed events.
TEND. Join farmers, members, and apprentices in regular weekly Wednesday Plant Parties, from 9am to noon, to participate in the tending of the Garden. Or sign up to be an Apprentice and commit to all of these Wednesday sessions, from mid-March to mid-November.
PRICE: Sliding scale $400-600 for the calendar year.
