May: Spring Self-Care
"Nourishing yourself in a way that helps you blossom in the direction you want to go is attainable, and you are worth the effort."
~ Deborah Day
The health food industry uses the spring season to market all manner of cleanses and detoxes, from liver flushes to master cleanses, and while I do believe that transitioning into a new season is a good time to support the body, many of these cleanses are overly harsh, unnecessary and expensive. Our bodies are designed to detox on an ongoing basis, and with adequate sleep, natural movement and a diverse, whole foods diet, our organs of elimination are able to do their jobs much more effectively than periodic detox products and diets.
~ Deborah Day
The health food industry uses the spring season to market all manner of cleanses and detoxes, from liver flushes to master cleanses, and while I do believe that transitioning into a new season is a good time to support the body, many of these cleanses are overly harsh, unnecessary and expensive. Our bodies are designed to detox on an ongoing basis, and with adequate sleep, natural movement and a diverse, whole foods diet, our organs of elimination are able to do their jobs much more effectively than periodic detox products and diets.
Spring, William McTaggart
"In my mind a detox is not something we force on our body because it doesn't know how to work. Instead each person's entire body can be analyzed for health, and if appropriate, herbs, food and lifestyle changes like exercise and deep sleep can help the body do its job." ~Rosalee de la Foret
This month's box will include products that help support the body's transition from one season into the next with gentle, nourishing herbs rich in nutrients and minerals. In your box you may find a milky oats tea and/or tincture (mineral rich, nervine trophorestorative), some delicious dandelion vinegar (mineral rich, alterative, liver support), inulin rich Jerusalem artichoke powder (prebiotic, microbiome health), balm of Gilead body scrub (moisturising, stimulating, antiseptic) and maybe an alder tincture too (lymphatic, alterative, antiseptic).
In the newsletter learn about the body's pathways of elimination, common symptoms when these pathways are out of balance, how to restore that balance, and why you don't need to do harsh cleanses or detoxes to do it. Read about why it's important to make time for on-going self care all year long!
This month's box will include products that help support the body's transition from one season into the next with gentle, nourishing herbs rich in nutrients and minerals. In your box you may find a milky oats tea and/or tincture (mineral rich, nervine trophorestorative), some delicious dandelion vinegar (mineral rich, alterative, liver support), inulin rich Jerusalem artichoke powder (prebiotic, microbiome health), balm of Gilead body scrub (moisturising, stimulating, antiseptic) and maybe an alder tincture too (lymphatic, alterative, antiseptic).
In the newsletter learn about the body's pathways of elimination, common symptoms when these pathways are out of balance, how to restore that balance, and why you don't need to do harsh cleanses or detoxes to do it. Read about why it's important to make time for on-going self care all year long!
John Everett Millais, Spring (Apple Blossoms), [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Boxes are offered with sliding scale prices. To learn more about sliding scale pricing, please read this post. But basically, in a nut shell (pun intended!), I invite you to pay one of the reduced fees, if paying the full price would cause you to be less secure in your ability to meet your food, health, housing or essential transport needs. To determine where you fall on the scale when choosing which price to pay, please refer to this infographic created by Alexis J. Cunningfolk (Click image to enlarge).
Please note: As of April 1st, HST will be charged on all products.
Please note: As of April 1st, HST will be charged on all products.
Large Box- 6 products
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Small Box- 4 products
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Please note that I can no longer ship to the US.
Payments can also be made by cheque made out to:
The Wild Garden, 2389 Pepin Ct. Ottawa, ON, K1B 4Z3
Additional shipping fees may apply outside of Ontario and Western Quebec.
Please contact me for more information: info at thewildgarden dot ca
About the Herbal Box
The Wild Garden Herbal Box is your opportunity to connect with and learn about the wild edible and healing plants of the Ottawa bioregion. Monthly boxes are delivered directly to your door. Each month’s box will explore a particular theme and comes with a detailed newsletter highlighting the products for the month and is full of information, historical lore, recipes and more! Herbal boxes make great gifts and can be shipped directly to the recipient.
Monthly subscribers also enjoy free access to any walks and select workshops offered by the Wild Garden, during the month(s) for which they are subscribed. (Material fees apply and pre-registration is required.)
With an herbal box you can:
Payments can also be made by cheque made out to:
The Wild Garden, 2389 Pepin Ct. Ottawa, ON, K1B 4Z3
Additional shipping fees may apply outside of Ontario and Western Quebec.
Please contact me for more information: info at thewildgarden dot ca
About the Herbal Box
The Wild Garden Herbal Box is your opportunity to connect with and learn about the wild edible and healing plants of the Ottawa bioregion. Monthly boxes are delivered directly to your door. Each month’s box will explore a particular theme and comes with a detailed newsletter highlighting the products for the month and is full of information, historical lore, recipes and more! Herbal boxes make great gifts and can be shipped directly to the recipient.
Monthly subscribers also enjoy free access to any walks and select workshops offered by the Wild Garden, during the month(s) for which they are subscribed. (Material fees apply and pre-registration is required.)
With an herbal box you can:
- build your own home apothecary of healing plants and discover traditional ways of supporting wellness
- support local, small-scale, organic permaculture
- incorporate more nutrient dense wild foods into your diet
- enjoy organically grown and ethically wild gathered foods and herbs delivered directly to your door (all products are made from herbs that I grow and gather myself on the Just Food Food Farm.)
- nourish yourself and your family with local, seasonal products handcrafted with love in small batches
- learn about the wild plants growing in the greater Ottawa bioregion
- loose-leaf tea blend
- herb infused honey
- herb infused vinegar
- herbal syrup or elixir
- wild herb seasoning blend, dried culinary herbs
- wild food preserve (jam, jelly, fruit leather…)
- herbal liqueur
- tincture
- herbal salve
- body oil, body butter or lotion bar
- herbal scrub or bath salt
- loose incense and smudges