Plant Stories Archives - One Willow Apothecaries

It’s become a green wonderland here in the mountains. The basil is bunching out in the garden, weeding is now a daily activity, and last

We are in the full tilt of summer here and the trees around my house have filled in the cove surrounding me, turning my stilted home into a kind

In a world of overstimulation and endless possibilities for connection, opportunity, and demands on our time, the concept of setting boundaries

I remember, very clearly, the day I first realized I could eat grass. Another neighborhood kid let me in on the secret. Apparently, there was a

Joining the Unseen Though we pride ourselves in this country on what we can capture, quantify and see, it’s a simple fact that the vast

Summer is the domain of the manifold. In spring, I find I can delight in every flower, the succession of blooms feels manageable,

Summertime is like a linen sheet left out on the line— highlighted, outlined and defined by the omnipresence of sunshine.

I saw the smoke out of the corner of my eye, like a cigarette, pitched low to the ground and still smoldering. I was out alone, sunning

I first moved to these mountains in spring. Early spring, when things are still raw with beginning. It felt fitting. I had left behind my entire