Lewisia flower tattoo

A wildflower garden of sorts may be made with a handful of seeds tossed onto a patch of untilled soil. On the other hand, such a garden may be the outcome of careful planning, with special arrangements for the needs of a diversity of plants. In neither case will subsequent maintenance be easy. No matter how idyllic the conception, how seemingly natural the outcome, effort is needed to protect the plants from invasion by weeds.

Lewisia cotyledon (Siskiyou Lewisia) is an attractive perennial with fleshy, spoon-shaped leaves that form a flat rosette above a long ...

I started learning herbs from an ethnobotanist and so even on the first day of class we were out wildcrafting. I remember circling around the cedar tree, giving thanks, and then gathering needles to make an infused oil. I asked her what plantain was, later she pointed out her comfrey beginning to grow for the season and I was absolutely hooked. Wildcrafting for food and medicine just made sense to me, an inherent human right had been reestablished. We harvest a lot of food and medicine for…

Incorporating plants native to your climate means less water, less maintenance, and more wildlife. Here are our top picks around the West.

Rey Jasper Andres N E W W O N D E R ®️ on Instagram: “Celebrating Hari’s triumph! Created a laurel branch with Lewisia flowers for an award-winning film director. Thank you for flying over and…”