urban herbalism

dyeplants also make healthy teas: I am storing the leftovers in little cotton pouches that I've sewn and dyed with the respective plant (yarrow, goldenrod, St John's wort and walnut leaves) for the autumn and winter months

a holiday with friends and flowers

I spent a few days with dear friends, gathering plants for dyeing and making herbal tea and infusions, walking in meadows and crossing streams, picking fruit and making jam all the while cooking delicious grilled veggie dishes.

little snail-pal, enjoying the moss after rain

we stumbled upon this beautiful little stream

crossing the makeshift "bridge" the wide flower-filled meadow opened up before us

meadow sage /salvia pratensis/

goldenrod /solidago canadensis/

we tied up the bounty into bunches, then hung them up to dry

walnut leaves, St John's Wort, goldenrods, elderberries, yarrow

bunches drying in the early morning sunshine

fruit harvest: pears, plums, elderberries and apricots, topped off with a little lavender

we made jams in 3 flavours: cinnamon & chocolate plum, lavender infused apricot, and elderberry-pear and then dressed up the jars with hand-painted labels, rustic string and mini paper doilies

photoshoot props

lovely findsfrom the recent dye plant walk took centre stage today at a BOTANIKA photoshoot for the Budapest Design Week catalogue - can't wait to tell you more!

on my desk today

fragrant jasmine and roses from my parents' garden

the season's flowers

flowers from the forest

flowers from the market

flowers from the garden