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The end of a chapter 🌻 we have officially moved out of @mangaroafarms, our abundant regenerative home for the last 3-5 years. This little valley nestled in Upper Hutt, has held us through the rite of passage into parenthood & Zephyr’s first 2 years of life, it has nourished us with incredible organic kai grown on the land, and taught us so much about what it means to be in relationship to place & coexist in community. When I joined Graedon on the farm almost 3 years ago after finishing my degree, my intention was to really get to know this land, its plants, and work with my hands in the Earth. Since then I’ve witnessed this land through many seasons, attuned to its rhythms, met many plant allies in the physical for the first time that I will now know for life, learnt how to make my own medicine from the land, created my first ever herbal product range making over 100L of medicine and dozens of batches of balms and teas, hosted multiple foraging workshops, set up a herbal apothecary that will continue to weave herbal medicine into the community without me ~ all whilst rediscovering myself as a mother.

Meanwhile, I’ve witnessed Grae become not only an amazing father but a cornerstone to the evolution of this place ~ everything sketched in his notepad manifested into the physical ~ weaving his artistry & heart throughout this place so beautifully.

It has been nothing short of an incredible learning journey that I will cherish forever. This place - the Mangaroa river carving through the land with its roads framed with hawthorn and elder, its incredible colours in autumn, its low fog in winter that covers the hills like a blanket, its incomparably delicious veggies, its soulful generous community… has a piece of our hearts forever ❤️ thank you thank you thank you. Mangaroa farms is a true example of what it means to make the world a better place.

But as the land teaches us the importance of decay… everything must eventually be released back the the Earth, composted to create the fertile soil for something new 🌱and so it is… a new chapter begins✨ @ednotmed #regeneration

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Blueberry hibiscus iced tea 🫐🌺 recipe below:

1/4 cup dried hibiscus flowers
750ml of water
Raw honey
Sea salt
1/4-1/2 cup blueberries
150-250ml coconut water

~ Infuse your hibiscus in hot water for atleast 4 hours or overnight
~ Warm up your blueberries slightly on the stovetop
~ Allow to cool and add to your jar
~ Squish the berries to release the juices
~ Mix in your honey, blend well into the berries to melt
~ Add your hibiscus infusion & pinch of salt
~ Enjoy on ice 🧊

** don’t actually use a straw like I did, the blueberries will get stuck 😂

#icedtea #herbaldrinks #spring #elixir #hibiscus

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Wellington: we are looking for women who are ready to learn more about their menstrual cycles, and how to work with them rather than against them!

We have a Spring Equinox workshop coming up 🌸
📆 26 September , Saturday
⏰ 2 pm - 4.30 pm
📍Wellington Yoga Centre

You will learn:
~ menstrual cycle basics (what they should have taught us at school really)
~ the energy behind the 4 inner seasons of the cycle and how to work with them
~ how to track your cycle!
While you enjoy a nourishing tea from @wellingtonapothecary

Followed by
~ yin yoga
~ Qi Gong
~ acupressure points
(All to release menstrual cycle pain!)
Guided by @martinagiusto

You will leave with:
~ information to foster your wellbeing
~ practices to take home
~ menstrual cycle trackers
~ @superfeast tonic herbs 👀
~ @wildfolkherbal give away and discounts 🌿

We would love to see you there!

Comment “BLOOM” and we will send you the link x

Please share this so we can reach more women in the area ❤️❤️❤️

#menstrualcycleworkshop #menstrualcycleawareness #wellygals

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Nettle is the perfect nourishing ally for every phase of life & this iced tea is the best way to level up your hydration 🌿 learn how to make it below:

1. Add 1/4-1/2 cup of dried nettle leaf to 1 litre of cold water. Allow to infuse overnight or for at least 4 hours.

2. Strain and add nettle infusion to fill a jar 2/3 full. Add water (or coconut water) to fill the jar.

3. Add 1/2 - 1 freshly squeezed lemon, and heaped tbsp of honey to your jar.

4. Stir or shake well to mix honey!

5. Add your ice & enjoy 🍹

#nettle #icedtea #herbalmedicine #naturalmedicine #herbalinfusions

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🫐 IMMUNE-SUPPORT ELDERBERRY SYRUP 🍯 full recipe below ~ save this for when you need it 🍂

An elderberry syrup is a simple and easy recipe you can make for both acute infection and prevention support (if you’re a parent you need this because we all know how easy it is to get sick from your kid 🫠). You can use whatever you have on hand!

Elderberry is the heart of it with its high vitamin C, expectorant + immuno-stimulating properties. I’m also using elderflower for its diaphoretic fever support, astragalus & echinacea for their immune building and anti-inflammatory properties, ginger & cinnamon for their antimicrobial qualities, warmth, & ability to enhance the circulation and absorption of the medicine. Olive leaf, thyme & reishi are other add ins I love!

INGREDIENTS
1 cup dried elderberries
3 tbsp dried elderflower
3 tbsp astragalus root
3 tbsp echinacea root/leaf mix
2 tbsp cinnamon bark or 2 cinnamon sticks
2 tbsp fresh ginger, grated
5 cups filtered water
1 cup raw honey or more for desired taste/consistency

METHOD
1. Add all herbs to pot of water. Bring to boil and reduce to simmer with lid on for 35-40 minutes.
2. Remove from heat. Strain through a fine sieve or cheesecloth, pressing to extract all the goodness.
3. Let the liquid cool until just warm, below 40°C, before stirring in the honey. This keeps its living enzymes intact.
4. Bottle up! Keeps in the fridge for 2-3 months, or freeze in small portions for longer.

Take 5-10ml (2.5ml-5ml for little ones) daily through the colder months for prevention, or every 2 hours at the first sign of sickness 🌀

#elderberrysyrup #plantmedicine #herbalism #immunesupport #herbalmedicine

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4 weeks postpartum today ! and even managed to be back surfing ! 🏄‍♀️

mama is feeling so ready and inspired to create and to be on the making behind Bee&Ocean 🙌🏻

i’m sooooo happy and sooo grateful for this beetiful life 🐝🌊

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I spent such a special time in Waiheke Island visiting my dear sisters @tamsinkaufman / @wildfolkherbal & @rachelbakker_ / @earth.tostone

and I got the pleasure to sit in circle with them once again, over some cacao, and blessed their Moontime necklaces 🩸❤️

In the energy of Imbolc and Lion’s gate we gathered multiple times… shared our love, our visions, our dreams and hopes.

I find this annual (minimum) circle with these 2 essential, so I’ll always make the effort to travel and meet them, gals I love you ❤️

And to all of you who supported the Moontime Collection and my dream of unshaming our menstrual cycle and bleed 🩸 THANK YOU.

I want you to know that bless every single piece, pour my love and affirmations into them (I wish I could sit in circle with all of you! I hope the magic is felt regardless ✨)

Thanks for joining this movement! 🩸 One day we will all go around and know when we are in our inner winter because we will recognize our necklaces and bracelets! HOW COOL IS THAT?!

One necklace left to claim on this drop >> www.earthic.life/moontime

OR join the waitlist for Spring equinox 🌸

#moontimecollection #moontimenecklace #earthicmovement

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Comment “earth” to be sent all the details for the next online circle 🌱

#herbalmedicine #herbalism #medicinemaking #foraging

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It’s devastating that our government could even consider profit over the protection of our rarer & rarer wild places. The conservation amendment bill is the largest attack on aotearoa’s wilderness, diversity, and wildlife in history… I pray those in power comes to their senses & remembers that our lives depend on the protection of the wild ~ the places that give us our very breath.

The date to make a submission has been extended to July 13th so get your submission in! Link in bio 🌿🙏🏼

The Earth shall prevail ✨✨✨
#aotearoa #protectthewild #conservationamendmentbill

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Solstice blessings to all 🌞✨🍂 May this be a time to slow down & embrace the quiet art of noticing… as the sun slowly awakens from its darkest day 🌀

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Water is amazing at extracting the vitamins & minerals out of herbs, especially the longer you leave it! That’s why I love making overnight infusions of nutritive herbs (aka nourishing herbs) like nettle, oat straw, red clover, etc because they have such high nutrient value that when extracted in water for 4+ hours, provides its deep cellular hydration & wild nourishment that you don’t get in a simple 5 minute tea 🌿

You can do this for most herbs to extract more of their medicine, but if using hardier plant material like roots or bark ~ that’s where you might choose a decoction instead (30m+ simmer on the stove) 🌀

Simply fill a big jar with a big handful of dried herb & cold or hot water (depending on the plant) and let it sit overnight. Strain & enjoy! I use a sprouting lid for easy straining 🌱✨

#herbalinfusions #herbalmedicine #overnightinfusion #nettle

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We're taking a moment to acknowledge our local medical herbalist and naturopath Tamsin, who has graced the valley with her presence the past couple years. She's been the force behind @wildfolk.nz - brewing up medical herbal goodness for locals within the Mangaroa Farms context. Offering gifts of foraging workshops, natural medicine consultation, community togetherness and powerful herbal remedies, Tamsin has left an invaluable impact on the farm's capacity for natural health.

Tamsin has recently left the valley with her partner Graedon and their boy Zephyr to create a new life together in the north. She'll continue creating herbal goodness, whilst raising young Zephyr in a way that's aligned with earth's wisdom.

Learn more about Tamsin's offerings at https://wildfolk.nz

Follow @wildfolk.nz | @tamsinkaufman

#mangaroafarms #wildfolknz #earthmedicine #tamsinkaufman

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