About Us
Mission: Cascadia Chickadee Apothecary is dedicated to creating simple and effective plant medicine and beautifulbasketry. Chickadees themselves are small, common, cute and incredibly tough. I have always lived among chickadees, and their medicine is strong.
The best medicine is always found close to home; the plants of the Cascadia bio region make their medicine to support themselves in the conditions shared by all who inhabit this area. As an Elemental Plant Medicine Healer, I am committed to sustainably growing and wildcrafting the plants I use. It is vital to know the plants in order to learn their medicine and it is my honor to spend time with them through the seasons. I work with the five Elements of Water, Wood, Fire, Earth and Metal, and their corresponding seasons and attributes, to create medicine for mind, body and spirit.
My methods are simple. I grow as much as I can. I wildcraft gently and sustainably, so the plants may continue to flourish. I distill my essential oils and hydrosols in small batches, largely from gifted plant material. I infuse plants in oil, food or perfumers-grade alcohol, or vinegar. The ingredients I must purchase ( like waxes, carrier oils) are carefully sourced for quality and sustainability. I shift ingredients as needed to lighten the footprint on the environment. I believe in learning to use what I have, so I often make medicine with parts of the plant, use other parts to make a dye for my baskets and still other parts to weave with. I seek out scrap and mill-end textiles and fibers for weaving as well. My products come from a lifelong love of plants and gleaned materials. I am a nest-maker, a potionista, a weaver of order and chaos.
My home and workspace are on traditional lands of the Squaxin Island tribe, in an area historically known as Steh-Chass. The Steh-Chass people are known as People of the Falling Water. It is my honor to live on this land and I humbly acknowledge the Coast Salish people who have stewarded this land for millennia.
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