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Making Violet Syrup
Making a simple violet syrup with violet flowers, water and sugar.
Violet Flowers
Violet flowers harvested from the Raíces EcoCulture Herbal Garden to make an herbal syrup.
Healing Herb Harvest
Early spring stinging nettle, violet flowers and purple dead nettle harvested from the Raíces EcoCulture garden.
Pollination
Native pollinator in the Raíces EcoCulture garden.
Native Bee
Native bee pollinating a violet flower in the Raíces EcoCulture garden. When harvesting flowers for herbal medicine, only some are taken, while the remainder are left for the pollinators and to continue growing in their natural cycle.
Harvesting Flowers
Violet flowers harvested to make an herbal syrup.
Elecampane Leaves
Elecampane leaves sprouting early in the growing season.
Comfrey Leaves
Young springtime Comfrey leaves.
High Tunnel
Planting pepper seedlings early in a high tunnel allows the plant to mature earlier in the season and set fruit for longer.
Pepper Seedling
Pepper seedling planted directly into the ground in a high tunnel.
Seedlings
Seedlings growing in the Raíces EcoCulture garden high tunnel greenhouse.
Yarrow Leaves
Young springtime yarrow leaves.
Sprout
Seedling sprouting early in the season.
Seedling Emerging
A seedling emerging in an indoor seedling tray.
Raíces Herbal Circle Meeting, Nicole Wines
Raíces Director of Programming and herbal circle member Nicole Wines leads a discussion section at the February 1, 2019 meeting of the Raíces Herbal Circle.
Raíces Herbal Circle Meeting, Francisco G. Gómez
Raíces Director and herbal circle member Francisco G. Gómez leads a discussion section at the February 1, 2019 meeting of the Raíces Herbal Circle.
Raíces Herbal Circle Meeting, Angela Lugo
Raíces Director and herbal circle member Angela Lugo presents at the February 1, 2019 meeting of the Raíces Herbal Circle.
Zimbabwean Mbira
Mbira, a thumb piano originating in Zimbabwe.
Spiritual Tools
Cultural items that are used in connection with traditional spiritual practices in Zimbabwe. These items were shared by Raíces Herbal Circle member Sylvia Hove during her January 4, 2019 Raíces Herbal Circle meeting presentation.
Thumb Piano
Detail of the thumb piano portion of a Zimbabwean mbira.
Beaded Snuff Box
Beaded snuff box that holds tobacco.
Mbira
Zimbabwean mbira.
Incense and Snuff Box
Incense and snuff box used as spiritual tools in Zimbabwe.
Sharing Cultural Items
Raíces Herbal Circle member Sylvia Hove sharing cultural items that are used as spiritual tools at her January 4, 2019 Raíces Herbal Circle meeting presentation on spiritual healing practices of Zimbabwe.
Mbira in Gourd
Zimbabwean mbira. This mbira is played inside the gourd it is in for natural amplification and enhancement of the sound.