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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.
Elecampane Leaves
Elecampane leaves sprouting early in the growing season.
Comfrey Leaves
Young springtime Comfrey leaves.
Pollinator on Elcampane
Elecampane patches around the edge of the garden help to attract native pollinators like bumblebees which are needed for pollination of certain vegetables like tomatoes, peppers and eggplants.
Bumblebee
Bumblebee gathering pollen from an elcampane flower. This plant provides food for pollinators and the root can be used as a healing herb.
Flowering Oregano
This mild flowering oregano can be used as both a culinary and healing herb.
Bumblebee Foraging Oregano
Bumblebee gathering pollen from an oregano flower. This plant provides food for pollinators and can be used as a culinary and healing herb.
Elcampane Blossom
Elcampane flower.
Elcampane
Elcampane patch in the Raíces EcoCulture herbal gardens.
Anise Hyssop
Bumblebee gathering pollen from an anise hyssop flower. This plant provides food for pollinators and can be used as a healing herb.
Echinacea Patch
Ecinacea patch in the Raíces EcoCulture herbal garden. This flower provides food for pollinators and can be used as a healing herb.
Echinacea Flowers
Echinacea flower in bloom.
Bumblebee Foraging Elcampane
Bumblebees are attracted to elcampane, a flowering perrenial grown around the edges of the Raíces EcoCulture gardens. The root of this plant can also be used as a healing herb.
Oregano and Thyme
Oregano and thyme growing together in the Raíces EcoCulture herbal garden.
Flowering Thyme
Flowering thyme provides food for pollinators and can be used make an herbal tea using the fresh or dried flyers.
Healing Herbs
Fresh herb samples on display at the July 6, 2018 meeting of the Raíces Herbal Circle. From left to right, the herbs pictured are oregano, lemon valm, violet, yarrow, mint.
Herb Seedlings
Herb seedlings split from plants growing in the Raíces EcoCulture herbal healing gardens in August 2017. These seedlings include lemon balm, violet, and rose of sharon.
Violet Patch
Violet patch in the Raíces EcoCulture herbal healing gardens in April 2017. Violets are perennial plants that also promote the life cycle of the black swallowtail butterfly, a native pollinator in New Jersey.
White Violet
White violet in the Raíces EcoCulture herbal healing gardens in April 2017. Violets are perennial plants that also promote the life cycle of the black swallowtail butterfly, a native pollinator in New Jersey.
Backyard Herbs
Backyard herbs harvested to illustrate and share with members of the Raíces Herbal Circle. Herbs pictured include chickweed, purple deadnettle, dandelion root, and violet.
Biodiversity & Herbal Healing: Herbs in the Garden 2016
A variety of healing herbs from the Raíces EcoCulture garden, including stinging nettle, echninacea, elcampane, St. John's wort, mint, yarrow and chamomile.