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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.
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.