- The Intention
- The Ingredients
- The Ritual
- The Woodspell Story
Recalibrate your internal clock to the rhythms of the night with this herbal tea blend. A mix of calming herbs - including chamomile, oat tops, and lavender - to soothe the nervous system is just the thing to slow down the rhythm of everyday life. Sip by candlelight, while reading a book, working on a passion project, or wherever the darkness takes you.
2.5oz
All organic: chamomile, anise hyssop, lavender, wood betony, hops, oat tops, cornflower
Steep 2-3 teaspoons in 8 oz of near boiling water. Cover and let sit for 10-15 minutes. Strain, sweeten if desired, and enjoy.
As an adult, herbalist and founder of Woodspell Apothecary, Val Alcorn started to see the enchantment in the elusive ghost pipe and lady orchid when she would stumble across them in the wild. She would feel the chilling magic at nightfall when an owl would hoots in darkness. The trees felt as if they were reaching out to her as bejeweled flowers bloomed at their feet. She began to see how the forest could provide a sustainable restorative agriculture approach by growing food in the forest such as nuts, berries, mushrooms, and perennial vegetables. This in turn would help the fight against climate change through carbon sequestering that the forest does naturally. She saw how this could be an opportunity to cultivate common and at-risk woodland medicinal plants to heal the earth and the body.
Thus, Woodspell was born. Out of a love for this land and a desire to delve deeper into the gifts of the forest, Val began crafting herbal medicines that spoke to her as a way to share this magic with the world. The 12 acres her husband, dog, and two cats dwell on in northern Michigan sustain beautiful plant communities from pine and hardwood forest that is home to trillium, wintergreen, and violets to a wetland marsh that hosts gentians, boneset, and milkweeds. All the herbs + ingredients used in her blends are either grown biodynamically to the cycles of the moon within Woodspell or acquired from sustainable, organic sources.
Val's goal is to show the wondrous relationship in the forest between magic and productivity; healing and progression, and how we can tap into that to live a more sane and beautiful life.
The Intention
Recalibrate your internal clock to the rhythms of the night with this herbal tea blend. A mix of calming herbs - including chamomile, oat tops, and lavender - to soothe the nervous system is just the thing to slow down the rhythm of everyday life. Sip by candlelight, while reading a book, working on a passion project, or wherever the darkness takes you.
2.5oz
The Ingredients
All organic: chamomile, anise hyssop, lavender, wood betony, hops, oat tops, cornflower
The Ritual
Steep 2-3 teaspoons in 8 oz of near boiling water. Cover and let sit for 10-15 minutes. Strain, sweeten if desired, and enjoy.
The Woodspell Story
As an adult, herbalist and founder of Woodspell Apothecary, Val Alcorn started to see the enchantment in the elusive ghost pipe and lady orchid when she would stumble across them in the wild. She would feel the chilling magic at nightfall when an owl would hoots in darkness. The trees felt as if they were reaching out to her as bejeweled flowers bloomed at their feet. She began to see how the forest could provide a sustainable restorative agriculture approach by growing food in the forest such as nuts, berries, mushrooms, and perennial vegetables. This in turn would help the fight against climate change through carbon sequestering that the forest does naturally. She saw how this could be an opportunity to cultivate common and at-risk woodland medicinal plants to heal the earth and the body.
Thus, Woodspell was born. Out of a love for this land and a desire to delve deeper into the gifts of the forest, Val began crafting herbal medicines that spoke to her as a way to share this magic with the world. The 12 acres her husband, dog, and two cats dwell on in northern Michigan sustain beautiful plant communities from pine and hardwood forest that is home to trillium, wintergreen, and violets to a wetland marsh that hosts gentians, boneset, and milkweeds. All the herbs + ingredients used in her blends are either grown biodynamically to the cycles of the moon within Woodspell or acquired from sustainable, organic sources.
Val's goal is to show the wondrous relationship in the forest between magic and productivity; healing and progression, and how we can tap into that to live a more sane and beautiful life.