13 Moons Herbal Apothecary

07/31/2025

Hello friends! Is anyone coming out from the Nelson area to the Okanagan in the next few days back to the Okanagan? Trying to see if I can get a pick up of Fresh Milky Oats from a medicinal herb farm in the Harrop/Proctor area to South or Central Okanagan. Please PM if you are willing/able so I can provide further details.

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07/23/2025

Hello friends!
Sorry it has been awhile since I last posted.
I've been busy harvesting so many plants that my head is literally spinning (perhaps its the heat?).

I will be at ALL the Penticton Farmers Market markets this summer EXCEPT for the following dates:
Saturday August 9 & 23.

Due to family needs, I will NOT be at many Rotary Club of Summerland Sunday markets this year. I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

However, one can always reach out to me directly as Replenish Refillery & Zero Waste Store in Summerland carries many of my products and have kindly been a pre-paid pick-up provider for those needing my brand of herbal products.

For those in Penticton, impactfull zero-waste refillery & pantry and LocalMotive Low-Waste Market both carry a selection of my offerings, with Impactfull at 309 Main Street also being a place for pre-paid pick-ups (thank you, Alex & Jessica).

If you have a tincture you would like refilled (at a discount), please let me know at least 2 days in advance, so that I can bring that to the market. It is difficult to do that at the stores, but I can do it at the market.

I will be offering more exciting workshops about Plant ID, Harvesting & Processing in the fall. If you want to stay in the loop, please reach out to me with your email and I will add you to my newsletter. Or wait and see a post here, Instagram, or my blog on my website.

Hope everyone is having a happy, healthy, and fun summer so far!

Blessings,
Sarah Willard
Community Herbalist
www.13herbs.ca

PS I changed my cell phone number in March, so if you need to reach me, just message me on Facebook.

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07/05/2025

There are still a few tickets left for 7song's lecture this Sunday, July 6 from 1 - 3pm at the Summerland Library on Herbal Protocols for Stress & Anxiety. Tickets are $30 pp, but no one will be turned away due to lack of funds. Please message me first as I have the master list of attendees. The earlier plant ID walk is sold out, so just the lecture is open to more people. Wheelchair access, no sign language, though. One day!

If interested, please message me here or on my biz email: 13moons.herbal.apothecary@gmail.com

Blessings!
Sarah

06/21/2025

Summerland Rotary Sunday Markets start tomorrow, Sunday, June 22. I'll be manning the tent in front of Replenish Refillery & Zero Waste Store!
The market runs every Sunday from 9am - 1pm on Main Street.

Please note that I will only be at this market 1-2 x per month. This is my only date in June.

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06/17/2025

Attention Penticton Farmers Market customers!

Due to the graduation this Saturday, the Kootenay Herb Gathering June 28th and 7Song's arrival July 6, I will NOT be at Penticton Farmers Market until July 12th!

If you need a tea or salve, please visit impactfull zero-waste refillery & pantry or LocalMotive Low-Waste Market in Penticton and Replenish Refillery & Zero Waste Store in Summerland. Note that I can drop off pre-paid items at the latter two stores as well.

Hope everyone stays healthy and cool over the next few weeks!

Blessings,
Sarah (13 Moons), your Community Herbalist!

06/17/2025

https://www.castanet.net/news/Summerland/556272/New-York-based-clinical-herbalist-hosting-workshop-in-Summerland-next-month

New York-based clinical herbalist hosting workshop in Summerland next month

06/13/2025

Well-loved American herbalist and teacher offering one-day workshop in Summerland, BC Canada, Sunday July 6, 2025.

7song, an Upstate New York-based clinical herbalist and teacher, will be offering workshops in Summerland, BC, Canada. He will be presenting a 90-minute morning herb walk in the Summerland area
(10-11:30 am) followed by an afternoon lecture (2-4 pm) at the Summerland Regional Library on Herbal Protocols for Stress and Anxiety on Sunday, July 6, 2025.

Tickets for the workshops are $30 for the lecture or plant walk and $50 for both. The plant walk is limited to 25 people, the lecture 50 participants. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds., but please RSVP by Friday, July 4!

This one-day event follows on the heels of the Kootenay
Herb Conference from June 27 through 30 in the Slocan Valley, where 7song will be the keynote speaker and presenting a workshop on Herbal Medicine and Disaster Relief.

This will be 7Song’s first visit to BC since the 1980s (during his wild hitchhiking days).

About 7Song:
7Song is a clinical herbalist, teacher, botanist, photographer, and naturalist from Ithaca, New York. He is the founder, director and main teacher at the Northeast School of Botanical Medicine, which he started in 1994. He is one of the founders and a clinical herbalist at the Ithaca Free Clinic, an integrative clinic offering free conventional and holistic healthcare. The clinic opened its doors in 2006 and has been open ever since. The clinic’s mission is to provide access to multiple modalities of healthcare for all.

7Song has been involved in first aid stations for over 40 years, in both off-the-grid and urban environments, treating a wide variety of first aid conditions and injuries. He has helped in disaster relief
events and street protests where herbal medicine can play a positive role in helping people affected in these situations.

For tickets and info, please contact the organizer: Sarah Willard through this Facebook messenger or email 13moons.herbal.apothecary@gmail.com.

06/12/2025

Looking forward to seeing everyone at Penticton Farmers Market this Saturday! I'll be bringing a sample of my Pretty In Pink as an Iced Tea to try!

06/12/2025

Thank you impactfull zero-waste refillery & pantry for the lovely write-up today. Many products available, but Pretty In Pink is especially nice as a cooling iced-tea this time of year!

When I say Pretty in Pink, I don’t mean the 1986 American teen romantic comedy-drama film starring Molly Ringwald and Harry Dean Stanton alongside Jon Cryer, Annie Potts, James Spader, and Andrew McCarthy.
No, I’m talking about the wonderful Sarah (13 Moons Herbal Apothecary) dropping off a fresh batch of tea last week, and who could deny the beauty of her Pretty in Pink blend?
(Sarah, are YOU making a reference to the 1986 American teen romantic comedy-drama film starring Molly Ringwald and those other guys?)
This time, Sarah made it with our Fairtrade hibiscus from making it possibly better than ever 🤩
This tea is made with cooling ingredients such as tulsi holy basil, rose petals, and the aforementioned hibiscus, so it’s the perfect, healthy summer drink that we already need.
We recommend steeping it overnight in the fridge and drinking cold for a truly refreshing beverage! Add some organic cane sugar, honey, or coconut sugar if you like it a bit sweeter.
Don’t forget we also offer her Minerali-Tea and Tranquili-Tea in bulk, and we are even a pick-up location so you can order all of her other lovely products directly and pick up here whenever convenient!
What’s your favourite of Sarah’s extensive tea collection?

06/10/2025

How far would you be willing to drive to see one of the best living herbal teachers in the world? 45 minutes or less?

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