Blackbird's Daughter Botanicals

09/27/2025

A little late-summer beauty, and a peak in my living room, for all you curious folks.
If you’ve ever wanted to know what the bookshelf of an looks like… yes, it’s color coordinated!

If you want to check it out in person and hep make some magic in the gardens and herb room (or snuggle up on the couch with your laptop and cowork along side us busy witches), sign up for a sanctuary steward day (every Wednesday). We usually end with a kid-friendly potluck… and I’ll happily send you back home with the perfect tea blend and a cutting from my pothos. 🧚😘🧙🏼‍♀️💗

09/08/2025

Time to gather hops and share some pictures from our sacred rest retreat! This hops will go into dream pillows, tinctures, and teas to help us rest well throughout the year. And our memories from last weekend‘s glorious adventures, coupled with our new knowledge, skills, and plans to continue learning and tending to our sweet spirits and each other will keep us well in heart, mind and community. Here’s to sacred rest!

08/22/2025

Pack your favorite pillow! It's almost time for our Sacred Rest Retreat (and I'm cooking!) - https://mailchi.mp/blackbirdsdaughter/join-us-for-sharefest-and-the-final-apprenticeships-5858584

08/15/2025

You can’t fill from an empty cup, Beloved.

If you’re looking for a restorative retreat to recede from the stress of everyday life, so you can RE-SEED your magic into the world…

This is it.

Fully KitchenWitch Catered by Jessica and designed to nourish, cherish, and guide your nervous system and sense of self back to a place of potent, resilient, power!

Only five spots left!

Strip away the stress, and spend your time as skyclad as you wish, basking in the gentle embrace of Gaia.

Come enjoy long naps, peaceful birdsong, ceremony, celebration, incredible meals, and spiritual skill building. You’ll leave well resourced, rested.

Check out our schedule and incredible menu on the website!

https://www.blackbirdsdaughter.com/registerhere/sacredrestretreat

08/13/2025

Oh my tired babes, have I got the most magical splendiferously pampering getaway planned for you!

Listen, my darling:

YOU CAN’T FILL FROM AN EMPTY CUP.

I know you know this, but I also know that the world is incredibly damaged and damaging right now and if you’re anything like me, you feel it big and you feel it deep. You’re also probably pulled in a lot of different directions trying to hold s**t together and be the change and make sense of the incomprehensible while also, you know, existing.

It’s overwhelming, and you might even be feeling overwhelmed more often than you’d like to admit.

I get it. It’s a sign of a healthy sense of ethics and interdependence for your nervous system to respond to uncertainty and cruelty and devastation with big internal warning signs! You may even notice a disruption in your sleep, your digestive system or even your ability to find joy in the things that you know you love. It’s OK,I got you.

This Labor Day weekend, how about you let me take care of you?

Take a deep breath, and imagine being able to unwind, relax, nap under a shady tree, or float naked in the pond, with nobody asking anything of you (except maybe if you’d like another snack or a refill of your herb-infused water).
You wander over to the Oracle Altar and pull a card, then decide to sign up for a 1-on-1 wise woman session. Later, you stroll on a walking meditation and immerse yourself in the sounds of bird song and the feel of moss underneath your toes. Ahhhh….

If you’ve been feeling confined, you can strip all of that away for 4 sacred days of bliss. You don’t even need to wear clothes if you don’t want to! The entire retreat is clothing optional, so you can go Skyclad and truly connect with nature, exactly as you are.

I will personally be kitchen witching every single meal, from our opening dinner to the snacks I send you on your way with at the end, and when I tell you I’ve made the most glorious menu, I mean it! You can see for yourself on our sign-up sheet (and I’ll accommodate all dietary restrictions).

If this all sounds amazing, go check it out on the website and sign up! There’s room for 5 more folks. I hope you’re one of them! 🥰💗🌿

https://www.blackbirdsdaughter.com/registerhere/sacredrestretreat

07/20/2025

Aunties got that magic touch 😝

06/01/2025

Lady slippers have always been a magical sight in the late spring woodlands and this year they were far more abundant than I’ve seen before. Showy, fleshy, strangely demure for an orchid reminiscent of things far more *anatomical* than footwear, they strike me as restful yet stunning emissaries of both the understory and the fairy realm. And going in search of them is such a seasonal rite - are you there? Are you up yet? Ahhh, THERE you are! How ARE you? What beauty!

05/24/2025

Go with the Goddess, sweet boy. Jack. Jackal. Jackalope. Jackalopius. Lopie. Lopes. Lopester Bisque (that one never quite caught on). Fuzzbucket. Squeaks.
I used to run his nicknames through my head as a litany, wondering how on earth I would ever manage without my constant companion and beloved familiar of 11 years. Yesterday the time came to say goodbye and it was just as peaceful and heartbreaking as one could imagine.
He was a therapy cat and forest guide (he led many groups, classes, and clients through the literal and emotional woods with me), a purrbox (yet another nickname; he also responded to a little trilling noise I’d use to call him over, then wait respectfully until I patted the couch 3 times before jumping up and revving his engines), and my furry familiar and bestie.
He got me through so many transitions and losses, was a constant friend through chronic illness and countless sleepless nights, and was at Steph’s side as they they wrestled with accepting their gender-fluid nature, and when they had a stroke last autumn while we were in Canada (it's true what they say about purring being a healing vibration). He was an international traveler, and a great camper cat. He loved to visit family and explore new places. He once went on a walkabout for almost two weeks because I told him we were leaving on a vacation without him, and I will forever and always be grateful to the countless folks who shared his photo, my dad and H for searching for him, and the kind stranger who saw him on her ring cam and caught him. He loved getting brushed and snuggled and paraded around the house in a basket (I have so many pictures of Steph holding him aloft in various baskets and boxes). He once did a backflip to catch a baby bird (hence the bright ruffs he often wore, shout out to for saving untold birds at our nature sanctuary). He had a truly grating meow when he wanted you to hurry up. He loved being carried so much that I bought him a baby wrap last year and wondered why it took me a decade to upgrade from a pack basket. He tolerated many costumes, lorded over social gatherings, and was an excellent babysitter.
My deepest thanks to Dr Allison of Lap of Love Veterinary Hospice who let me administer the shot that released him from suffering, to S & M who rushed over a final meal of roast chicken, & all who loved him.
I laid him out under Grandmother Oak amongst the spring flowers he walked amongst, and buried him in the artemisia crescent moon garden, giving him to the Goddess to guide him into the next part of the journey.
There are more pics of him on Insta, and in the hearts of all who knew him. What a treasure it was to love you, my darling boy.

Rest well, Lovecat. 💗

04/02/2025

Spring Notes from the Sanctuary -

“Part of our responsibility, our soul responsibility, is to throw as many seeds as possible into the darkness. And isn’t darkness what the seeds require?” - Francis Weller

04/01/2025

Beloveds, if you’re looking for a restorative retreat to love up on your nervous system and the planet, join us at the Sanctuary on Saturday, April 19th (Earth Day Weekend)!

Nourish yourself with a day of ecotherapy, ceremony, spiritual skill building, delicious food and drinks, art, self-care, herbal gifts, and sacred stewardship of the Sanctuary and our own sweet souls.

You’ll leave well resourced, rested, and feeling interconnected with one another, your own wild wisdom, and with a deepened relationship with this magical planet we are blessed to be part of.

As always, this event is sliding scale! Social justice scholarships are available for any BIPOC or trans folks who would like them, and we have 1 work-trade spot available.

to register, visit https://www.blackbirdsdaughter.com/registerhere

12/16/2024

Need a quick peaceful reset (and some fabulous last minute gifts)?
Mama Gaia, Jack, and I have you covered! 🎄🐈🎁

Swing by for some shopping, a stroll in the woods, an Oracle reading and mug of tea, or just a hug and a chance to breathe in some peace.
You’ve got this! And I’ve got you 🧙🏼💗🌱😘

Address : 57 Lois Lane Barrington Questions: (802) 578-7931

12/13/2024