Black Cat Botanics

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Black Cat Botanics

I'm Lyza, a forest-dwelling plant tinkerer living deep in the Ozark Mountains.

I work with a variety of unique plants and fungi to create products that heal, relax, restore, energize, and more.

08/19/2025

✨ PSA: I do in fact have an Etsy page 👀 It’s stocked with good smells you didn’t know you needed - head to Etsy and explore!

Can't or don't want to make a purchase? You don't need to! Here's how to support my Etsy shop for FREE 💸:

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⭐ Leave a review if you’ve ever tried my products.

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That’s it—small moves, big impact. Click the link in the comments to help support me!

08/16/2025

Meet the Elderberry Shrub 🍹—a bright, tangy, downright dangerous little number made with elderberry syrup, vodka, Cointreau, and a kiss of apple cider vinegar.

Shrubs (the drink, not the landscaping) have been around for centuries—an old-school way to preserve fruit with vinegar, turning it into a tart-sweet syrup that was once a staple in colonial pantries and apothecaries alike.

They were sipped for refreshment, but also as a medicinal tonic for digestion, immunity, and general “keep-you-alive-ness.”

So of course, I had to toss in elderberry—the antioxidant-packed, immune-loving berry with a long history in folk medicine—and spike it. Because if history gave us a health tonic that tastes this good, we might as well make it a summer cocktail worth toasting.

🌿✨ Raise your glass to tradition with a twist. Who’s ready for shrub season? Comment to get the full recipe here!

08/12/2025

We're drowning in elderberries right now (send help) and the kitchen looks like a botanical crime scene🍇😂

So we’re leaning in hard and turning the bounty into something magical. What, you ask? Medicinal cocktails are our favorite kind of mischief: functional, foraged, and dangerously drinkable.

First up is The Elderhound — our play on the classic Salty Dog🐾 Featuring a layer of jammy-sweet elderberry syrup beneath smooth vodka and tart grapefruit, this playful puppy swaps salt for a spicy Tajín rim that lights up ALL your senses.

This isn’t just a cocktail, it’s a forest party trick — all that antioxidant + immune-loving goodness, dressed up for a night out.

This drink is just the beginning, folks. We’ve got a whole coven of wildcrafted summer sips brewing, and they’re coming for your happy hour.

So tell me — what’s YOUR favorite way to use elderberry? Drop your recipes, tips, or wild ideas in the comments… we might just make them!

08/09/2025

🍇 EAT THE MEDICINE 🍇 Elderberry is more than syrup-for-your-sniffles—it’s pie, cocktails, ferments, and full-on flavor magic.

08/07/2025

🔥🌶 The HOTTEST event of the summer is about to set Mountain Home on fire (figuratively… mostly). I’ll be slinging my goods at Burning in the Mountains Hot Sauce Festival this Saturday, Aug 9th, 9–3 at Hickory Park!

Come for the craft hot sauces, food trucks, and cold drinks — stay for the public acts of spicy masochism (yes, there will be pepper-eating contests).

Free entry, free milk, questionable life choices.

Bring your taste buds, your spice-loving crew, and maybe a fire extinguisher.

08/05/2025

🖤 Elderberry season is ON

We've got the goods and you know what that means—sticky hands, purple stains, and all the antioxidant glory your immune system can handle.

Now’s the time to harvest Sambucus before the birds beat you to it—these juicy little powerhouses are known for supporting immune health, easing cold symptoms, and making summer cocktails way more interesting.

🍷 Syrups.
🍬 Gummies.
🍸 Cordials.
🧪 Medicine.
Yes please.

Follow along as we process the first batch of the season and turn these wild beauties into something delicious!

08/01/2025

We're looking forward to seeing YOU at the Home Farmers Market tomorrow morning!

Enjoy FREE yoga on the grass at 8:30 + 9:30 PLUS live music as you shop!

Don't forget to stop by the circus tent and discover a smorgasbord of herbal wellness tinctures for managing anxiety, pain, the sniffles, and more.

Browse my seductive selection of personal fragrances and bomb beauty products, including brand-new easy-on chamomile lotion sticks!

Support your local vendors + farms in a feel-good environment bursting with positive energy and good ol' Mountain Home charm.

07/30/2025

🌟 It’s finally here! 🌟

Mimosa Bark + Flower tinctures are live in the shop — and yes, they’re as emotionally intelligent as they are beautiful.

✨ Mimosa Flower is light, bright, and mood-lifting. Think joy in a bottle. She’s your go-to when you’re feeling foggy, blah, or need a little sparkle in your spirit.

🌙 Mimosa Bark goes deep. Grief, heartbreak, restlessness, anxiety that sits in your chest — this is the plant ally that helps you hold it all and still breathe through it. Slow, steady, strong medicine.

🌿 Same tree, two totally different vibes.
Both wildcrafted, both lovingly extracted, both here to help you feel human again.

🛒 Click the link below to grab yours now, or shop the link in bio — your nervous system will thank you!

07/28/2025

You’ve seen it in sushi, smelled it in summer, maybe even mistaken it for basil—but do you really know shiso? Now you do!

07/23/2025

🔥Black Cat Botanics will be selling on 5th and Shiras at the this Saturday from 7-12!

Come down and luxuriate in my all-natural, hand-blended lotions, body oils, and perfumes. Or, grab yourself some wildcrafted herbal wellness products!

OR, just come by and chat! I love talking with y'all!

07/21/2025

🍄Do you have to buy reishi tincture to get the benefits? NO! Hot, wild Ganoderma species near you are ready to mingle🔥

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Mountain Home, AR

Telephone

+18702321882

Website

https://www.foraged.com/foragers/black-cat-botanics/home, http://linktr.ee/BlackCatBotanics

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