Desert Tortoise Botanicals

09/08/2024

I'm also posting content and creating events on a new FB Page - Vitalist Herbalism

You can follow it here:

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61564094477017

Education

09/05/2024

There's still space in my free webinar on Vitalist Herbalism this afternoon at 3:30p MST/PDT.

I'll be covering the basic concepts & principles of Vitalist Herbalism which is at the core to my approach to Bioregional Herbalism.

Today we'll look a bit more closely at the Seasons & Elements and their influence on People, Place, & Plants.

Just click the link to register!

Learn the underlying principles of Vitalist Herbalism, how to work with plants for individual healing, and how to apply bioregional herbalism in your life.

08/09/2024

I've been gathering experiences with plants and information about their Nature for over 20 years.

Starting with a philosophical independent study into Chinese cosmology about 25 years ago, I began applying Chinese herbs on myself to observe the effects.

Then I went wild and found myself surrounded by Nature and indigenous herbalists guiding my way, all across the Americas.

The unofficial training continued as I settled into the Sonoran Desert bioregion and began applying all that I had learned, and continued to learn, from my first two primary inspirations.

I learned to observe the landscape, the elements, the seasons, and the plants' responses to them, and in turn, the way I responded to them, all within a framework of energetic herbalism.

This has been the foundation of my approach to Bioregional Herbalism which is intimately connected with the landscape and the wild plants therein.

Woven throughout all of this, including the spirit of the landscape itself, has been my own path of ancestral healing.

What began as a spiritual path, albeit reluctantly, nearly 25 years ago, grew, by necessity, into a business and was a lifeway before I even recognized it as such.

Persisting at all of it over the years, has provided for a deep, rich network of experiences and relationships that has many layers of nuance and subtlety - just as we ourselves do within.

All of this wrapped up together, in the broadest sense, is my approach to Vitalist Herbalism.

This is an approach to using herbs for deep healing in one's life, just as I have, as well as grounding and rooting oneself in the local landscape and its rich web of intricate interconnections that serve to inform us and invite us back into the web of life when we have gone astray.

I am bringing all of this forward now in my forthcoming online Vitalist Herbalism cohort course.

Nestled within a private online community we'll explore the herbs in depth while exploring ourselves and the natural world around us. The community engagement will provide a network of likeminded, engaged and inspired individuals seeking to learn and apply this knowledge within their own lives and, in turn, share it with the world.

As of this morning, the Vitalist Herbalism Cohort Course is open for enrollment.

There are 3 different enrollment tiers to choose from providing more or less engagement all the way up to an in person field study workshop and private one-on-one sessions.

I hope you choose to join me in this cohort on our intimate journey through Vitalist Herbalism!

https://www.johnjslattery.com/vitalist-herbalism-course

05/10/2024

I've made my first batch of globe chamomile, aka stinknet oil infusion to begin handing out as testers for those willing to apply it and get back to me with results.

I will have some bottles at the Rillito Heirloom Farmers Markets this Sunday (8a-12p).
If you happen to stop by and mention it I will give you one.

I also intend to put together a written post or video with the steps to making the oil infusion so more people can get to making this and begin applying it. Then we'll have a better idea of how it can be used from a wide array of testing.

My initial range of application will be to unbroken skin with irritation or pain present.

I will advise people to try a small amount first to see how your body responds to it, observing for 30 minutes or so, then proceed from there if there's no adverse reaction.

(FYI, "adverse reactions" aren't necessarily always a sign that a plant is harmful. Within the context of understanding, this may be the herb doing just what it's meant to do. But that's another subject).

I won't get into the process yet, but I'll either post the full explanation here or a link to it on this page.

Stay tuned!

04/01/2024

We're closed for Spring Break from April 2-7

We'll be back in the office 9a on Monday April 8.

Look for an upcoming Spring Sale for those on our email list!

05/31/2023

We're having a SALE!

Use discount code EARLYSUMMER25 to receive 25% off on over 2 dozen products.

https://www.desertortoisebotanicals.com/

Offering wildcrafted and organically grown herbal remedies from the Southwest and beyond. Our small family business produces handcrafted tinctures, salves, teas, syrups, and a prickly pear juice concentrate. Some of our popular tinctures include Chaparro Amargosa, Ocotillo, and our Gut Healing-Food....

11/29/2022

https://www.instagram.com/p/CljkMixPmVJ/We're extending our Annual Giving Back Sale that began last weekend (subscribe to our email list to be notified of sales and new products - link in bio).

Going back several years, our Annual Giving Back Sale extends a discount to our customers (20% this year) as a thank you for supporting our very small, hands-on business, and an additional amount is contributed to the families of Sonoran herbalists who have had a positive impact on Desert Tortoise Botanicals, my work as an herbalist, and the lives of many adventurers who visited these families with me on my Herbal Adventures trips to Sonora in the past.

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Pictured here is Doña Olga Ruíz Cañez who is survived by her 8 children and several grandchildren whom these additional funds are given to after our annual sales and other events throughout the year - as a way of Giving Back.

02/03/2022

I'm about to go live on our weekly Product Presentation...

You can join us for the live presentation via GoToMeeting
(https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/189132981)
..or view the recorded presentation on our YouTube channel once it's finished.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6BDarXQfZD6_cdIaonjjwQ

05/20/2021

https://www.desertortoisebotanicals.com/blogs/news/how-to-use-herbal-remedies

Continually seeking balance between traditional folk methods and insights from scientific research has been my practice since starting this small herbal products company in 2005. The world seems to have changed considerably since then (as well as how I'm able to reach those seeking these herbal reme...

02/27/2021

We have a new YouTube channel.

https://youtu.be/UP2BkniMNKk
Subscribe now to get updates on new video content.

Check out our first video.

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In this video, learn a bit about how Desert Tortoise Botanicals began, where the business is rooted, and how we relate to our local landscape.John shares abo...

02/02/2021

Check out our Flash Sale happening through Wednesday, Feb. 3.

We could also call it our Early Spring Sale...time for new beginnings.

Products in various categories are on sale including our...
Fire Cider
Vitality Cocoa
Autumn-Winter Tea
California Poppy Tincture (for pain, insomnia) .. & more!

Type in "sale" in the search box and you will see all the items that are marked for Sale.

Thank you!

https://www.desertortoisebotanicals.com/search?q=sale

Offering wildcrafted and organically grown herbal remedies from the Southwest and beyond. Our small family business produces handcrafted tinctures, salves, teas, syrups, and a prickly pear juice concentrate. Some of our popular tinctures include Chaparro Amargosa, Ocotillo, and our Gut Healing-Food....

10/31/2020

Hi, Just a quick update to let everyone know that our office is for local pickups for webstore purchases ONLY.

Our brick and mortar retail space will be right next door (245 S Plumer Ave. STE 27) but is not ready yet. We HOPE by late November if there's any luck for us.

Meanwhile, you can continue to purchase directly from our website then choose "Local Pickup" and there will be no shipping charges on your order.

Local Pickup is currently on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9a-2p at 245 S Plumer Ave STE 26 85719.

At Local Pickup you can also purchase Desert Forager beverages ranging from prickly pear shrub syrups (to make your own mixed drinks or mocktails) or any number of tepaches (like kombucha, but no tea and very little sugar) including prickly pear-grapefruit, white pomegranate, peach, prickly pear-pomegranate and more.

Thank you!