Bohème Botanika Herbals

Bohème Botanika Herbals Herbalism classes, consultations and monthly botanical subscription boxes!

Shop my online apothecary of lovingly grown and wildcrafted herbs, concoctions, folk remedies, teas and potions all dreamed up and created with magic in the mountains of Vermont.

You are welcome to very special Holiday Open House for the official launch of Briar Stone Apothecary! (Swipe for sneak p...
11/17/2025

You are welcome to very special Holiday Open House for the official launch of Briar Stone Apothecary! (Swipe for sneak peeks!)

When: Saturday November 29th and Sunday November 30th 11-5 both days!

Where: Briar Stone Farm in Underhill, VT. Please see flyers for exact address

What: Kick off the holiday season at this festive apothecary open house and unique shopping experience! Make gift giving special again and discover the magic of Yuletide!

🌲Herbal Boutique. Shop the entire line of herbal wares in the brand new farm boutique plus check out lots of specially curated gifts like DIY herb kits, boxed sets, remedies, tea ware, antiques, botanical art and more!

🌲Apothecary Tours. Come see where the magic is made in this brand new herb studio!

🌲Refreshments. Sip complimentary hot tea and wassail and enjoy botanical mocktails and yummy herb infused goodies!

🌲Receive a mini tarot reading from talented local reader for gentle guidance and honest insights into the new year (11/29 only. $10 fee applies.)

🌲Outdoor Wreath Shop. Pick out a fresh, hand tied wreath or arrangement made with locally foraged botanicals!

🌲DIY Herbal Crafts. Visit the apothecary to make soothing herbal remedies to gift to loved ones or use in self care rituals! (Fee applies. Pre-registration recommended to reserve supplies).

🌲Eco- friendly gift wrapping station. And it’s free on purchases over $125!

🌲Chance to win door prizes!

🌲Vibe to Yuletide music around the fire while supporting a small, woman owned local business!

No entry fee or RSVP required (registering ahead of time for crafts is strongly encouraged). Just come and celebrate 10 years of business and our brand new apothecary!

More details and to register for crafts: www.bohemebotanika.com/events/openhouse

Despite the most insane year ever, I somehow managed to completely pack my holiday market and event schedule! You can fi...
11/13/2025

Despite the most insane year ever, I somehow managed to completely pack my holiday market and event schedule! You can find me at a bunch of fun holiday markets around Vermont this season!

And the online shop is now fully stocked and ready for your holiday orders! Reminder to get them in early to ensure delivery by Christmas! I’ve included a slide with some important dates and shipping deadlines for your easy reference.

And most exciting of all-I’ve decided to open the shop at Briar Stone Farm for several festive events including an Apothecary Open House on small business weekend! Opening a brick and mortar shop has been a lifelong dream and a long time coming and I can’t wait to share this space with you! And if all goes well I will be open for regular hours 12-6 Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays starting on December 2nd for all of your in person holiday shopping needs!

AND I’m bringing back the Yule Lore Workshop for one date as well! This was a huge hit a couple years ago and I sold out two dates in record time so register soon if you’d like to join me in the apothecary for this cozy and magical winter celebration!

AND I’m bringing back the popular Yule Lore class too!

I’ve been very quiet on this app due to life circumstances so please share with friends, like posts and and give me a little boost with some comments to get me back on the radar!

Details to follow but save the dates! And you can find all linx above!

Which event will I see you at this season?!

Www.bohemebotanika.com/events

This was the only bouquet from the garden that I managed to pick this season, and it was for my dad. Jeffrey Jon Kennedy...
10/27/2025

This was the only bouquet from the garden that I managed to pick this season, and it was for my dad. Jeffrey Jon Kennedy passed away on October 9th, the day before my birthday.

I was away from work, my life and markets for 2 months while I drove back and forth to MA in the days before his death, trying to see him as much as I could and to be of some support during a traumatic 6 week hospital stay and numerous serious complications. He eventually passed with his family by his side.

And I’m back here in Vermont trying to pick up the pieces. I wish I could just grieve, that I could just be a mourning daughter because that feels like a big enough job but my relationship with my dad was incredibly complicated. I was estranged from him and his fiancé off and on for most of my adult life. My father was an alcoholic who chose his vice over his children. He was missing from most of the important milestones in my life, didbt really know whst i did for work and had never even seen my home here in VT where we have lived for 7 years.

I don’t know if my father truly loved me. So the layers of trauma, hurt, anger and confusion makes the deep sadness that I feel over losing a man I didn’t really know that much more difficult.

Over the last 6 weeks we kept being given hope that he would pull through, that we might get a second chance at having a dad and he seemed to want that opportunity. For weeks I’ve mused on the idea of having a relationship with my father. And I really wanted that. I’ve always loved my dad but I wanted him to have the chance to know and love me.

It’s why I kept showing up. It’s why I chose to be a more involved caretaker for him in his last days than he ever was for me. It’s why I comforted him through the delirium of alcohol withdrawal, it’s why I asked to stay past visiting hours to read to him, it’s why I advocated and navigated through a horrifically unethical and broken medical system to get him the right help, it’s why I slept in his hospital room the night before he passed and why I held his hand and sang to him with my sister as he took his last breaths.

In the end we didn’t get a second chance. I didn’t get the closure I needed. I got a heap of medical trauma, nightmares, the guilt of feeling like I made poor decisions as a health care proxy, a mess of paperwork to sift through as I navigate being an “heir” though I never got to be a daughter and a lot more pain.

But I’m glad I showed up. I realized that the aching pain in my heart whenever I thought of my dad was always love that didn’t have anywhere to go. And these past months I got to pour into him all that love I’ve never been able to share. It was love that had hardened stubbornly into trauma in my heart and was buried deep in my belly and bones but as I spent time with him and witnessed his fear, shame, humanness and even moments of tenderness it softened and rose to the surface and bubbled out.

It was love that was rightfully his and I didn’t want to carry it around anymore wondering where to put it as he left this earth. So I gave it all to him. And I’d like to say that it was a selfless act of unconditional love. But there is a part of me that hopes that perhaps he will carry a bit of that love into the next life and find me and try being my father again. So until we get our second chance, RIP dad. 🩵

Have you tried my Queen of the Meadow Blemish Wand yet? This blemish and spot treatment is both tenacious and calming fo...
08/23/2025

Have you tried my Queen of the Meadow Blemish Wand yet? This blemish and spot treatment is both tenacious and calming for minimizing acne spots and blotchiness. Instead of harsh chemicals that strip your skins delicate microbiome, this remedy is infused with whole botanicals like Sweet Birch and Meadow Sweet that contain a natural form of salicylic acid to heal and protect complexion while still working wonders on stubborn spots. The metal roller ball is nice and cooling on inflamed skin too. It’s definitely one of my personal favorites remedies in the Bohéme apothecary. Find it at a local Vermont market or online www.bohemebotanika.com Or stay tuned to shop in in person soon at the store!

Drinking Vinegars are back! Summer flavors include:Strawberry RoseBlueberry TulsiRhubarb Lemon BalmNEW Cherry HibiscusCo...
08/09/2025

Drinking Vinegars are back!

Summer flavors include:
Strawberry Rose
Blueberry Tulsi
Rhubarb Lemon Balm
NEW Cherry Hibiscus

Coming soon:
Seaberry Rosemary
Peach Thyme
Blackberry Sage
Raspberry Bee Balm

Made with local fruit, honey and herbs!

Pick some up and add a splash to seltzers or water and to your enhance your summer cocktails and mocktails!

Get them today and tomorrow

Wandering through my wild garden in the height of summer with a glass of wine in hand is one of my most blissful pastime...
07/27/2025

Wandering through my wild garden in the height of summer with a glass of wine in hand is one of my most blissful pastimes.

It’s always when it gets to this unruly, untamable, dripping with weeds and petals and food and medicine and seed pods part that I feel the most satisfied.

The vines and brambles reach out and embrace me and tuck me into their cool shade. And when I’m knelt in here weeding (or dreaming or crying or praying) no one can see me from the house just steps away.

If I ever go missing, just know that I’ve been absorbed by a July garden.

Which Shimmer Body Potion have you discovered? I feel like I’ve sold a bottle of this to everyone in Vermont this summer...
07/24/2025

Which Shimmer Body Potion have you discovered? I feel like I’ve sold a bottle of this to everyone in Vermont this summer! So what’s your fave?!

This decadent body oil is infused with whole botanicals and is the perfect amount of healing, non greasy moisture for summertime skin. And a pinch of all natural mica mineral powder gives skin just a hint of subtle but sexy, sun kissed shimmer. ✨

Use it after beach, after bath or shower or as a massage oil or anytime you want a glow up!

Choose from:

🌼Goldenrod Seabuckthorn
🌸Bee Balm Bulgarian Rose
🪻Mugwort Lavender

Find it online or in person this weekend this Saturday and this Sunday! 🌈

Reason number 5,345 why I love Vermont. We spent a lovely Monday evening picking the juiciest sweetest blueberries  Ever...
07/22/2025

Reason number 5,345 why I love Vermont. We spent a lovely Monday evening picking the juiciest sweetest blueberries
Every Monday during blueberry season this peaceful berry farm that’s tucked away past a covered bridge at the foothills of the mountain offers PYO berries and have a pop up cocktail truck and taco truck on site. We made a night out of it and sipped blueberry margaritas and ate tacos in the field and stocked up on plenty of plump berries for eating, freezing and for turning into my famous Blueberry Basil Drinking Vinegar which will be at farmers markets soon!

We are ready for you Stowe! Come shop all the amazing vendors  today from 10-2! I’m filling in for another vendor today ...
07/13/2025

We are ready for you Stowe! Come shop all the amazing vendors today from 10-2!

I’m filling in for another vendor today and my booth is looking especially rainbow hued with all the fresh herbal remedies I just batched up! 🌿🌈☀️

Good morning  I’ll be here until 1pm with topical remedies, bath and body care, hair care and lots more botanical goodne...
07/12/2025

Good morning I’ll be here until 1pm with topical remedies, bath and body care, hair care and lots more botanical goodness!

Some fresh restocks today include:

🌛Dream Balm
🌹Persian Rose Serum
🛁Peppermint Rose Tub Tea
🌾Queen of the Meadow Blemish Wands
😶‍🌫️Smoke or Sip Herb Blends
🌼Dandelion Boo-boo and Bum Balm
🪻Tulsi Glycerite

And I have a handful of herb drops (tincture simples) with me today too:

🌿Elderflower
🌿Red clover
🌿Turmeric (w/ black pepper)
🌿Peppermint
🌿Raspberry leaf
🌿Oregano
🌿Spruce tips
🌿Lavender
🌿Goldenrod
🌿Milky Oats
🌿Reishi Mushroom (double extract)

The online shop is stocked too and next batch of orders will be shipping early next week!

Address

Briar Stone Farm 10 Apple Tree Lane
Underhill, VT
05489

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Bohéme Botanika is a "gypsy" herb farm and garden enterprise owned and operated by community herbalist Amber Kennedy. I rent land and garden plots throughout Worcester County to grow medicinal and culinary herbs, flowers and vegetables. I currently operate at Bell Brook Farm in West Brookfield and Ohana Farm in North Brookfield. I also forage for local, in-season herbs and botanicals throughout New England. My focus is on the health and harmony of my community through the use of plants and the natural world. I specialize in hand blended teas, botanical skin and beauty care, folk remedies, herbal elixirs and tonics, herbal first aid remedies, fresh herbs and flowers and nature inspired gifts. I offer a yearly Full Moon Herbal CSA and herbal workshops, classes and Plant ID Hikes throughout the year as well as a free weekly Teaching Garden . My products can be made to order and will soon be available in my Etsy shop and at various fairs, festivals and markets around central massachusetts. Email Amber at bohemebotanika@gmail.com to schedule an herbal wellness consultation or to order products that you might be interested in. Follow us for upcoming events and products updates!

Blessing! Amber Joy Kennedy