What you can expect in your apothecary share

With each share of Olamina Botanicals’ 2024-2025 Community Supported Apothecary, you’ll receive a box of 5 herbal formulas made from herbs our founder Jess Turner grows and forages, alongside a zine she’s written to guide you through the plants peaking at each moment in the season, with suggested uses of each blend.

Depending on the time of year, plants’ medicinal powers are concentrated in their roots, bark, buds, leaves, stalks, flowers, seeds or berries. Jess will harvest the appropriate parts of each herb to take advantage of the healing they offer as they live out their life cycle. The formulas she makes will then speak to the areas in which our bodies need support in Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring.

Apothecary share sent to CSA members in July 2022

Summer is a time when we harvest flowers and leafy plant material, so your June 2024 share may include:

  • Cooling Skin Cream featuring Calendula officinalis, Purple Dead Nettle (Lamium purpureum) and Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris)-infused Sunflower seed oil and Aloe Vera gel

  • Shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa) and Peach (Prunus persica) leaf glycerite for regulating histamine response

  • Electrolyte-rich Sumac (Rhus typhina) berry and Nettle (Urtica dioica) leaf tea blend

  • Milky Oat (Avena sativa) and Multiflora Rose (Rosa multiflora) Nervous System Tonic

In summer, plants are focused on reproduction. They make flowers and pollen, fully leafing out to absorb as much sunlight as possible. 

2022 CSA members’ October 2022 apothecary share

Fall is the season when we harvest roots, mushrooms, seeds and berries, so your September 2024 share may include:

  • Tummy Tea made from Marshmallow (Althea officinalis) root, Plantain (Plantago sp.) leaf and Bee Balm (Monarda fistulosa) flowers

  • Olamina Botanicals’ Sweet Dreams tincture

  • Immunity-Supporting Oxymel made from warming, diaphoretic herb-infused organic apple cider vinegar

  • Pain-Relief Liniment featuring Ground Elder (Aegopodium podagragria), Goldenrod (Solidago sp.) and Cayenne (Capsicum anuum)

  • Olamina Botanicals’ Wild Bitters formula

In Fall, plants begin to send their energy back into the ground and produce the seeds that will become the next generation. Fungi release their spores into moist, cool air.

Olamina Botanicals’ November and December 2022 apothecary share

Winter is the time when we rest, plan and harvest the wisdom of the year, so your December 2024 share may include:

  • Warming Lung Tea, blended with Elecampane (Inula helenium) root, Bee Balm (Monarda fistulosa) flowers, Mullein (Verbascum thapsus) leaf and Marshmallow (Althea officinalis) leaf

  • Hawthorn (Crataegus sp.) berry, Multiflora Rose (R. multiflora) and Rosehip (Rosa damascena) Heart-Lifting Elixir

  • Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum), Ginger (Zingiber officinale), Thyme (Thymus officinale) and Horehound (Marrubium vulgare) respiratory syrup

  • Chickweed (Stellaria media), Purple Dead Nettle (Lamium purpureum) and St. John’s Wort (Hypericum sp.) Dry Skin Salve

  • Lacto-Fermented Hot Sauce

Winter is the time of stillness and dormancy. Perennials sleep. Seeds utilize various strategies to disperse themselves by the wind, land and waters. 

Spring is the season when we harvest barks, buds, shoots and early leaves, so your March 2025 share may include:

  • A mineral-rich Chickweed (S. media), Cleavers (Gallium aparine), Nettle (U. dioica) and Rosehip (R. damascena) vinegar to nourish the body through the transition to spring

  • Lymph Oil made from Violet (Viola sp.) leaf, Clover (Trifolium pratense) flower and Burdock (Arctium lappa) seed-infused Sunflower seed oil

  • Energizing Seasoning Salt blended with Nettle (U. dioica) seed, Turmeric (Curcuma longa) and Wild Carrot (Daucus carota) seed

  • Welcome Spring Tea made from Peppermint (Mentha piperita), Oat Tops (Avena sativa), Pericón (Tagetes lucida)

  • Achey muscle salve crafted with Populus bud-infused New York state Sunflower seed oil and beeswax

In the spring, plants are waking up from the winter, their seeds absorbing clues that the time is right to germinate. Shoots push up from the soil. Trees bud out, their sap beginning to run again. The energy perennials have stored in their roots moves above ground. 

An early apothecary share sent to members of the CSA in 2022

Plus, look forward to the following extras:

  • Pop-up herbalism classes during the season

  • Optional add-ons

  • Discounts on our non-CSA offerings

Quite the offering, isn’t it? 

Ready to sign up for a share? Click here to pay for your share in full and here to sign up for an installment. We look forward to making medicine for you!