Slow Botanicals Blog

It was spring of 2021. I was staying positive and seeing silver linings everywhere. This doesn’t mean I wasn’t in over my head. I was...

I wonder if you can relate? My daughter and I love each other so much and I really understand her. That’s great, right? I feel lucky. But...

It's winter. The mornings are dark, evening starts early. I actually like these long, dark days. I find them as exciting, even if not as...

Happy Holidays! Happy Solstice! Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Now that we are getting to the latter part of this special holiday time,...

Our autumn so far feels more like summer than what fall is meant to be. My daily life is ruled by the rhythms of the seasons, and so this...

A transition of seasons is upon us. It has become darker outdoors and I have turned on the light in my greenhouse and set the timer....

I really missed writing last week! The last two weeks have been very full. In my family life, the garden, and other going-ons with my...

I have been enjoying the special quality of light that has been falling on me, as I wash and slice freshly harvested strawberries

Over the past week, I have quite enjoyed myself while blending, mixing and pouring a fair bit of botanical skin balm and soap. Recently,...

While working the garden, I thought about how my garden tactics have changed, just like my parenting. For similar reasons.

Throughout my adult days, there have been the same threads always running through and determining how I spend my daily life.

When my husband and I first arrived in Los Angeles, direct from Montreal, with only two suitcases, I was excited to begin a new chapter...

I can't push the plants to grow any faster than they will. I can't will them into blooming ahead of their own schedule. I have to slow down.

We had another birthday in the family this week. This time my daughter turned eight. I was thinking about where I was when I was pregnant...

It is January, and though it is still dark in the morning, the light is beginning to increase. When I called the kids home for dinner...