The Bilberry Birch - wild routes

19/06/2026

Glad Midsommar, happy midsummer. Today is a very important celebration in Sweden, Midsummer is probably as celebrated as Christmas! Midsummer remains a pagan celebration of light, vitality and fertility! We gather in communinty, dance and sing around the "midsummer pole" including performing the "small foggy" song and dance 😂, women wear beautiful crowns made of plants. Young women will gather 7 plants, harvested in silence and put under their pillow to reveal their future love in their dreams.
With my daughter Aila, it has become a tradition that we either pick a bouquet of flowers to dry out or/and make a flower crown for the midsummer occasion. These are such special beautiful moments together that I'll never forget 💚🙌🌼🌸🍀

18/06/2026

Join us this Sunday 21st of June for a magical solstice retreat including a medicinal plant walk, yoga, meditation and a homemade delicious brunch!
We have a few places left! Treat yourself to a delightful morning 🌞🌞🌿🌳💚🙌🙌🌟
From 9am to 1pm, in Radnorhall in Bodenham, just outside Salisbury.
Cost: £60
Please email either myself Sophia for more information at [email protected]

Or proceed with bookings via Emma's website directly:
https://emmalovellyoga.co.uk/book-a-yoga-class-in-salisbury/

15/06/2026

10/06/2026

It's true that Wild garlic (Allium ursinum) does have a short harvest window, but you can extend it a little bit by also harvesting and using the seeds. These raw seeds have a punchy taste like garlic. They will make a great local natural substitute for you garlic granules 😊
Simpley dry them, then collect the black seeds. I'm planning to put them in a grinder and add directly to my food :)
Wild garlic seeds carry a highly concentrated version of the plant's medicinal properties, packed with the same active sulfur compounds found in the spring leaves but in a dense, potent form.
Some quick medicinal notes:
Allicin, a powerful antimicrobial compound: same as in Garlic, the seeds contain allicin. This powerful substance acts as a natural antimicrobial to fight off harmful bacteria, viruses, and fungi in the body.
Potent anti-inflammatory action by suppressing the body's overactive inflammatory pathways. When the seeds are crushed or chewed, they trigger biochemical responses that target chronic inflammation at the cellular level.
Cardio vascular benefits, just like garlic, the wild garlic naturally helps lower blood pressure and balance cholesterol levels (it prevents LDL "bad" cholesterol from oxydising) . It improves blood circulation and helps prevent the clumping of blood platelets, reducing the risk of many heart conditions.
And finally, it's a very powerful Anti-oxydant, this medicinal action has huge spectrum of systematic health benefits. In a few words, antioxidants neutralises free radicals, which are unstable molecules that destroy healthy cells. By mopping up these molecules, they prevent cell mutation, slow down the internal aging of organs, and help maintain tissue elasticity.

Time to get harvesting some wild garlic pods!! 😂😜😉😃🌿💚🐻🧄🌟🔥

04/06/2026

It's Kombucha making day! Today's batch is packed with wildflowers, some pommygranit and ginger to make this already amazing healthy beverage even more medicinal!

I'll restrain from drinking it all, because I'm saving some for our upcoming solstice retreat on the 21st of June outside Salisbury! There are a few spaces left, it will be a lovely energising gathering with a medicinal plant walk, yoga and meditation, homemade sesonal brunch
https://emmalovellyoga.co.uk/book-a-yoga-class-in-salisbury/

Enjoy the kombucha making video, have a lovely day!

31/05/2026

For tonight's blue full moon in Sagittarius I've wanted to work with lady Mugwort, it was actually a dear friend who suggested to make a full moon ritual with her.
I've been out on a lovely evening walk to find her, I'm preparing a moon flower essence, I've hung some up to dry out and soak up the special energy from tonight's moon that I'll use for tea and to make smudge sticks, I've placed a branch by my bed and I've prepared an evening tea.
I'm hoping to have lucid, intuitive, and expanded dreams and wake up with positive yin energy, release of any low vibe energy that doesn't belong to me.
I'm already feeling energised for the week ahead!
I wish the same to you all 🌑 🌑 🌑 🌑 🙌 🙌 🙌 🌿 🌿 🌿

31/05/2026

For tonight's blue full moon in Sagittarius I've wanted to work with lady Mugwort, it was actually a dear friend who suggested to make a full moon ritual with her.
I've been out on a lovely evening walk to find her, I'm preparing a moon flower essence, I've hung some up to dry out and soak up the special energy from tonight's moon that I'll use for tea and to make smudge sticks, I've placed a branch by my bed and I've prepared an evening tea.
I'm hoping to have lucid, intuitive, and expanded dreams and wake up with positive yin energy, release of any low vibe energy that doesn't belong to me.
I'm already feeling energised for the week ahead!
I wish the same to you all 🌑 🌑 🌑 🌑 🙌 🙌 🙌 🌿 🌿 🌿

30/05/2026

Did you know we have a summer solstice retreat on the 21st of June with medicinal plant walk, yoga, breath work, meditation, seasonal brunch And optional RITUAL SAUNA!?
It takes place just outside Salisbury, Wiltshire
Please use the link below for booking
https://emmalovellyoga.co.uk/book-a-yoga-class-in-salisbury/

We have just made some Sauna wisks and smugesticks!
Using leave wisks in the sauna ritual has physiological properties but also spiritual ones that transform your standard sauna into a shamanic cleansing ritual, pulling deep energetic blockages out from the body and replacing them with grounding forest medecin. Brushing your skin with their leaves transfer their essence/life force energy directly to the bather.
Beech wisks contains mild organic acids and cleansing properties that helps stimulate blood circulation with a sweet and fresh aroma. Beech embodies ancient knowledge, manifestation and mental expansion and has a profound rebooting effect on the aura.
Oak wisks are naturally very high in tannins which acts physically as a powerful astringent, tightening your skin as well as being an anti inflammatory. Spiritually, the oak is the king of the forest and embodies strength, protection, wisdom and personal power.
Rosemary and Wormwood smudge sticks are a nice combination where the Rosemary clears negative energy, protect spaces and boost mental clarity.
The Wormwood is used for spiritual protection, deep energetic cleansing to ward off parasitic entities but also for psychic awakening.

25/05/2026

Oups, did those shoulders get a bit sunburnt over the weekend? ☀️😕 Aloe Vera to the rescue!
How are you coping with the heatwave!? We are loving it! Actually I'm lying! 😅 as Swedish lady my genes get over heated if over 26 C° haha.
Our daughter did get a slight sunburn on her shoulders today so I thought it would be wise to share some of my favorite rescue plants for sunburn and show how to prepare some soothing Aloe vera ice cubes.
Aloe Vera is a cool moist plant great for sunburn. It's a vulnerary so it helps to heal your skin externally, but also internally. The gel has traditionally been used to soothe and heal gastric ulcers, help with heart burn and IBS. It's an antifungal and there is lots more to say about Aloe Vera but I'll keep it short as in this video I'm focusing on sun burn ☀️☀️
The other 3 plants (there are more but these are my top ones!) I'd recommend as infused oils externally are Caledula (Calendula Officinalis), St John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) and Ribwort plantain (Plantago lancelolata).
These all have anti-inflammatory, skin-repairing (vulnerary), and calming properties.
Hope that might help!

23/05/2026

Morning dog walk foraging with 3 different amazing energetic preparations!! 👌☀️🙏🙌🌿🌸

-Infusion, remember to keep the temperature around 70-80 degrees as we have a few heat sensitive plants in there like herb robert and plantain ribwort. I prepare one big pot of infusion every morning (varies on what I need and what's available in nature) and let it sit, I drink from it throughout the day

- Sun charged water alter its frequency, structure, and energetic properties, so just imagine adding these plants how much positive vibes you get! It tastes absolutely gorgeous and as mentioned the nettles will release their neurotransmitters in contact with UV (they are destroyed with heat), these ones are the very same as we have: seratonin and dopamine, associated with mood regulation, well-being, and even pain relief.

- Wild food sallad, you just can't beat it, tastes amazing, it's fresh and crazy packed with nutrition.

Always, prepare your plants with good intentions and gratitude. Be respectful and thankful when you forage. They are alive energetic being just like us.

Also, I don't think I need to say this but obviously, if you are not used forager, please only forage if you are 100% sure about the ID of the plants. Have a ID book as a backup as apps are quite often not accurate... Also, only pick what you are intending to use, and never over pick in one specific spot.

You might think it takes me a lot of time but it doesn't, once you get to know your plant friends and where they grow, it doesn't add much extra time at all. I have an very old slow dog to walk so it's incorporated in my daily routine and anyone can find a way to incorporate the forage if you are willing to. I this see it as a time of contemplation and walking meditation.

Going to supermarkets takes time... And No supermarket in the world can provide the quality and happy frequencies of what I just prepared 😉🛒🌿🌿🌿☀️☀️