Railyard Apothecary

Railyard Apothecary Railyard Apothecary is Burlington’s employee-owned herbal apothecary. We offer education, healing space, and access to high quality herbs to our community.

Our mission is to nurture individual, social, and ecological health through herbal medicine. All of our herbs are from organic and/or sustainable sources, either from local farms and forests, or from international organic distributors. By partnering with local farmers, wild-crafters, and educators we hope to serve as a hub for the herbal community in Northern Vermont.

09/03/2026

How to do a basic herbal wound soak - let us know if you have any questions! 💚🌿

08/27/2026

Magic medicine 🌼 St. John's Wort. How does it work? Plants have their mysterious ways 🌿✨

This infused oil is made with fresh St. John's Wort tops and sunflower oil. After several weeks infusion it's strained and used topically for pain relief and more. 💚

08/19/2026

Freah skullcap in from Hillside Botanicals, thank you so much Hillside for growing such wonderful plants for our community!

Skullcap is one the most popular herbs our there, which makes sense because it's great for stress! It seems to help by stimulating GABA, one of our primary neurotransmitters for relaxation.

To put it another way, its native habitat is streamside in serene wooded, mountainous areas around here. That's the vibe it helps us tune into.

A very needed plant in our world, and we are very grateful to help share it with our community.

Hopefully you can see in this video that tincture making is fun and easy to do yourself at home.

Let us know if you have any questions! 🌿💚🌱💦

This is what one year's worth of nettle and peppermint for our community looks like!Thank you Zack Woods Herb Farm for g...
08/14/2026

This is what one year's worth of nettle and peppermint for our community looks like!

Thank you Zack Woods Herb Farm for growing quality healing plants. We appreciate you! 🌿💚🌱

It's primary day in VT, if you haven't voted already don't forget to get out there and make your voice heard! 🌿 💚
08/11/2026

It's primary day in VT, if you haven't voted already don't forget to get out there and make your voice heard! 🌿 💚

Do you know this highly nutritious common garden "w**d"? This one was found on Depot St. in Burlington.⠀⠀Purslane (Port...
07/30/2026

Do you know this highly nutritious common garden "w**d"? This one was found on Depot St. in Burlington.
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Purslane (Portulaca oleracea) is one of the relatively few succulent plants growing wild here in Vermont. It's likely native to India and Persia, but due in part to it's tenacity it has spread to every continent.⠀⠀
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The plant is an annual, creeping herb, with a with a stem that's usually red or purple. The leaf is flat and plump, using it's strategy to become engorded to preserve water and thrive even in the cracks of pavement. Its small flowers have 5 yellow petals.⠀⠀
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Please make sure to get a positive ID on this plant by talking to someone who knows it or using at least a couple good written sources. But once you know for sure this is what you got, this is a great one to eat!⠀⠀
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Usually it's eaten raw in salad, or may be cooked in soups. It has a slightly sour or salty flavor, and is very crunchy and crispy. It's one of the tastier wild-growing plants! You may want to sprinkle it in a salad, or just eat it plan on its own.⠀⠀
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Purslane is a great source of nutrition - it has very high levels of omega-3 fatty acids for a vegetable. It is a significant source of vitamin A, vitamin C, magnesium, potassium, manganese, and beta-carotene.⠀⠀
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It's also a mucilaginous plant, meaning that it has "demulcent properties" which you might call slimy or slippery (like marshmallow root, slippery elm, etc.). This property is relatively rare in the wild plants of Vermont. Demulcent plants are generally soothing to the mucous membranes, providing relief from inflammation or irritation in the GI tract or respiratory tracts.⠀⠀
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Additionally, this plant has been used medicinally in many different places and times, for a variety of conditions. ⠀⠀
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Note that purslane is relatively high in oxalic acid, so some people may want to avoid, such as those prone to kidney stones.⠀⠀
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What about you? Have you eaten this plant or worked with it in some way?

Plantain and the other plants are loving the rain after a long dry spell! 💦🌿Keep an eye out for the wild plant friends o...
07/29/2026

Plantain and the other plants are loving the rain after a long dry spell! 💦🌿

Keep an eye out for the wild plant friends out there doing their thing where most least expect it. This lovely plantain was just on the edge of the parking lot. Unnoticed by most, yet one of our best plant allies for healing both the skin and GI tract. 💚

07/22/2026

Fresh milky oats for tincture, in from Hillside Botanicals. We are constantly in awe of the amazing-ness of fresh herbs coming in this time of year!

Milky oats is a great example of why some herbs do better in tincture form rather than dried form. The alcohol in the tincture is able to preserve the fresh constituents in a way that just is not the same when dried. In this case, those fresh constituents are the key part of the medicine.

Let us know if you have any questions!

Thank you Hillside for growing such wonderful plants! 🌿💚🌼

07/21/2026

Infused marshmallow leaf and violet leaf oils from Sunday's infused oils class. 🌿

More classes coming up, check the link in bio! 💚

07/18/2026

TOMORROW Sunday July 19 from 12-4pm - Join Brooke for an in depth workshop on infusing herbs into oils! 🫒🥥🌻

Address

28 Howard Street , Ste. 101-A
Burlington, VT
05401

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 4pm

Telephone

+18025400595

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