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Spoonful Herbals

We are a non-profit organization rooted in our deep love and respect for plants and wild places. Learn more at spoonfulherbals.org

Spoonful Herbals is a collaborative effort for those with a deep love of plants and wild places, reverence for the body and spirit, and a joy when sharing their work and creations with the world. We work to make herbal medicine available to the so-called Northern Vermont community (unceded Abenaki territory). We host various Herb Mobs (medicinal plant gleaning events), offer an herbal apprenticeship program, and offer seasonal herbal remedy CSA shares.

09/03/2026

This summer, with support from UVM Climate Kitchen and the Intervale Center, we turned abundant garlic mustard and nettles into wild greens pesto for more than 200 members of the Intervale’s Fair Share program! 🌿

These often-overlooked plants are packed with antioxidants, minerals, and anti-inflammatory nutrients. Working with the Climate Kitchen, we refined our recipe for flavor, nutrition, food safety, and larger-scale production.

We were honored to share this version at the most recent Summervale and Climate Kitchen gathering! Our hope is that people felt inspiration to make their own pestos using locally gathered invasive edibles for seasons to come!

📸: Colleen Goodhue

09/02/2026

We have an exciting class offering from Spoonfuls Apprenticeship Alums, Aylie Baker, a teacher at The Schoolhouse in South Burlington.

From Aylie:
"Saturday, September 26 Storytime Preschool at the Schoolhouse is offering a free training for area educators interested in developing curriculum and growing habitat along the ruby throated hummingbird's flyway! This work was developed by our wonderful staff at the SH, with mentorship from Deb Soule of Avena Botanicals and the Herbal Hummingbird Hub, inspired by her teacher, Rocío Alcarón. Feel free to share widely - and join us!"

Learn more: https://northernlightsccv.org/trainings/following-the-hummingbird-growing-habitat-connection-community/

📷: This poster was made by Storytime preschoolers in lead up to their graduation, sharing their advice for hummingbirds and humans leaving the nest.

08/31/2026

This season's Community Supported Apothecary (CSA) share's EARLY BIRD SPECIAL has been extended to September 22! 🌿

If you know you’ll be stocking your herbal medicine chest with a Spoonful Herbals remedies, now is the time to order. Reserve your half or full share by September 1 and receive a bottle of echinacea tincture with yours.

Support local community herbalism while preparing for the seasons ahead!
🌺Reserve yours: https://www.spoonfulherbals.org/heal-local

08/19/2026

Remember when Summervale was postponed last month because of thunderstorms!? ⛈ ...well the rain date is TOMORROW, August 20th, and Spoonful herbals will be there with Wildcrafted Black Currant Snocones and Wild Weeds Pesto tastings!

Swing by the from 5-8 pm for this family-friendly, end of summer party!

08/12/2026

This time of year, Rooted Heart Rising Garden at Rock Point is in full bloom! 🌸

These beds of medicinal plants, are lovingly cared for by Kara, Broni, Phoebe and a dedicated group of Spoonful Herbals apprentices and alumni. They gather each week to w**d, water, harvest, and tend the gardens together, sharing both the work and the abundance that follows.

The harvest is divided among the gardeners and shared with Spoonful Herbals, where many of these plants are used in teas, tinctures, salves, syrups, and other herbal preparations for our community.

These gardens are a beautiful reminder that plant medicine is rooted in relationship. With the land, with one another, and with the generosity that grows when many hands care for the same place. 🫶🌿

08/10/2026

What began as a simple love of crafting beautiful botanical beverages is quietly growing into something more! 🌸🌿

Over the years, our shrubs and herbal syrups have found their way to community gatherings, celebrations, fundraisers, and special events. 🍹 We offer workshops locally, and bottles to share for sale in our online shop. Sometimes we mix up large batches for organizations to serve their guests. Sometimes we bring the whole experience, mixing botanical mocktails behind the bar and sharing the stories of the plants in each glass. We've gone from hand written labels and signage to beautifully designed packaging and menus, and we are so excited to see how it all continues to evolve!

It's one of our favorite ways to introduce people to herbalism. A drink has a way of inviting curiosity. Someone takes a sip, asks what's in it, and suddenly they're learning about tulsi, rose, elderflower, or aronia berries.

🫐We're grateful as this little corner of Spoonful continues to grow, and we can't wait to keep dreaming up new ways to bring plants to the table, one glass at a time. 🌿

08/06/2026

Bring a little piece of Spoonful home with you! 🌿

Our web boutique has a small collection of Spoonful Herbals merchandise, including canvas tote bags for market days and herb walks, aprons for time spent in the kitchen or apothecary, and our lavender t-shirts, available in limited sizes while they last.

Every purchase helps support the work we do, from tending medicinal gardens to creating herbal education and plant medicine for our community. 💚

08/02/2026

Community Supported Apothecary (CSA) shares are available for pre-sale, filled with handcrafted herbal remedies to help carry you through the colder months. ❄🌿

Our remedies made in small batches with local herbs, sustainably harvested, that offer shelf-stable plant support for yourself and loved ones throughout the season.

🫶Early Bird Special: Purchase your share before September 1 and you'll receive a free 1 oz Rose Glycerite or 1 oz Echinacea Tincture!

Half and Full Shares are available, with pick up in mid-December.

🌿If you've been hoping to stock your apothecary before winter arrives, this is a beautiful way to do it. 💚 SHOP HERE: https://www.spoonfulherbals.org/heal-local

07/31/2026

One of the beautiful things about herbalism is how one preparation can become the beginning of many others. 🔮🌿

An infused oil starts simply. Herbs resting in oil, slowly sharing what they have to offer. From there, that single jar can become a healing salve for weathered hands, a rich body butter, a nourishing lotion, or a balm tucked into a pocket for everyday use. Herbalists often weave together infused oils with tinctures, hydrosols, essential oils, and beeswax, creating remedies that carry the gifts of many plants in one small vessel.

It's a reminder that plant medicine isn't just about knowing the herbs. It's about learning how they work with them and understanding how to apply them to your everyday life.

Unfortunately Kara had to cancel her upcoming oil infusions workshop at Shelburne Farms. We will keep everyone posted if/when it is rescheduled!

07/29/2026

We hold deep gratitude for our partnership with the farmers and stewards at Intervale Community Farm and for the opportunity to tend these medicinal beds together.

Throughout the season, Spoonful herbalists gather among the herbs, harvesting with care so that the beds remain vibrant and abundant for farm share members to continue enjoying. What we glean becomes medicine for our community...teas, tinctures, syrups, salves, and remedies infused with the season's generosity.

These harvests are also opportunities to slow down and learn. To meet the plants where they grow. To understand which parts wish to be gathered, when they are at their peak, and how to harvest in ways that honor both plant and place so that abundance continues for all.

Thank you, Intervale Community Farm Cooperative, for inviting us into this relationship of stewardship, reciprocity, and shared harvest!

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Burlington, VT

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https://www.spoonfulherbals.org/

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