Sun & Moon Dispensary

13/02/2025

2025: Year of the Yin Wood Snake

The year of the Yin Wood Snake arrives on January 29, 2025. Check out these Chinese New Year predictions to see what the Snake has in store for us!

03/08/2024

"There is something hopeful about this expanded perspective: healing doesn’t need to come only from our social worlds, it can also come from the simple act of rekindling our connection to the Earth."

We are raised by people, but we are also raised by the Earth – here’s what that means for our emotional development

11/02/2024

2024: Year of the Wood Dragon

Every year is either Yin or Yang, and they alternate. Since 2023 was a Yin year, 2024 is a Yang year. If we know the natures of Yin and Yang, we know that generally, Yang is faster, brighter, more active, and more powerful than Yin. That already tells us a bit about the year. Big events will be more...

04/11/2023

In remembrance of forest ecologist, steward, teacher Andrew St. Ledger. A true champion for the trees and the planet. While he will be deeply missed, his legacy lives on.

03/09/2023

Earlier this year, I had the good fortune to join Wild Routes Ireland on their Bealtaine Blossoms tour, to learn about the native woodlands, ecology, and herbal medicine traditions of the Emerald Isle. This photo essay highlights just a few of the beautiful places we visited and studied.

10 Stunningly Beautiful Places to Study Herbal Medicine in Ireland

30/08/2023

So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called, retain that dear perfection which he owns without that title.

24/06/2023

DNA sculpture.
Unveiled at the National Botanic Gardens in 2013 to mark 60 years since the discovery of the double helix.

Remember Rosalind Frank.

24/06/2023

Trees.
Kissing trees.
Evergreens.
Pine needles.
Branches.
Forest.

24/06/2023

Carnivorous Pitcher plants
First hybridized in 1868 by David Moore, Director of the Royal Dublin Society’s Botanic Gardens.
Native to southeastern U.S., habitat mostly destroyed by “development”.

19/06/2023

Hello Hibiscus
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19/06/2023

Palm House
constructed 1839-1852