Laughing Birch Herbals

30/04/2024

I’m back in Turkey for a few weeks! Wildcrafting herbs in the Yayla (mountains along the Mediterranean coast) and preparing them to bring back for your teas and formulations 💚🌿🤗

22/04/2023

She is waking…

05/07/2022

My kinda fireworks—flavonoid fireworks!

16/06/2022

Look at the color of that dried calendula!

Vibrant colors mean fresh and potent herbs...
Our careful and precise herb drying techniques keep so much color that you have to blink twice to make sure it’s not just-picked fresh herb!

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15/06/2022

There’s nothing greater than an herbalist’s fortune in spring…
We walk among the herbs, watching as they grow, patient for the perfect moment—that shiny aura of green vitality—that compels us to harvest, process and share these herbs at their zenith of quality with you!

Here’s a little sampling of what we’ve been wildcrafting for you this past month:
Milky oats
Mallow
Sheep sorrel
Yarrow
Devil’s club
Rose
Plantain
Hawthorn

For more stories about our herbal escapades and what herbs can do for you, visit:
www.laughingbirch.com/blog/

09/06/2022

Bee working the woad flowers (isatis tinctora), a strong immune system ally as well as a traditional source of blue dye. Woad is one of over 200 herbal tinctures we offer in our custom formulation apothecary.

Come explore our offerings:
Laughingbirch.com/apothecary-store/custom-formulations/

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Bjork • I See Who You Are

06/06/2022

Open and receive 💚🌿

05/06/2022

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Hande Yener • Beni Sev

02/06/2022

Hospitality is a high art in Turkey—each guest is treated with utmost care, like a dear friend showered with abundant offerings of food and an ever-filling cup of çay (tea) to complement it. Besides the commonplace black tea, you may be lucky enough to find yourself offered one of many herbal teas, probably picked and dried by your host even. The concepts of sofra (table setting) and sohbet (conversation) are a beautiful daily art which is freely given and taken, flowing like breathing.

Our MediTEArranean Blend is a fusion of Southern Turkey’s herbal tea favorites into a novel, elegant synthesis that will take your senses on a stroll through the fields and forests of Alanya, a town which drapes along a beautiful cove on the Mediterranean Sea. All herbs are personally sourced directly from small farms and village harvesters, while listening to the ‘aunties’ who carry the wisdom of traditional Turkish and Yürük herbalism, as we hope to forge a bridge between cultures to introduce many of these herbs to Americans.

Envelop your taste buds with the deep, velvety-smooth notes of avocado leaf, the golden vibrancy of ‘adaçayı’ sage-like aromatics, a delight of fruity mulberry, loquat and cherry, a hint of mild, Turkish ‘nane’ mint, and June sunbeams of flowering linden in this loose-leaf herbal tea.

Find it here:
https://laughingbirch.com/product/meditearranean-blend/

29/05/2022

Ready to feel this vibrant inside?

Our tinctures and teas reconnect you—from forest to formula…
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🌿💚

28/05/2022

Dreamtime in the forest

24/05/2022

Looking for that inner smile?
Try our Happy & Calm herbal tincture!

Meet your harmonic herbal trio:

Rose brings an essence of happiness and hope that reminds us of the sweetness of living. Our rose is sourced directly from traditional farmers in Turkey, where they’ve been perfecting the art of rose cultivation for millennia.

St. John’s wort is the golden flower that blooms at summer solstice. Like a warm internal glow, it guides us through dark passages, calming our nerves and pains, and delivers us onto warm, friendly shores of new possibilities. We have more than a little fun harvesting our St. John’s wort via raft on the rocky shores of small islands in our local rivers!

Skullcap relaxes edgy nerves as it gives steady presence—like a level-headed friend coming to your aid during times of distress. We source our skullcap from our local farmers here in the Pacific Northwest.

Head over to:
https://laughingbirch.com/product/happy-calm/
and “Wrap Yourself in a Green Blanket of Feel-Good”