Gogo's Garden Apothecary

18/05/2026

𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 - 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:

As part of my ongoing studies in Bach Flower Therapy, 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝟑𝟎-𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬.

These gentle, heart-centred sessions provide a safe and supportive space for us to explore your current emotional landscape — whether you are experiencing 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲, 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐧𝐢𝐚, 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟, 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦, 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐏𝐓𝐒𝐃, 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 “𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤” 𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞.

Following our consultation, I will carefully 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬. Your custom remedy will then be prepared in a 30ml treatment bottle, designed to last approximately 5 weeks. Remedies are traditionally taken as 4 drops, 4 times daily, either directly on the tongue or added to a glass of water. After 3 weeks we will schedule a short (15-20min) follow-up session to discuss how you have been feeling while taking the remedy.

𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄: 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝟐𝟓𝟎 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞. 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲, 𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐢𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝.

I would be honoured to walk alongside you on your healing journey.

𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊: https://www.afrishanti.com/traditional-healing/bach-flower-remedies

22/04/2026

A taste of what you can expect this Saturday at Pagan Freedom Day 2026 (Western Cape)

* An enchanting assortment of world-class vendors
* Spiritual readers
* Healers
* Community
* An opening peace ceremony honouring the Land, the Ancestors, and the Gods & Goddesses

All the info you need is here:

https://gogosgarden.co.za/blogs/events/pagan-freedom-day-2026

09/04/2026

I am BEYOND excited to introduce you to our national 𝗣𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗡 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗗𝗢𝗠 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 - "𝗪𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝗲" - written by Venette Kruger & video by Ryan Edmonds.

Event info: Pagan Freedom Day 2026 (Western Cape)

𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐏𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐍 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐎𝐌 𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐒𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀!May our Anthem ring through the valleys and fields. The Old Ways have returned, ...

12/03/2026

🌼💛✨ 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧!! 𝐍𝐨𝐰... 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞...

We are walking along the sun-warmed path in Gogo's Garden , where the soil smells sweet and the bees hum their afternoon songs. Look down at your feet — there she is again, bright as a tiny sun smiling up from the grass. 𝘿𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝘿𝘼𝙉𝘿𝙀𝙇𝙄𝙊𝙉 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨 "𝙇𝙞𝙤𝙣'𝙨 𝙏𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙝"? But why was she also called "Piss-a-Bed", and "Faery Clocks"? 🦁🧚🏻‍♀️

𝙄 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣-𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙝 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙜 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩 for you guys just now on some of the highlights of why I love dandelion the most.
Later on I will teach you some remedies to make with her. For now... 𝙡𝙚𝙩'𝙨 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖 𝙗𝙞𝙩 💛🌼✨

Some call her a w**d, but old herbalists know better. She is a healer, a storyteller, and a little bit of garden magic all wrapped into one golden flower.

10/03/2026

CLICK HERE to watch a short video I made of helpful astrological moon almanac lifestyle tips for your week ahead... herbalism, nutrition, gardening, yoga, and more. All the things we love 💕
Enjoy! (Ps. The quality isn't great - but at least you know it's real and not AI, hehe 😊). A more detailed explanation in my previous post.

A short video of helpful astrological moon almanac lifestyle tips for your week ahead... herbalism, nutrition, gardening, yoga, and more. Enjoy! (Ps. The qua...

05/03/2026

🌿💚 𝙈𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝘽𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚:

Want to know what I am busy prepping in our kitchen this week?

One of my favourite things to do with off-cuts of herbs, left-over spices, and bits of medicinal veggies, is to create a Medicine Bottle!

I have written a little blog post on how I make a Medicine Bottle for the kitchen. This is a simple way to get your herbal fingers warmed up... and quite fun to put together 💚🌿

𝙀𝙉𝙅𝙊𝙔:

One of the best things to do with off-cuts of herbs, left-over spices, and bits if medicinal veggies, is to create a Medicine Bottle!

16/02/2026

In this time of Hooifees/Lughnasadh/First Harvest, it is so beautiful to see the gentle shift in the garden. The fire of summer is honestly at its peak - a sign that soon the tide will change, and cold winds will blow. 🍁🍂🍃

Today I collected a whole handful of African Marigold seeds, which I'll plant again in Spring. The healing properties of African Marigold (Tagetes erecta) are many. They are beloved in India, and Mexico, sacred to the ancestors and the deities. I adore the fragrance of the seeds, and at .garden use the flowers for skin healing salves (great for eczema etc) and it's strong anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and antioxidant properties.

14/02/2026

02/02/2026

I found some lovely Lughnasadh (Lammas / Hooifees) Recipes on this website - thought I might share for those who enjoy baking 🍂🌾🌞

Lughnasadh is definitely one of my favourite BAKING festivals, and berry pies have been an annual Lammas favourite since I was a child 🫐🍞🥖🥐🥧

In this blog post we offer a selection of tasty recipes using traditional Lughnasadh ingredients. They make great additions to your feast.

19/01/2026

𝐑𝐔𝐍𝐄 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤: "Make hay while the sun shines".

This week's rune portents some beautiful shifts - not just for us, individually, but maybe even some positive shifts on a global front as well 🌞 I wrote my interpretation down as a little blog entry, and I have offered us a simple candle ritual (using this rune) to contribute towards a global shift of peace. I hope you enjoy it.

𝐒𝐞𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤:

𝐑𝐔𝐍𝐄 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤: "Make hay while the sun shines" What this rune means for the week ahead: DAGAZ ("Dag, Day") is the name of this rune, and it comes right at the end of the Elder sequence. As one day closes, another begins.When I look at the symbol of the r...