With heavy hearts and also profound gratitude, we’re taking a moment to honor the life of our friend, teacher, and mentor, Julian Barnard, who has crossed the threshold. Julian was a speaker for the plants and their healing gifts. His creative generosity illuminated the Bach essence plants in ways that are vividly rich and bring the qualities of each essence to life. No other teacher has offered this in such a comprehensive and generous way: his books, especially Bach Flower Remedies: Form...

View this email in your browser Dear Reader, Here's your monthly flower essence nourishment: Upcoming Events 🌀 Open Circles Receiving and sending out Holly's healing light Attune to the archetypal qualities of Holly during this month's Open Circle Plant Attunement. 📅 Wednesday, September 16, 2026⏱️ 5:00 pm West Coast | 8:00 pm East Coast 🌸 Open to all Holly Ilex aquifolium - photo by Ruth Toledo Altschuler 👉 Read Ruth's Open Circle Invitation (Zoom Link within) Open Circles are hosted by...

Dear Reader, You may already know Holly. You may have reached for Pine dozens of times. Clematis and Honeysuckle may have been sitting in your kit for years. So why spend two hours with each pair? Because one of the things we’ve learned from decades of working with flower essences is that familiarity can sometimes hide as much as it reveals. We learn the indications. We recognize the patterns. We develop our shorthand. And then a plant, a client, or a conversation shows us something we hadn’t...