Wild Gifts from The WANDER School for Foragers and Herb Lovers

Whether you're decking the halls, lighting the menorah, preparing for a feast, or hibernating this time of year, I wanted to make sure you knew about all the great gifts from The WANDER School - this is a small yet mighty woman-owned and operated business that exists to inspire nature reconnection and health empowerment. 

So, for anyone on your list who is wild food or herb curious...look no further.

It's never too early to start planning your holiday gift giving, and with Small Business Saturday right around the corner we wanted to get you thinking about gifts we have available. Read on, let us know if you have any questions, and as always...green blessings.

Abby's Book
​The Herbal Handbook for Homesteaders

The Herbal Handbook for Homesteaders: Farmed and Foraged Herbal Remedies and Recipes is a helpful cornucopia of herbal information and recipes for building health and tending to minor ailments out on the homestead, in your cozy  apartment, on the road, and everywhere else.

When you order the book here, there's a place where you can indicate who you want the book autographed for!

It's special, useful, and a great addition to any herbal bookworm's bookshelf.

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Handmade Appalachian
Wildcrafted Products

Stock up on The WANDER School's wildcrafted Elderberry Sumac Rose Elixir to build your cold and flu armor all winter long, and definitely don't miss out on the Wild Oregano Salt that adds a touch of wild to any savory dish. 

For any tense moments of obligatory gatherings this season the Harmony Tincture is a must-have. For every meal, and especially the heavy holiday meals, Bitter is Better is the non-alcoholic bitters formula that helps digestion when you take a squirt before digging in. 

Kiss chapped lips goodbye! Get a Pucker Up Lip Balm for you, whomever you'll be kissing, and all your friends.

Check out all the handcrafted items from Abby's apothecary here or browse below.

Wild Mushroom Tincture

$20.00 - $40.00

This tincture includes 4 species of ethically, sustainably, and lovingly wildcrafted Appalachian mushrooms. I made it as a dual extraction. Because mushrooms have alcohol and water soluble components, I tincture them in organic gluten free cane alcohol first and then a long tea extraction (decoction). 

Wild mushrooms are being shown to be super anticarcinogenic, preventing and fighting cancer. They are also said to be immunimodulating, taking the immune system from where it is to where it needs to be.

2 ounces

I take one 1/2 dropperful twice a day for immune system maintenance, and several times per day when I'm starting to feel sick. I also take a day of two off every couple weeks or switch with other mushrooms.

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The "Reciprocity (Giving Back) in Action" Initiative

The WANDER School is a 501(c)3 registered non-profit organization fulfilling the mission of connecting underserved communities in need to medicinal plants.

If you'd like to help, select "Reciprocity (Giving Back) in Action" from the Purchasing Options below to buy your product(s) AND send the same product(s) to a community in need also. The non-profit will take care of distribution.

Otherwise, simply check out with the "Buy My Product" option.

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Incendiary Hot Sauce

$8.00 - $16.00

This is a hot sauce and a tonic rolled into one! With a mild kick, the hot peppers, ginger, toothwort, and hawthorn are good for getting the circulation going. Toothwort is a native wild herb in the mustard family. The root is often substituted for horseradish, with similar taste and herbal qualities. 

The turmeric and ginger support the anti-inflammatory response throughout the body. Burdock helps tonify the liver and signal to the body that it's time to get the digestive juices flowing. All the herbs support the immune system all year long, but can help burn out the winter crud, too.

Everything is infused in apple cider vinegar, an all-around health tonic. 

Locally grown hot peppers, ginger, and turmeric. Ethically foraged toothwort, hawthorn and burdock.

I love hot sauce, and put a few dashes of this tonic on just about everything I eat!

5 oz

*These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. Consume at your own risk. Discuss any health concerns with a trusted practitioner.

ABOUT YOUR PURCHASING OPTIONS

The "Reciprocity (Giving Back) in Action" Initiative

The WANDER School is a 501(c)3 registered non-profit organization fulfilling the mission of connecting underserved communities in need to medicinal plants.

If you'd like to help, select "Reciprocity (Giving Back) in Action" from the Purchasing Options below to buy your product(s) AND send the same product(s) to a community in need also. The non-profit will take care of distribution.

Otherwise, simply check out with the "Buy My Product" option.

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Elderberry Sumac Rose Elixir

$25.00 - $50.00

Get it now before it's gone!

With wildcrafted berries, this elixir packs a Vitamin C punch!

Elderberries, sumac berries, and rose hips are all jam-packed with Vitamin C to give your immune system a super boost. Add local honey, spring water, and a little tonifying apple cider vinegar and you’re ready to face anything. Plus, did you know that elderberries can bind with the flu virus and keep it from entering your cells???

Radical!!!

INGREDIENTS: Water, Raw Appalachian Honey, Raw Organic Apple Cider Vinegar, Wildcrafted Elderberries, Sumac and Rose Hips.

*These now come in jars to keep the price down and make for easier shipping.

ABOUT YOUR PURCHASING OPTIONS

The "Reciprocity (Giving Back) in Action" Initiative

The WANDER School is a 501(c)3 registered non-profit organization fulfilling the mission of connecting underserved communities in need to medicinal plants.

If you'd like to help, select "Reciprocity (Giving Back) in Action" from the Purchasing Options below to buy your product(s) AND send the same product(s) to a community in need also. The non-profit will take care of distribution.

Otherwise, simply check out with the "Buy My Product" option.

Thank you!

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Harmony Tincture

$20.00 - $40.00

Trust me, you want this feel-good tonic.

I like to call this my “Happy Juice”. The powder puff pink blossoms, twigs, and leaves of the mimosa tree, called the, “Tree of Happiness,” in Chinese medicine, are combined with hawthorn berries, St. John’s wort, and lemon balm for this delightful tincture.

Hawthorn berries have been known to be a heart tonic for the physical and emotional heart. St. John’s wort and lemon balm have appeared in uplifting, anti-depressive formulas throughout the ages. I take a half dropperful of this mix whenever I feel the need.

*Not recommended for people who are taking pharmaceutical medication (including birth control), or those with bipolar/mania symptoms.

INGREDIENTS: Alcohol, Water, Mimosa, St. John's Wort, Hawthorn, Lemon Balm.

2oz

ABOUT YOUR PURCHASING OPTIONS

The "Reciprocity (Giving Back) in Action" Initiative

The WANDER School is a 501(c)3 registered non-profit organization fulfilling the mission of connecting underserved communities in need to medicinal plants.

If you'd like to help, select "Reciprocity (Giving Back) in Action" from the Purchasing Options below to buy your product(s) AND send the same product(s) to a community in need also. The non-profit will take care of distribution.

Otherwise, simply check out with the "Buy My Product" option.

Thank you!

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Wild Oregano Salt

$8.00 - $16.00

Add a touch of wild to any savory dish.

"Wild Oregano" is another name for bee balm, a more delicious wild substitute. It's antiseptic, too, with more thymol than thyme. REAL salt is harvested from the salt flats of Utah. This salt is amazing on anything you'd love oregano and salt on, from Italian food to popcorn!

INGREDIENTS: Real Salt, Wildcrafted Bee Balm.

1.5oz jar

ABOUT YOUR PURCHASING OPTIONS

The "Reciprocity (Giving Back) in Action" Initiative

The WANDER School is a 501(c)3 registered non-profit organization fulfilling the mission of connecting underserved communities in need to medicinal plants.

If you'd like to help, select "Reciprocity (Giving Back) in Action" from the Purchasing Options below to buy your product(s) AND send the same product(s) to a community in need also. The non-profit will take care of distribution.

Otherwise, simply check out with the "Buy My Product" option.

Thank you!

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A Year of Patronage gets you exclusive materials from The WANDER School 

Patreon is a crowdfunding platform that allows creative people to do creative work. Patrons commit to a monthly financial contribution that supports work they believe in.

Here’s how to sign your giftee up for a membership:

Step 1: Go to the Patreon page for The WANDER School!

Step 2: Decide which membership level you want to gift. Support starts at just 5 bucks a month, and Patrons get:

• Access to patron-only videos and blog posts
• Tips from Abby’s Kitchen
• Herbal medicine-making tutorials
• A behind-the-scenes look at The WANDER School's classes & events
• Bonus clips from the Wander, Forage & Wildcraft podcast
• Extended footage from Abby’s IGTV videos chock-full of botany and foraging know-how
• Foraged Recipes not available anywhere else

Step 3: After you select the tier that's right for you, you'll create a Patreon account. Use your e-mail address to keep the gift a surprise, or collaborate with your giftee and sign up together!

Step 4: Give that gift! Notify your giftee of the login info (your email and password) in a secure way, and make sure they know how to access their rewards. Patreon even has has a mobile app they can use to start digging into all the good information from The WANDER School to inspire nature connection and health empowerment.

www.patreon.com/thewanderschool

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Gift Certificates: $10 and up

Gift certificates can be used for just about anything from The WANDER School, including Botanical Property Surveys, workshops, plant walks, or herbal products. They're a great way to treat someone you love or say thanks! Just get in touch to let me know the details of your desired certificate and we'll get it to you!

Admission to the Sassafras School
​Class of 2020

If you are a super-generous plan-ahead kind of gift-giver..

...and you know (or you ARE) someone that wants to learn in person the art of Appalachian plantcraft, folk herbalism and wild foraging...

You're in luck because  enrollment is now open for The Sassafras School of Appalachian Plantcraft 2020, a collaboration of Abby Artemisia and Becky Beyer for students to learn the folk ways .

This 98-hour program is one weekend a month (May to November) from 10 AM to 5 PM at the Hawk and Hawthorne, 20 minutes outside of Asheville, North Carolina.

Two women foragers, medicine makers and craftswomen, have come together to offer a folk understanding of herbalism and foraging. They see the folkway as the way in which working with plants for food and medicine every day can become a natural ritual of life. It can become a lifeway. The curriculum is extensive. 

Admission to the Sassafras School Class of 2020 is $1280 before 1/1/2020 and $1480 after.