• General

    More Foraging Escapades, Two workshop/trail tours, upcoming events this spring

    April 20, 2026 - By 

    Foraging in 2026 is off to a roaring start! Our first foraging run of the season was a 2 weeks ago Monday, followed by last week when we held two introductory foraging workshops. The first was up in Vernon on a public-use area of land where attendees were introduced to pine bark, fir needles, and got to see nettle, fieldmint and other herbs in their seedling stages. The second introductory foraging workshop took place on Saturday, where only workshop alumni attended, so rather than go through the entire foundational talk again, we simply hit the trail. One of them had…

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    Pine Garden - Regular - shop - Tea

    Tea: Pine Garden

    June 10, 2021 - By 

    Description: Give yourself a balanced, calming boost with this relaxing tea high in many vitamins and minerals, most notably Vitamins A and C. The scent is equal parts warm, sharp, and mellow. Has a sharp, bitter taste unsweetened after only 3 min steep time, and a more enjoyable warm, mellow flavour unsweetened after 10 min steep time. Net Weight:  22+g Tea: Pine Garden $12.00 Buy now

  • Catnip
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    Catnip: What it Is, How We Use It

    November 21, 2018 - By 

    It grows wild all over the Okanagan. It is known to make cats go crazy. It can be smoked like cannabis but is not related even remotely, nor has any kind of intoxicating result. This plant actually belongs to the mint family! Whenever we’ve tried to give this plant to our cat, he’s a) acted like it’s an intruder and to be treated warily, and b) the one time he couldn’t get away from it, he got worried and scared that he couldn’t seem to control himself. This plant has been known to sedate felines as well.  Our cat’s reaction…