summer. Once pruned, I mulch them with straw or organic buckwheat hulls (available through FEDCO). I topdress my rose hedge with compost every 3-4 years.
In the mid-coast region of Maine
where I live, the roses in Avena’s garden begin blooming in mid-June. Collecting rose petals early in the morning is one of my favorite garden tasks. The ruby-throated hummingbirds are always darting about the rose garden at dawn, offering their joyful presence as company. Avena’s roses bloom continuously for almost four weeks. With a basket in hand, I am out in the rose garden every sunny morning, collecting the petals for making rose petal elixir and for drying for winter teas.
Rosa rugosa petals have many healing
properties. They gently open the heart and mind and inspire a feeling of love and com- passion for oneself and others. They help re- lax the nervous system, reduce hyperacidity and heartburn and clear toxins from the gut. Roses are a lovely addition into herbal skin care remedies as they cleanse and astringe the face and impart a soothing and uplifting fragrance to one’s heart and spirit.
Deb Soule practices as an herbalist, educa- tor and biodynamic gardener and is the author of How To Move Like a Gardener: Planting and Preparing Medicines from Plants (2013) and A Woman’s Book of Herbs (1998). In 1985 she founded the herbal apothecary and farm Avena Botani- cals where she and her staff tend 3 acres of medicinal herbs and produce by hand over 200 herbal remedies. For information about the farm, apothecary and classes: www.
avenabotancials.com
Resources FEDCO seeds
www.fedcoseeds.com Horizon Medicinal Seeds and Plants www.
horizonherbs.com Johnny’s Selected Seeds
www.Johnny-
seeds.com Turtle Tree Biodynamic Seeds www.turtle-
seed.org Zack Woods Herb Farm (organic plants and dried herbs)
www.zackwoodsherbs.com
Books How To Move Like a Gardener: Planting and Preparing Medicines from Plants by Deb Soule
www.howtomovelikeagardener.com
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