Author Archives: Green Farmacy Garden

Ma͏y 31, 2020 from the instagram archives ✨𝙳𝚞𝚜𝚔 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙶𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚗 🌹The flighty breeze of spring is moving on in singsong as summer sweeps in. 🌞We are so looking forward to the bursts & blossoms of high sun summertime. 🌺May … Continue reading →

From the Instagram archives: May 20, 2020 The forsythias, early magnolias, hyacinths, & Primulas have made their march o’blooms & set the tune for spring’s ever cycling melodies.🌼 The harmonies of wisteria & peonies, Schisandra & silver bells, are ringing … Continue reading →

    *Spring’s Simple ReTreat* it’s all there     We just passed the breathtaking tipping point. The beautiful balance between light and dark before the lengthening days take full stride. The vernal equinox is a time of vibrant beginnings … Continue reading →

The many faces (phases), & stories of Helleborus‘; a gallery…* Hellebore Helleborus niger / orientalis lenten rose, christmas rose . * The Helleborus’ winter blooms had to be paid their proper breathtakingly due respect, before welcoming the colorful energy in … Continue reading →

  “… And thus the snowdrop, like the bow That spans the cloudy sky, Becomes a symbol whence we know That brighter days are nigh; …” ‘Origin of the snowdrop’ –George Wilson Galanthus nivalis Snowdrop; Fair Maid of February; Bulbous … Continue reading →

::a personal account followed by some botany, research and lore:: A tale of curiosity awakened creativity:: As I entered the greenhouse I was enveloped in an intoxicating, exotic sense I had never experienced before. A divine fragrance coaxed to me … Continue reading →

Here at The Green Farmacy Garden we’ve been hard at work preparing the Plots and Terraces for visitors: pruning, weeding, seeding, mulching and labelling; all so we can share these plants and their traditional and emerging medicinal uses with YOU!! … Continue reading →

Daddy won’t you take me to the Primary Forest by the Amazon River where Paradise lies. Honoring his end of life wishes, ethnobotanist Jim Duke’s ashes were scattered not only in his Green Farmacy Garden but also into the lush … Continue reading →

Better late than never, Jim Duke’s Obituary appeared in the New York Times A version of this article appears in print on Dec. 6, 2018, on Page A28 of the New York edition with the headline: James Duke, 88, Scholar Of Indigenous Remedies.  By John Motyka Dec. … Continue reading →