Adrienne Crombie

Elderberry Syrup, Fire Cider and Kitchen Medicine – September

January 10, 2025 by Adrienne Crombie Leave a Comment

Date: Sunday, September 14th

Time: 1 – 3pm

$65/pp

$55/pp with early registration before Sept 1st

Please use Coupon Code FIRE

Get geared up for winter with an herbal medicine cabinet! During this workshop we will be discussing many kitchen herbs, spices and roots that work as herbal allies to strengthen your immune and respiratory systems to assist your body’s natural ability to ward off colds and flu. You will gain knowledge of how to work with plant medicine to relieve symptoms of cough, sore throat, earache and congestion. Together we will craft a fire cider and participate in a demo for making elderberry syrup.

You will leave with 4 oz of elderberry syrup and 12oz fire cider. Your Elderberry Syrup is ready for consumption. Your Fire Cider will need to infuse on your shelf and will be ready just as the winter season sets in.

Herbal tea and cookies will be served.

April Morecraft is a mother, teacher, gardener, and creator of Oak Root Herbals, a home based, small batch herb business. She began her studies 5 years ago in a farm based herbal foundations course with Linda Shanahan of Bluestem Botanicals. April has completed a 3-year apprenticeship with herbalist, author and green witch, Robin Rose Bennet of Wise Woman Ways and is currently studying herbal astrology online with Sajah Poham of The School of Evolutionary Herbalism.

She looks forward to sharing plant medicine and magic with you.

Fall Inspired Botanical Mocktails & Pestos – October

January 8, 2025 by Adrienne Crombie Leave a Comment

Date: Saturday, October 11th

Time: 1pm – 3pm

Cost: $65/pp

$55/pp with early sign up before Sept. 27th

Please use Coupon Code MOCKTAIL2

FallMocktails

Join Rosemary, Lavender, Sumac and Pine for a fun-filled exploration of Fall inspired Botanical Mocktails.

During this workshop you will mix three different herbal mocktails using tea infusions, glycerites, syrups and shrubs. As we sip, we will discuss how to use these methods at home. Then tickle your palette with a variety of seasonal pesto and herbal butters served on crackers, all recipes provided.

We will be taking a farm harvesting walk to identify the herbs used in my recipes and you will leave this class with some plant material, instructions and recipes to continue creating mocktails at home.

If you enjoyed our Summer Mocktail workshop, join us again as we will be working with all new recipes and plants.

April Morecraft is a mother, teacher, gardener, and creator of Oak Root Herbals, a home based, small batch herb business. She began her studies 5 years ago, taking a farm based herbal foundations course with Linda Shanahan of Bluestem Botanicals. April has completed a 3-year apprenticeship with herbalist, author and green witch, Robin Rose Bennet of Wise Woman Ways and is currently studying herbal astrology online with Sajah Poham of The School of Evolutionary Herbalism.

She looks forward to sharing plant medicine and magic with you.

May PreOrder – Hidcote Blue Lavender Plant

February 3, 2023 by Adrienne Crombie Leave a Comment

Hidcote Blue Lavender Plant

English lavender, used for culinary, crafts and floral display.

Prefers full sun and well-drained, gravelly soil. Draught resistant, do not over-water.

*PreOrder for Farm Pick Up May 6th through May 14th NO SHIPPING.

DETAILS

Genus: Lavandula

Species: angustifolia

Variety: Hidcote Blue

Plant container: half gallon.

Zone: 5-9

Spread: 24 in.

Color: Blue violet

Bloom time: Early Spring, second bloom in Fall.

Deer resistant. Attracts butterflies and beneficial insects.

Inspire U2 Think

April 14, 2022 by Adrienne Crombie Leave a Comment

It’s my pleasure to introduce you to Sandy Castelleni, the remarkable woman behind “InspireU2Think“, a Hunterdon County based business that is modeled with the idea of giving back. She started her line producing non-toxic soy based candles and has expanded it to include body balms and roll-ons, distributed at shops throughout Somerset, Hunterdon and Union counties.

When we were starting Mad Lavender Farm, I was on the lookout for local artisans and vendors to partner with to make products from our lavender to start to stock the shelves of our Tiny Shop. I spied Sandy’s candles at gift shops and feed stores and I loved her product right away. They were elegant in their simplicity, small batch, homemade and the label indicated that from every sale a percentage was donated to a charitable organization. I contacted Sandy and she met with me to decide upon our product line and designed labels unique to Mad Lavender Farm. Our chosen non-profit is the Sierra Club, to support the environment and our sales have generated about $400 annually to that end.

Sandy’s intention, when she started her business, what to spread a little more light in the world. We love her vision and her product and are so proud to partner with her to spread a little more light AND lavender in the world.

Making Dreams Come True

March 10, 2022 by Adrienne Crombie Leave a Comment

Every year since we started growing lavender in 2014 we have visioned and prepared for a new installation on the farm. In 2018 our dream of erecting a tipi came true. We ordered the lodge poles and canvas for a 26 foot tipi from Nomadic Tipi Makers in Oregon. We leveled the ground and built a wood platform to receive it, sealed the 30 foot lodge poles with 3 coats of turpentine and linseed oil, viewed the instructional video countless times and organized a tipi raising party to raise it and wrap it. Voilá, we had a magnificent tipi. It was a long overdue gift to my inner child who always wondered what it would be like to be inside this wonderful cone shaped space that was home to the original people.

This month, March 2022, we dismantled our beloved tipi. The combination of wind, rain and mold has taken it’s toll and it is time to turn a new page. Our hearts are sore and we know so many of you grieve with us. We’d like to share with you some precious memories and photos that capture those moments.. Over the years our tipi has sheltered our goat yoga parties, picnics and workshops from summer rain. Kirt & Laura of Creative Frequencies (now permanently based in Hawaii) blessed us with otherworldly sound healing sessions in the tipi. Kelly Kinney gifted us with a Women’s New Moon Circle that was just magical.

Some folks go on vacation. We invested in a magical experience right here on our farm.

Next chapter in our Mad Lavender odyssey is our vision for a Green Witches Garden that will be planted in the 26 foot circle footprint that was our tipi, replete with medicinal herbs, a pond and a waterfall.

And so, the journey continues.

More to come!