Winter Solstice 2026
Issue 04 of The Elder Tree Newsletter is here, marking the turn toward longer days, as we welcome more sunlight in.
Quarter after quarter, this newsletter keeps its finger on the pulse of grassroots herbal medicine across Australia, sharing wisdom from incredibly wise herbal medicine teachers across this country.
This quarter's contributors:
🌳 Christopher Smith, So How Well Do You Know Your Own Climate?
🌳 Lily of the Herbs, Herbal Support During Pregnancy
🌳 Taj Scicluna, Bitter Teachers: Herbal Digestives
🌳 Jessica Dhara, Winter's Wisdom (her first column with us!)
🌳 Benjamin Turale, The Practice of Herbal Alchemy
🌳 Tamara Clements, Keeping the Feral Alive Through Clinical Herbalism Studies
🌳 Caitlin Dyan Moore’s poem, An Ode to Stinging Nettle
🌳 Cat Green, Power of Community
Plus news from The Elder Tree:
🌳 The Elder Tree Medicine Garden Grand Opening
🌳 The Elder Tree Podcast Review
🌳 Annaliese Hordern’s Medicinal Plant Propagation Workshop
Free for members. $5 for everyone else.
Members, it's already in your inbox. Not a member yet?
Want to become a member of The Elder Tree and support grassroots herbal medicine in Australia? Only $10 per month and it greatly supports us on our mission.
Go here:
https://form.jotform.com/251141211902844
Thanks immensely to our co-editors Caitlin Moore and Tatiana Dawn, and to our new volunteer Dana for stepping in at the last minute and helping us to get across the finishing line. A lot of hard work goes into this volunteer-made publication!!!
Winter Solstice 2026
Issue 04 of The Elder Tree Newsletter is here, marking the turn toward longer days, as we welcome more sunlight in.
Quarter after quarter, this newsletter keeps its finger on the pulse of grassroots herbal medicine across Australia, sharing wisdom from incredibly wise herbal medicine teachers across this country.
This quarter's contributors:
🌳 Christopher Smith, So How Well Do You Know Your Own Climate?
🌳 Lily of the Herbs, Herbal Support During Pregnancy
🌳 Taj Scicluna, Bitter Teachers: Herbal Digestives
🌳 Jessica Dhara, Winter's Wisdom (her first column with us!)
🌳 Benjamin Turale, The Practice of Herbal Alchemy
🌳 Tamara Clements, Keeping the Feral Alive Through Clinical Herbalism Studies
🌳 Caitlin Dyan Moore’s poem, An Ode to Stinging Nettle
🌳 Cat Green, Power of Community
Plus news from The Elder Tree:
🌳 The Elder Tree Medicine Garden Grand Opening
🌳 The Elder Tree Podcast Review
🌳 Annaliese Hordern’s Medicinal Plant Propagation Workshop
Free for members. $5 for everyone else.
Members, it's already in your inbox. Not a member yet?
Want to become a member of The Elder Tree and support grassroots herbal medicine in Australia? Only $10 per month and it greatly supports us on our mission.
Go here:
https://form.jotform.com/251141211902844
Thanks immensely to our co-editors Caitlin Moore and Tatiana Dawn, and to our new volunteer Dana for stepping in at the last minute and helping us to get across the finishing line. A lot of hard work goes into this volunteer-made publication!!!