Earth Curative

01/14/2026

The infamous Wild Turkey 🦃 of Norfolk Highlands finally visited us!! I watched 10 cars and 2 joggers go past her and they had no idea haha please drive slow!

01/12/2026

Save the date for our annual PowWow, to be held at the Hagood Mill Historic Site on May 2nd, 2026. Schedule and Additional information will follow in the coming months.

*We need raffle items!!

*Attention vendors and food trucks! Message below if interested!

*Attention local and state businesses!
Did you know sponsorship of a state recognized tribe not only builds mutually sustainable relationships in the community, but also unlocks unique economic advantages for business!

01/12/2026

Listen to your body. If it tells you to rest, rest.

01/11/2026

Checkout page for 2026 Virtual Herbalism Conference.

01/11/2026

01/11/2026

Join us next Saturday, January 17, 2026, 9 am, for our Adopt-A-Park - Invasive Species Workshop @ Indian River Park. This is also the weekend of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service events.

We will be at a NEW LOCATION for this event only. Meet at the Indian River Park Miller Avenue Entrance - at the south end of Miller Avenue. GPS address 2329 Miller Avenue, Chesapeake, Virginia

Please wear closed-toe shoes, long pants, a hat and bring work gloves. Bring pruning clippers, loppers, screwdrivers (which are amazingly useful in prying ivy off tree trunks) and/or pruning saws if you have them. We will have water and snacks, but we also always encourage folks to bring their own water in reusable bottles to minimize the use of plastic bottles. Participants under 18 years of age must have adult supervision.

Learn to identify various invasive plant species that threaten Indian River Park and natural areas across the Tidewater region. Those found in the park include English Ivy, Chinese Privet, Multifloral Rose, Linden Viburnum, and others.
Then we'll have a work effort to manage some outbreaks of English Ivy. The more volunteers that come out, the more that we can accomplish!

Please pre-register at https://forms.gle/r1paWMWKGaJ4HjAa6, suggested but not required.

01/11/2026

I love splitting Tuliptree wood! Yes, this is real. (Liriodendron Tulipifera). Took this photo myself. The power company cleared a bunch of trees near our house in Western NC and I split up as much as I could for firewood and some for carving. 

01/11/2026

When the world feels unsettled, our ancestors taught us not to panic but to pay attention, to slow down and ground ourselves, and to return to care, responsibility, and prayer for one another. Indigenous teachings remind us that unrest is not new to our people. We have lived through disruption, loss, and uncertainty before, and we survived by staying connected to land, spirit, and community, holding each other close and moving with intention rather than fear.

Prayers lifted up for Minnesota and for all of our collective communities carrying heaviness and uncertainty right now. Stay grounded, remain in prayer, look out for one another, and may the Creator lead us toward the drastic change needed for all humanity.