Bare Root Skin Essentials and Esthetics

03/20/2026

We’re getting ready… 🌿✨

After so much dreaming, planning, and trusting the process, Bare Root is preparing to step into our new home 🤍

This next chapter is slower, deeper, and more aligned than ever. We’re creating a cozy, earthy space rooted in intention—where you can sip herbal teas, explore mushroom elixirs, and reconnect with the plants that support your everyday wellness.

It hasn’t been a straight path getting here (and we’re still in the middle of the transition), but something really special is unfolding behind the scenes… and we cannot wait to open our doors to you 🌱

Thank you for growing with us, supporting us, and believing in this vision.

Rathdrum… we’re coming 🖤

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03/16/2026

03/16/2026

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03/16/2026

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03/16/2026

OK, I need some help. I have a lot of random odd in things that need to go this week. Let me know if there’s something that you see that you would like to have. Make me an offer or come by the shop. I’ll be here all week from 10 to 4. There will be more that I will be posting. I just need to start downsizing quickly. Move deadline is coming quick. I have a lot of candleholders.

03/14/2026

Sneak peek… 👀🌿

I’m getting closer to the final design for the new Bare Root Apothecary space in Rathdrum and let me tell you… creating something new from the ground up is not easy. There have been a lot of ideas, a lot of moving things around, and a lot of “maybe this works?” moments 😅

But it’s finally starting to come together.

Think earthy, cozy, plant-filled apothecary vibes with herbs, mushroom elixirs, teas, and shelves of botanicals to explore. A space to slow down, learn, and reconnect with the roots of herbal medicine.

I’m trusting the process and letting the vision unfold… and I can’t wait to share the finished space with you.

Opening day is getting closer. 🌿✨

Stay tuned for more sneak peeks.

03/13/2026

Two weeks. That’s all the time left in our whimsical little CDA shop. 🌿✨

For over four years this space has held so much life — cups of tea shared across the counter, quiet conversations, herbal questions, laughter, classes, and friendships that started right here between the jars and plants.

What started as a small dream turned into something so much bigger because of this community. You kept the lights on, the tea pouring, and the heart of this little apothecary beating. 🤎

Closing this chapter is bittersweet. These walls hold so many memories. But like the plants and herbs we work with every day, growth means changing seasons.

We’re preparing to move into a new cozy, quaint, earthy location and begin the next adventure for Bare Root.

I truly hope you’ll come along with us. I’m excited to see familiar faces and meet so many new friends as this journey continues.

If this little shop has meant something to you, come visit us in the next two weeks and help us celebrate the end of this beautiful chapter.

Thank you for loving this space the way we have.

With so much gratitude,
Sandra 🌱

03/11/2026

🌿 Something new is coming this spring…

We’re heading out onto the land.

This year Bare Root Apothecary will be hosting small Spring Wild Edible Field Immersions here in the Pacific Northwest. These are slow, hands-on plant walks where we’ll learn to identify, harvest, and work with the edible and medicinal plants growing all around us.

Spring is one of the most magical times for wild foods — nettles, miner’s lettuce, chickweed, violets, and so many more begin emerging after winter. In these classes we’ll meet the plants in their natural environment and talk about how they can be used in your kitchen and home apothecary.

🌱 Small group learning
🌿 Ethical wild harvesting
🌼 Plant identification + medicinal uses
🍃 Connecting more deeply with the land

✨ Spring 2026 Dates
April 19
May 3
May 17
June 7

⏰ 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
📍 Rathdrum area (exact meeting location sent after registration)

💰 $45 per person

Spots are intentionally limited so everyone can ask questions and learn closely with the plants.

Reserve your spot here:
https://bare-root-skin-essentials.myshopify.com/cart/40940692963377:1?channel=buy_button

I cannot wait to share the spring landscape with you.

— Sandra
Clinical Herbalist | Bare Root Apothecary 🌿

03/09/2026

We did it… Bare Root has a new home 🌿

After a season of uncertainty, conversations, and trusting the process, we’re so excited to finally share that Bare Root has secured our new space in Rathdrum, just off Hwy 53.

It feels incredibly aligned for this next chapter and we’re so grateful for everyone who shared leads, encouragement, and support while we searched for the right place. Community truly carried us through this transition.

This new space will allow us to focus fully on the apothecary and expand into some things we’ve been dreaming about for a while — including a cozy herbal tea bar, mushroom elixirs, and bulk refill stations, alongside our herbal remedies, consultations, and workshops.

Bare Root has always been about returning to the plants, the medicine, and the community that surrounds it. And now we finally get to put down new roots in Rathdrum.

There’s still a little work ahead as we get the space ready, but we cannot wait to welcome you all in soon. The transformation is going to be unreal ♥️

Thank you for continuing to walk this journey with us. 🌿

More details (and opening updates) coming soon.

03/06/2026

🌿 Spring Wild Edibles in the Pacific Northwest 🌿

Spring is waking up the forests, fields, and riverbanks here in the Pacific Northwest, and with it comes a beautiful abundance of wild foods. After a long winter, the land offers some of the most nutrient-dense and vibrant plants of the year. If you know where to look, the season is full of edible and medicinal gifts just waiting to be gathered.

Some of the first spring wild edibles to emerge include:

🌱 Nettles – One of the most beloved spring tonics. Rich in minerals like iron and calcium, nettles are wonderful in soups, teas, pesto, and nourishing broths. Harvest young tops (with gloves!) before they flower.

🌼 Dandelion – Entirely edible and incredibly medicinal. The leaves are great in salads or sautéed, the roots can be roasted for tea, and the flowers can be used for syrups, wine, or infused honey.

🌿 Miner’s Lettuce – A tender, mild green that grows abundantly in shady areas. It’s one of the best wild salad greens of the season and packed with vitamin C.

🌸 Violet – The leaves and flowers are both edible. Leaves are gentle and nourishing, while the flowers make beautiful additions to salads, syrups, or herbal infusions.

🍄 Spring Mushrooms – Depending on the region and timing, morels may start popping up in disturbed forest areas and burn zones. A true seasonal delicacy for those who know how to find them.

🌿 Chickweed – A cooling, delicate plant often found in gardens and open areas. Delicious fresh in salads, pesto, or blended into green smoothies.

Foraging is a beautiful way to reconnect with the land and the seasons, but always remember to:
✨ Positively identify plants
✨ Harvest ethically and sustainably
✨ Leave plenty for wildlife and the ecosystem

🌱 This spring we’ll also be offering small field immersion classes where we’ll head out onto the land together to identify, harvest, and learn about the medicinal and edible plants growing all around us. These hands-on experiences are a wonderful way to deepen your connection with the plants and gain confidence in wild foraging.

Spring reminds us that abundance is all around us — sometimes growing quietly right beneath our feet.

✨ Stay tuned for upcoming Bare Root field immersion dates.

Have you started spotting any wild edibles yet this season?

03/05/2026

I have a huge wooden tank that was built inside of this shop. For anyone who has been here, you know how much people love this tank ♥️It was originally to house a Burmese python, but has been used for plants for the last several years. I am closing this shop and cannot take it with me. Here’s the tricky part, it was built inside the shop so you will have to figure out how to disassemble it to get it out the door and reassemble in your new space. Probably going to need to be fairly handy to figure it out. Nothing inside it is included. It is just the tank, please message me with any questions or if you would like to make an offer on it.