Wild Willow Herbals

11/28/2025

11/27/2025

On the eve of Thanksgiving, it is important to pause and reflect on the land where we live, gather, and celebrate. Long before colonization, these lands were cared for, tended, and honored by Indigenous peoples—the original stewards. Recognizing their presence, knowledge, and resilience is one of the most important rituals we can observe during this holiday.

What is a land acknowledgement?
A land acknowledgement is a statement that recognizes the Indigenous peoples who have historically cared for the land where we live and gather. It honors their enduring relationship to the land and their ongoing presence in our communities. This practice encourages humility, respect, and awareness, connecting gratitude not only to what we receive, but also to responsibility and care for the world around us.

How to practice it:
Tonight, take a moment to research the Indigenous peoples whose lands you live on. A helpful tool is https://native-land.ca, which identifies territories, treaties, and languages of the original stewards.

You might then offer a statement aloud at your table, or hold it in quiet reflection. For example: “We acknowledge that we are gathering on the traditional territory of the [name of the Indigenous nation(s)], and honor their enduring relationship with this land. We give thanks for the care they have shown for this place and commit to approaching our time here with respect and presence.”

Observing this ritual is not only an act of respect—it centers Thanksgiving in truth, awareness, and gratitude that extends beyond ourselves. It grounds the holiday in justice, presence, and connection to the land and its original stewards.

11/27/2025

🍂✨ Happy Thanksgiving from Wild Willow Farm ✨🍂

Today, our hearts are overflowing with gratitude.
Community and connection are at the core of everything we do at Wild Willow Farm, and we want to take a moment to honor YOU — every soul who has shown up, supported, shared energy, attended workshops, collaborated, created, and helped this magical project grow.

Because of you, Wild Willow Farm continues to blossom into a space of healing, creativity, and belonging.
We are so deeply grateful for our growing community.

As we move toward the end of 2025 and begin planting seeds for everything 2026 will bring, we hope you take this day to feel, share, and express gratitude — with friends, with family, with loved ones, and within yourself.

Thank you for walking this path with us.
We hope to see you all along the journey ahead. 🤎

With gratitude,
Amanda & Wild Willow Farm

11/27/2025

11/27/2025

Gratitude: A Quiet Shift

Being thankful is more than a polite response
or a momentary feeling;
it is a quiet shift in the way
we move through the world.

When we pause to acknowledge the good
woven into our days,
something inside us softens.
Gratitude moves our attention away
from what is missing
and toward what is already present in our lives.
It steadies the mind,
loosens the grip of worry,
and makes room
for a deeper sense of well-being.

In noticing the small kindnesses,
the fleeting joys,
and even the hard lessons
that shape us,
we begin to see our lives
with more clarity.

This simple act of being thankful
doesn’t erase challenges,
but it reminds us
that we are more than our struggles.

Gratitude opens a space
where resilience grows,
where contentment can take root,
and where we can meet each day
with a little more peace.

~ 'Gratitude: A Quiet Shift' by Spirit of a Hippie

✍️ Mary Anne Byrne

~ Art Unknown via Pinterest

11/25/2025

11/24/2025

Calling in a community-minded farmer to join our team as the Farm Production Manager!

Regeneratively steward vibrant, productive, welcoming educational gardens as well as apple orchards and fields. Teach teen apprentices, guide community volunteers, and manage our vegetable CSA program that feeds over 30 families each season. Sound like the role for you? We encourage you to apply!

🥬🍅🌻🥕🍎🚜🪏

Full job description on our website branchhillfarm.org/about/our-team/

11/23/2025

Did you see our recent post about collaborating with other instructors and practitioners? 🌿✨

Wild Willow Farm is opening the calendar for 2026 collaborations, and Amanda is setting up Zoom meetings over the next week to connect with:
• Yoga + movement instructors
• Herbalists + apothecary lovers
• Sound healers + Reiki practitioners
• Artists, crafters, and creative teachers
• Wellness, nervous system, and somatic support practitioners

If you’ve been feeling called to share your gifts, host workshops, or co-create offerings in a cozy farmhouse setting surrounded by fields, woods, and wildlife in Franklin, NH — this is your sign. 💫

📧 Email: wild.willow.herbals@gmail.com
📱 Text: 603-455-6296

Reach out today if you’d like to get on Amanda’s Zoom schedule and talk more about:
• Collaboration opportunities
• Scheduling for 2026
• Classes, circles, retreats, and other offerings at Wild Willow Farm 🌿🤎

11/23/2025

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