Thistle Patch Wellness

01/30/2026

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🎫✨️GIVEAWAY✨️🎫

The Deep Valley Birth Collective has 4 tickets to the One Bright Star celebration of life Gala!

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Winner will be drawn on Sunday 2/1! 💃🏽

For more information about this incredibly special event check out their website!

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01/22/2026

My upcoming availability!

See what times are available and schedule online 🌿

It would be an honor to work along side you 💜
Reach out if you have any questions.

01/12/2026

The thoughts continue and as long as I am inspired to share, here they are.

Darkness is inevitable.
Light keeps the darkness from fully taking over.

It's the balance that's been in action for millennia.
Yin / Yang. Light / Dark.
Extremes never last very long, transformation always comes.

01/07/2026

Join along on this winter plant walk in which you will get to identify and learn about some of the medicinal barks!

We will spend time with Bur Oak, Red Osier, Crampbark, and Prickly Ash - exploring their ID as well as the unique medicine each offers.

Along our walk, we will encounter other edible and/or medicinal plants which we will explore. Plants such as Elder, Rose, Eastern Red Cedar, Sumac, and others! (To be clear, it is not the bark we will be discussing with these plants.)

Details:
Saturday, February 7th from 10am - noon
Sakatah State Trail, Mankato*
$35/ person

*Exact meeting location will be provided upon RSVP and payment.

01/01/2026

New Years Resolutions.

The idea never fully made sense to me.

And as I re-became more and more in tune with the rhythms of the Earth and Nature, it became apparent why.

The 'New Year' has nothing to do with the seasons or the rhythms of Nature. It is simply a way of telling human time.

And so.. if you have "failed" at resolutions or you struggle with the idea, it is okay- really.

Right now, as we start a new year, we are in the Belly of Winter.

If we compared this 'season' to other life events, we would be gestating a babe in our womb.. or stratifying seeds in the cold ground.. or.. (choose your own metaphor).

Let this time be a time of rest, of tending, and of dreaming... a time of preparing for the abundance of growth and life yet to come.

This time, although more still than any other season, is not with its purpose or its wisdom/medicine.

Nature is not rushing and She is not sending out new growth. Not yet.

Neither do we, not yet 💜

-:-:-

Today, in the Belly of Winter, I'm spending my day tending and preparing for the seasons to come.

I've chosen to intentionally spend my day with the plants. The plants I tended to, spent time with, harvested, and made medicine out of in previous seasons.

These medicines, harvested and created with as much care and intention as I know and have, are the very medicines that will become allies for the very individuals who choose to work alongside myself and the plants within their health and/or healing journey.

My goodness.. I'm filled with gratitude.

Thank you,
For the work that I have been called into wouldn't be possible without you.

🌿💜 Kara

12/18/2025

Zumbrota Area : I have a couple of openings tomorrow, Thursday if you or someone you care about would like to schedule an Herbal Consultation with me.

Individualized recommendations for children and adults alike ~ support for: immunity, mental/emotional wellness, digestion, menstrual cycle/perimenopause/hormones & sleep.

I would be honored to work with you!

🌿 Herbal Office Hours are every 3rd Thursday .goods & Mondays + Thursdays (when not in Zumbrota) in Eagle Lake 🌿

12/08/2025

Herbal Office Hours!

Dates and times for the next couple of weeks - feel free to reach out if needing a different day/time ❄️

Be well 🤍
- Kara

12/03/2025

The 2025 Batch of Fire Cider is dwindling!

At the time of sharing this, there's just 7 bottles remaining.

If you'd like a bottle (or another!), simply reach out via email or direct message. I can ship to you (shipping extra) or we can arrange pickup.

Thank you to everyone who has brought this medicine into your home 💜. It is truly a gift to get to make and share these medicines!

11/27/2025

So much gratitude 🤍

For you - those who follow along on the work I offer, participate in classes/workshops/classes, and/or work with me 1:1 in herbal consultations.

For nature and the plants - what I do as a practicing herbalist and as a human being revolves around and is intertwined with nature, the seasons, the plants, and all beings that coexist.

For my family, both blood and chosen - the support you offer knowingly or unknowingly is always encouraging.

For the path that has been my life's journey so far - that has brought me to to where I am now having the knowledge, wisdom, experiences, connections / relationships, and all else that has shaped me and continues to shape me.

For each opportunity to share the wisdom and healing the plants, seasons and nature holds.

Thank you for who you are and all you offer.

Happy Thanksgiving 🤍

(Photo from a mid Autumn adventure to the North Shore.)

11/14/2025

Upcoming Office Hours!

These one-on-one consultations are unique to you, your body, your patterns. We explore lifestyle and diet as necessary while also tailoring an herbal protocol to support your body in finding balance (and vitality) once again🌿

I hope you and yours have been well in this harvest season. It is wild to think we are already half through November.

Be well 💜

10/29/2025

Deeply grateful for the opportunity to gather with others and share about herbal medicine, the body, and how its designed to heal 💜

Another incredible class last night all about the digestive system and bitters.

Thank you to all who came and participated, it was such a fun and full evening ✨️

10/27/2025

If you weren't able to make it to a Fire Cider Workshop this fall but would love to have some of this immune tonic in your home apothecary, you're in the right place!

🎉 The 1st Batch of the 2025 Fire Cider is bottled and ready 🎉

🧄 Made with as local, fresh, and organic as possible.

🌿 Loaded with fresh Rosemary, Thyme, and Sage. Incredible benefits for the immune, circulatory, digestive systems and beyond. Plus, thier flavor is 👏

🌶 And this first batch of the year also includes Burdock Root - a root that gently supports the whole body, starting with the Lymphatic and Digestive systems especially.

It is available in 8 oz bottles, $20 each.
Shipping is available (extra) or local pickup is also an option.

Email: thistlepatchwellness@gmail.com to inquire!