Open Table Herbarium

12/06/2025

Open Table will be at MulberrySt.Books today from 11 a.m. until the Bookstore Lady kicks us out! Come shop local, friends!
I hear there’s also a horse parade happening… but let’s be honest—the real event to see is the craft show. 🤣

11/21/2025

Our first sample set sold!!! On my way now to deliver 🙂

11/15/2025

THE WHOLE HOUSE

Ten blends. One sacred dwelling. A home built of herbs, breath, and intention.

Some collections are expansive.
This one is architectural —
a pilgrimage through every room of the Herbarium,
a house of ritual and warmth,
a sanctuary made of steam.

The Whole House is a ten-part liturgy,
a full traversal of welcome, work, memory, renewal, and rest.

🍵 At the Table

The Threshold.
The open door,
the invitation inward.

🌅 Under the Morning Sky

The Dawn Hymn.
Joy awakening,
the spirit stretching into light.

🌞 Under the Sun

The Midday Blessing.
Full warmth,
golden renewal,
clarity made bright.

⚒️ At the Forge

The Work.
Purpose sharpened.
Intentions shaped.

🔥 By the Hearth

The Comfort.
A settling down,
a returning home to oneself.

💦 At the Well

The Nourishment.
Depth, quiet,
the replenishing waters.

🔥 Through the Ashes

The Renewal.
A gentle resurrection —
the soft courage to rebuild.

💧 By the Basin

The Washing.
Release, cleansing,
a freshened spirit.

🚪 At the Gate

The Boundary.
Courage.
Protection.
Steadfastness.

🌿 With the Branch

The Memory.
Tender remembrance,
held with care.

Together, these ten blends create a home —
a lived-in sanctuary of herbs and breath,
a full spiritual architecture in which every cup is a room,
every room a ritual,
every ritual an invitation to dwell more deeply with yourself.

At the Table • Under the Morning Sky • Under the Sun • At the Forge • By the Hearth • At the Well • Through the Ashes • By the Basin • At the Gate • With the Branch The Whole House is the complete collection — ten blends for the full landscape of being human. A room for every emo...

11/15/2025

THE GARDEN EIGHT

Eight blends arranged like a contemplative walk through the soul’s inner sanctuary.

Not all gardens grow from soil.
Some emerge from memory, longing, tenderness, and breath.
This sampler is a pilgrimage inward,
a slow circle around the sacred center of the self.

The Garden Eight is an eight-step procession
through joy, courage, remembrance, and renewal.

🍵 At the Table

The Entering-In.
Every garden path begins with gathering —
with warmth, welcome,
and the sense that you are being gently ushered into something living.

🌅 Under the Morning Sky

The Blooming.
Joy unfurls.
Light brushes the edges of your thoughts.
A cup that encourages the heart to open like petals.

🌞 Under the Sun

The Fullness.
Brightness reaches its height.
A renewing heat settles through the body —
steady, golden, expansive.

🔥 Through the Ashes

The Return.
All gardens know loss and regeneration.
This blend is the gentle walk back through what has burned,
the soft rebuilding,
the quiet strength of rising again.

🚪 At the Gate

The Guarding.
A boundary, a courage, a held line.
This is the moment of naming what you protect
and stepping firmly into your own strength.

🌿 With the Branch

The Remembrance.
Memory carried tenderly.
A cup that honors what has been —
the people, the moments, the sacred fragments.

💧 By the Basin

The Cleansing.
A washing of old dust from the spirit.
A release, a renewal, a soft clearing of the path.

🌼 In the Garden

The Tending.
Here is the center —
the quiet place where all things root,
where the breath slows,
where the self is gently cultivated.

These eight cups form a contemplative circle —
a garden for the soul,
tended one sip at a time.

At the Table • Under the Morning Sky • Under the Sun • Through the Ashes • At the Gate • With the Branch • By the Basin • In the Garden The Garden Eight is a walk through the inner garden — a circle of blends that tend joy, peace, courage, memory, restoration, and the quiet places wh...

11/15/2025

THE DAILY RHYTHM SAMPLER

Six blends tracing the sacred arc of an ordinary day.

Some days slip past unnoticed.
Others become ceremony —
held by intention, shaped by breath, guided by quiet ritual.

The Daily Rhythm Sampler is a liturgy of the hours in six cups,
a full-day pilgrimage through light, focus, comfort, and rest.

🌅 Under the Morning Sky

The Invocation.
Dawn breaks, not with noise, but with tenderness.
A cup that lifts the heart like early birdsong,
that coaxes joy from its hiding places,
that calls the day into being with soft brightness.

This is the first breath,
the opening hymn,
the gentle “yes” to morning.

🌞 Under the Sun

The Anointing of Light.
Midday warmth poured into your palms.
A golden clarity that wakes the senses
and renews the weary places.
Herbs that hold the memory of full daylight,
glowing, steadying, illuminating.

Here, the path is made bright.

💧 By the Basin

The Cleansing.
A ritual of release.
The kind of cup that rinses the interior,
that encourages the shoulders to drop,
that whispers,
“Let it go. All of it.”

By the Basin is waterwork for the spirit —
a washing,
a soft undoing,
a freshening of the inner room.

⚒️ At the Forge

The Work of Hands.
Focus tempered like steel over heat.
A blend that sharpens thought,
draws scattered pieces together,
and transforms intention into clarity.

This is the hour of making,
of shaping,
of doing with purpose.

🔥 By the Hearth

The Gathering-In.
The day folds inward.
Comfort crackles like embers,
warmth wraps itself around the ribs,
and the body remembers how to settle.

A cup for exhale,
for softening,
for returning to oneself.

💦 At the Well

The Night Blessing.
Quiet deepens.
Refreshment rises from the unseen places,
cool, gentle, reassuring.

At the Well is the final hymn of the day —
a gentle closing,
a seal of peace,
a soft descent into rest.

Together, these six blends create a ritualized day —
a rhythm held in steam and intention,
a way of moving through time with care.

Under the Sun • Under the Morning Sky • By the Basin • At the Forge • By the Hearth • At the Well The Daily Rhythm Sampler follows the arc of an ordinary day made sacred — from first light to deep rest. Under the Morning Sky begins the journey with bright joy: lemon balm, mint, ginger, a...

11/15/2025

The Table’s Welcome

Four blends. One doorway. A welcome whispered into steam.

Some offerings are simply assortments —
but this one is a rite of passage,
a small liturgy in four cups, guiding you from threshold to rest.

The Table’s Welcome is an initiation into the Herbarium’s heart,
a quiet procession through warmth, courage, renewal, and peace.

*At the Table* ~Our signature blend~

The Gathering.
Here the journey begins —
with the warmth of community rising like incense,
with the softness of shared bread,
with the hush of an outstretched hand saying,
“Come. Sit. You belong here.”

This cup sets the tone,
settles the spirit,
and opens the door to what is yet to come.

*At the Gate*

The Threshold.
Every pilgrimage asks a question:
Will you step forward?
Will you cross into the deeper places?

At the Gate, courage stirs.
The herbs steady the breath,
call the wandering mind to attention,
and kindle a quiet bravery that does not shout,
but simply says, “Proceed.”

*Under the Sun*

The Illumination.
You step into warmth —
light poured into a cup,
golden and renewing,
carrying the memory of summer fields and bright mornings.

Under the Sun clears the path ahead,
brightens the inner horizon,
and fills the chest with lifted light.

*Beneath the Moon*

The Benediction.
Every rite ends with blessing.
This is the soft descent —
cool, slow, and tender.
A cup that curls around the bones,
quieting the noise of the day,
drawing you into dreaming like a lullaby made of herbs.

Here the journey settles,
and the spirit rests.

Together, these four blends form a ritual of welcome —
a doorway, a procession, a warm landing place.
A sampler that doesn’t simply offer tea,
but invites you into the life of the Herbarium itself.

A collection of four blends for awakening, peace, courage, and rest. The Table’s Welcome is an invitation into the heart of Open Table Herbarium — four blends crafted for the rhythms of being human: Under the Sun for renewal, At the Table for peace, At the Gate for resistance and courage, and

11/15/2025

🌿✨ ANNOUNCEMENT: The Samplers Have Arrived ✨🌿

Four collections. Dozens of stories. One Herbarium opened wide.

There are moments in the life of a little handmade Herbarium when things shift —when the work of our hands begins to feel like something alive,something breathing, something waiting to be shared.

Today is one of those moments.

After a while of tending, blending, testing, refining,
after late nights surrounded by jars and herbs and steam,
we are finally ready to release something we’ve poured our whole heart into:

🌿 Our Sampler Collections —curated journeys through the world of Open Table Herbarium.

These are not simple assortments.
They are pilgrimages. Invitations. Small rituals tucked into envelopes.
Each sampler carries its own atmosphere, its own mood, its own way of moving through the day or the soul.

Today, we open the doors to four distinct pathways:

🍵 The Table’s Welcome

The original circle of blends — our entryway, our open door, our soft beginning.

☀️ The Daily Rhythm Sampler

A liturgy of six blends that trace the arc of a full day,
from the first breath of morning to the hush of night.

🌿 The Garden Eight

A walk through the soul’s inner garden —
eight blends arranged like stepping stones of memory, joy, and return.

🏠 The Whole House

The complete landscape. Ten blends, every room, every threshold, every story we’ve crafted so far.

Each sampler is its own little world —a way to taste the Herbarium’s heart without having to choose just one door.

So today, with hands full of herbs
and a spirit full of gratitude,
we welcome you in.

Welcome to the Table.
Welcome to the garden.
Welcome to the house we have built from warmth, intention, and tea.

Individual posts for each sampler are coming next —
but for now, we simply open the door.

🌿✨
Open Table Herbarium
Where all Creation is Sacramental.

Shop handcrafted herbal teas made with whole, natural ingredients. Blends for rest, renewal, and custom creations at Open Table Herbarium.

10/25/2025

Handcrafted teas, sacred stories, soft light, open hearts.
There’s room for you here. 🌿

10/24/2025

✨🌿 The Table Just Got Bigger! 🌿✨

The shop’s only been live for an hour — and already, there’s more to share! We’ve officially opened the doors with 13 handcrafted blends, each one steeped in story, earth, and intention… plus the 14th seat that’s always waiting for you and your own custom creation. Because at Open Table Herbarium, there’s always room for another cup, another story, another you.

Come meet the latest additions to the table:
💧 By the Basin — a tea for restoration, where lavender and linden wash the day’s edges smooth.
🌅 Under the Morning Sky — a tea for joy, bright with ginger, lemon balm, and sunlight.
🌿 With the Branch — a tea for remembrance, fragrant with rosemary and quiet gratitude.
🔥 At the Forge — a tea for focus, where spice and purpose spark into motion.
🌾 Through the Ashes — a tea for return, earthy and alive, for those rising from what’s been lost.
💧 At the Well — a tea for mourning, tender and true, for hearts learning that love still flows beneath the ache.

The kettle’s on. The stories are steeping.
Come find your blend — or craft one that’s wholly your own.
There’s a seat waiting for you at the table.

🫖 Visit the shop | 🍃 Create your blend | 🌿 Stay awhile at Open Table Herbarium

Shop handcrafted herbal teas made with whole, natural ingredients. Blends for rest, renewal, and custom creations at Open Table Herbarium.

10/24/2025

It’s official — the Open Table Herbarium shop is live! Seven signature blends, each with their own soul and story, are now ready to pour into your cup. From teas for rest to blends for renewal, every one was crafted with whole herbs, open hands, and a little bit of holy mischief. You can even create your own custom tea — tell us your favorite flavors and we’ll blend something as unique as your seat at the table. Visit the shop, stay for the blog, and follow us on TikTok and Facebook so you’ll always find your way back to the table — where there’s always room for you, and always a hot cup waiting.

Shop handcrafted herbal teas made with whole, natural ingredients. Blends for rest, renewal, and custom creations at Open Table Herbarium.

10/23/2025

Some days, Spirit meets us in church.
Other days, She shows up in the kitchen—through herbs and heat and the smell of something alive.

Today, I wrote about one of those days.
I’d just left my job, stopped for an oil change, and came home heavy with the news of hunger and cruelty in the world. I wasn’t looking for revelation—I was just making tea for my bath. But rosemary called to me, and somehow that small cup turned into a prayer I didn’t know I needed.

This piece is about mourning and remembering, about truth and renewal, and about how grace can rise with the steam of a single sprig of rosemary.

Read Rosemary and the Breath of Grace on the Open Table Herbarium blog--Conversations at the Table

Wake up, remember, breathe.

10/22/2025

Open Table Herbarium was never meant to be just about teas and oils — it’s about building community.
It’s about connection, care, and creating space at the table for everyone.

You can start by reading my first blog post, “The Table and the World,” where I share a bit about how all this began and what I hope it becomes.
More ways to join the community are coming soon — this is only the beginning. 🌾