Gate & Garden

sharing the wondrous world of plant medicine and magic with you homegrown plant potions, community gatherings, & 1:1 support

As a dedicated herbalist, life-long earth steward, and lover of all things esoteric, Stephanie is deeply passionate about connecting others to health & happiness through the natural world. Through her handcrafted herbal products, Stephanie shares her artistry, creativity & seasonal adoration. In her clinical practice, she focuses on autoimmune disorders, women's health, and preventative & general wellness. Stephanie also continues to offer guidance & support for those wishing to connect more deeply with the plant path.

11/15/2025

I’ve learned a thing or two after over a decade in plant & people study, clinical practice, pagan ritual work, and letting the land rearrange me in my surrender.

But in between every fact & every practice is a consistent stand out:
Herbalism loses its power the moment it’s treated like a commodity.

This modern culture teaches us to consume. More products. More information. More certificates. More “quick fixes”.

So while it’s disheartening, it’s never a surprise that I hear so many people say “I’m learning herbs, but something isn’t clicking.” Or,
“I’m doing everything right, I’m doing all the things, but I don’t feel better”.

And it’s because a use mindset- even well intentioned- is still extraction. And it’s the exact mindset colonization imposed onto land, bodies, and plants. It’s hard to unlearn when it’s so ingrained.

Successful herbalism isn’t built through consumption. It’s built through relationship.
And look, this isn’t a philosophy I invented.
It’s something our ancestors, our lineages, and Indigenous cultures have always known.

But it remains the heart of the path I walk. And it’s the foundation of something I’ve been quietly tending for the future.

Life becomes potent when we stop taking and start tending. Healing happens when we exit extraction and re-enter relationship.
And I want more gentle, healing, tender, potent lives for us all.🌿🖤

11/14/2025

Gate & Garden through the eyes of 🖤

What an honor & joy it was to have such a talented & lovely human capture some of my plant potion apothecary magick at the !

11/12/2025

This might surprise some folks, but I never intended to my life to look like it does now.

In fact, I actually had no real dreams about my “grown up life”. At my birthday candle or 11:11 on the clock, I’d always wish for the same thing- “I just want to be happy”.

Because I wasn’t. For a really long time. I was sad, lonely, aching, ostracized, and eventually, very, very sick.

When I say plants and herbalism changed my entire life, I mean it. Not only did it help me be more sovereign, empowered, and informed about my health, it facilitated deep connection & meaning that for many of us, the lack of is far too often the actual root cause of our bone-deep misery.

My gratitude never feels like enough, so I will continue to share & live by my reverence, reciprocity, integrity, love, wonder, whimsy, and joy through this lens every day I am above the dirt I so treasure.

There’s a lot of new & aligned friends here, so I wanted to share a bit of my story as well as invite you to share yours in the comments ❤️🌿 the plant path is profound for those who walk it in earnest!

11/03/2025

October was a literal fever dream.

Easily one of the busiest of my life, it overflowed with markets, new & maintained wholesale partnerships, late nights & earlier mornings, laughter that bordered mania, and a thousand tiny triumphs that I’m still catching up to process.

But through it all, what lingers the most isn’t the bone deep exhaustion or even pride… it’s the deep, full body felt, almost aching gratitude in all of my cells.

This month was marked by relationships; by seemingly innumerable people who showed up, stood beside me, celebrated, supported, helped, collaborated, and loved.

From friends to fellow makers, to my endlessly patient partner, to everyone who came to the Samhain ritual or wandered through the garden party… I am simply in awe of the community that surrounds me.

Unending gratitude to every single soul who was in any way connected to mine this past month, and even more so to those closest to me. I am so incredibly thankful. 🖤

1. A naturally spooky corner in the greenhouse
2. A leaf muse captured on the first of the month
3. Some cool seasonal apothecary potions I made
4. My love & I at for our 13th year
5. The witch-cat who showed herself at my altar on the full moon
6. & & I loving each other with our whole hearts in a coven circle in Salem
7. Virginia creeper on a night walk in my beloved Massachusetts woods
8. Some of the late herb harvests hang drying in the apothecary
9. My favorite auntie fester, .sabs
10. The fastest clip of my table from my 5th (?!) year vending the unparalleled
11. My angels on earth, , , - I love you so much
12. The Samhain ritual community altar
13. My tarot pull from the garden party
14. A sweet moment of friends in the apothecary
15. Maude and I cuddling

10/30/2025

I’m crazy busy right now, but I’m never too busy to make fun of grifters 💅🏼

For real though, wandering through the wellness world sometimes feels… spooky (and not in the good way)!

It’s haunted by rampant misinformation, appropriation, spiritual bypassing, and “intuition” that’s just a rebrand of bloated ego and sh*tty capitalism.

And while I’m farrrrr from perfect, I try to keep learning and un-learning so that my work is real, rooted, and reciprocal.

So let’s skip the haunted wellness trends; I’ll keep the lights on in the house for us (and not poison you in negligence lol).

10/23/2025

As the chill deepens and fallen leaves weave a golden patchwork upon the earth, the November Candlebright Coven box is here to honor the hearth’s gentle glow!

This month, we gather around the flame to craft autumn leaf votive holders, transforming nature’s fading beauty into vessels of light. Connected in community by this reverent flame, we craft a reminder of tradition, warmth, gratitude, and the magick found in simple acts of creation in alignment with nature.

Inside your November box, you’ll find:
– A double-sided guide filled with DIY instruction, folklore, ritual, and reflection.
– A simple, seasonal spell to infuse your craft with intention.
-All materials needed for the craft, including a tea light, paintbrush, mod podge, and a glass votive holder.
-A few nature materials to get you started (but part of the fun & purpose is collecting your own!)

This collection is an ode to the quiet composting of November, and a way to feel the energy of the earth beginning to settle.
Existing coven members’ boxes begin shipping November 1st. Want to join the circle before the year’s end? Drop a 🍁 below and I’ll send you all the details!

10/22/2025

How often people scoff at the idea of magick, misconstruing it as something wicked or a cheap parlour trick. Or perhaps if they do believe, they expect it to arrive like in the movies; chairs moving on their own or disembodied whispers from the shadows.

Sometimes it is that- wild and unexplainable. But with every day I live, I am more & more certain that it is quieter.

It’s the way sunlight threads itself through a spider web, or how the clouds sigh after the rain. It’s the way frost crystals shimmer and how a bee collects nectar.

Magick doesn’t require grand, performative displays, nor does the witch weaver. Neither prove their power with spectacle.

For a witch feels the perceives magick in all things. In the current of thunderstorms, the hum of mycorrhiza beneath her feet, & the ancient rhythm that beats softly yet constantly, within the mundane.

May we always look at the world with witch weaver eyes; with curiosity & wonderment & awe, knowing that magick is everywhere we choose to see it.

10/21/2025

Wouldst thou like to live deliciously…

To sink your teeth deep into the ripe fruit of this life.
To have the juice of it running down your chin; to feel its depth spill like honey.
To walk between worlds with your senses wide open.
To have desire and devotion braided together like tangled ivy.
To have your breath be an offering, to remember the pulse of your own power.
Would you weave your days with scent and shadow, would you taste freedom on your tongue and wear heresy on your skin?

The tonics, the talismans, the teachings; the wild path of remembrance that I offer is yours to reclaim.
You only need to stretch your hand toward the flame…

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