Resilient Roots

Spring plant medicine:

Collards and asparagus: important spring plants that provide nutrients for liver detox, help us move through the sludge of winter into spring. Don't waste collard stems! Chop up and sauté.

Wildflowers and Daisy dog

Blue cohosh, Actaea pachypoda (dolls eyes, not to be confused with black cohosh), Goldenseal emerging

Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) is an evergreen shrub native to North Africa, Middle East, India. On the BUF, we grow starts in our greenhouse, transplant in May, and harvest the roots before a freeze. The ground or finely chopped roots can be taken as a powder, tea or tincture. Ashwagandha is widely used in Ayurvedic medicine to address stress, anxiety, and poor sleep. We recently harvested the last of our 2025 crop, and have a small amount of roots (see picture) left. If you know how to process and use these roots, we will give them to you. If you would be interested in growing some next year, we can grow a few starts for you.

Bring the kids and let's make some tea on Thursday Berea Kids Eat!

Check out our programming this week!

Meal Service Tuesday & Friday with the Berea College Forestry Outreach CenterBerea College Forestry Outreach Center and a Mango Lassi Program on Friday.

Marshall Pediatric Therapy on Wednesday along with a snack!

Back to School Herbal Teas with Resilient Roots on Thursday from 10-11 AM at Glades Garden 530 Glades Road!