Holding enchantment in my hand. Probably the berries are more famous, but I love the flowers, thick with honey-yeasty pollen, falling like a rain of sulfur stardust when harvested. Served as a tisane, for chasing away incipient flus or colds, or just a soporific; classic in skincare (present in TF hydrosol & several serums); or a beautiful aromatic material where wine & berry nuances peek through, elderflower is a powerful force. To walk through the elder grove on my land is a mystifying experience, it feels as if one has crossed into threshold of the elemental’s world, populated swirling, moving layers difficult to sort and track. One must be present in both worlds, human and elemental, as a conscious inbreathing & outbreathing. Do you have any impressions of elderflower, its scent, presence, way you work with it, to share? #elderflower#sambucus#biodynamicfarming#elementals #biodynamicskincare#botanicalperfume#greenbeauty#radiantskin#enchantment #plantmagic#wholeplantskincare#herbals#herbalskincare

Eat color with your eyes 👀 👁, becomes skin food after I ⚗️it. Last days of the damask roses, beginning trickle of cornflowers, chamomile, calendula, chrysanthemum (tea), violas. Small amounts at first, then... abundance. Sheer joy to be the rows of bright flowers!! These are the plants that go into Tender Flower, honest hard work of my hands and heart. #biodynamicfarm#farmtoface#therealdeal#flowerpower#organicskincare#biodynamicskincare#flowerrainbow#plantlove#colorjoy#biodynamicskincare#greenbeautyproducts #greenbeauty#biodynamicgrower#artisanskincare#formulator#plantartist#skinfood

Mmm, roses ( three types, several cultivars) + indigenous elderflowers. This year they overlapped in bloom, and a beautiful hydrosol came of it. All grown and processed right here on the farm, a Biodynamic haven of healthfulness, bio-diversity and wonderment. Sign up for the newsletter to be informed of the next shop update, but also news from the land. #hydrosol#distillation#biodynamicfarm#biodynamicskincare#wholeplantskincare#greenbeautyproducts#farmtoface#artisandistiller#plantmagic#heartandhands#scentscapes#botanicalskincare#plantartist

How many ways to distill roses? First, there are generally pertinent to roses good distillation practices... the tried and true. This year I’ve gone further than proficiency with roses’ requirements, doing 7 major distillations, all of them differently approached for nuance, including 2 double distilled hydrosol batches. There’s one run inspired by the classic vintner’s practice of maturing the vendange in oak casks. I employed a cache bottle saturated with the scent (though of course it washed and sterilized) of a highly aromatic herb I also distill, rendering a green spiked rose with a fresh crispness. Another batch of rosewater has spicy, honeyed notes. Yet another is sweet, gentle rose. Two co-distillations varied the proportions of rose species + rose geranium leaf. The latest is also a co-distillation: elderflower & damasks,marking the shift into elderflower season. This is genuine terroir, distilling the farmscape, the weather, the flowers’ expression of the particular morning, the “ color” of my heart, and most excitingly to me, imprints of how the elementals are creating substance from all of this!! Since I grow the plants.. don’t buy them nor buy in and blend hydrosols as most botanical skin care businesses do.. Tender Flower products are quite unique. The entire relationship I have directly with/from the Earth, nature, the plants, the artistic and spiritual science of Biodynamic cultivation, as well as personally making the plant medicine is infused with the products. This conveys very definite vibes many customers can feel (you really are beautifully perceptive !), of love, devotion and healing. While all these personally engaged with steps limit time for marketing and standardized business protocols, they make TF offerings unique .. among the nichest of the niche.😉 I look forward to sharing these beauties and others with you soon. #biodynamicfarming #biodynamic #hydrosol#distillation#terroir#elementals#jevaisaupif#biodynamicskincare#farmtoface#radiantskin#roselove#artisandistiller#rosewater#wholeplantskincare#greenbeautyproducts#greenbeauty#plantnerd

My work looks dainty, but... From a few weeks ago, when I began testing one of my deciduous azaleas which smells like a perfume of delicious musky honey, vanilla absolute + incense tree but better. It’s an indoor day here. To go outdoors one needs a boat and waders! You would think ah, a nice cozy day to be creative in the perfumery. However, deep cleaning is loudly announcing, after mostly living outdoors since March. Any other growers/farmers out there consider a shepherd’s croft to live in for the growing season? #enfleurage #jevaisaupif#aromaticlife#indieperfumer#handmadeperfume#botanicalperfume#smellthis#fragrantpath#scentedflowers#biodynamicfarm#biodynamicfarming#blessthismess#greenbeauty#floralspell

I forget that sometimes I could post about perfume. In the midst of processing the glorious rose harvest, here’s something green, and also, part of the product shoot Winnie was caught eating! Effervescence, alluring green herbs and enchantment in a bottle. Tisane is crisp, sheer, the epitome of “aromatic”. So many shapeshifting smells here, a few are galbanum, armoise, chamomile & hinoki. For fairies and changelings . Available in the next update. #botanicalperfume#jevaisaupif#indieperfumer#artisanperfume#scentsofplace#scentscapes#greenbeauty#greenperfume#aromaticlife#scentsy#smellthis#fragrantpath#perfumeasmedicine #tenderflowerperfume#fragrantherbs#fairyland

“Making content” for IG just doesn’t work for me..” my little ditty,🎶🎵😂. I LIVE, breathe and eat content, especially as a person directly involved with growing plants/making products with them as a living. Yesterday’s rain gave me a moment to write & send the newsletter.. about roses, seasons,Light, my individualized ways and boundaries with farming/selling, and a few other nuggets. My fervent interest in a more humane and natural way of commerce has led me to experiment these last 25 years of my life and to form more ideas to try out as I go.. there’s no template out there for this. And the inspiration only comes one step at a time,no download of a grand plan. Why? We truly do have to create ( co create, really) the future. Here’s something that popped in my head many many years ago: “The Earth is a seed turned inside out” You have to experience it, no other way to comprehend. #earthmatters#biodynamic#biodynamicfarming#roseseason#jevsisaupif#biodynamicskincare#naturelove#wholeplantskincare#botanicalperfume#aromaticlife#fragrantpath#plantmagic#cocreativity#sowingseeds#ilovemywork#insouscience