Trillium Center

herbalism, foraging, Community Health, & mutual aid.

  • The United Plant Savers Botanical Sanctuary

    Today we received a package in the mail from United Plant Savers. UpS has welcomed the the Trillium Center at BLD farm into their botanical sanctuary network. A bit from the UpS website: “The mission of United Plant Savers is to preserve, conserve and restore native medicinal plants and their habitats of the US and…

  • An Herbalist Preparing for Disaster

    This article was originally published in Plant Healer Magazine. I am frequently asked why I still go to protests. This question surfaces in conversations about successful political actions – the assumption being that mass mobilizations in the U.S. are rarely the tools of change they once were. For me it doesn’t matter. I measure the…

  • Building a Straw Bale Seed House and Hoop House

    In late 2011, Charles and I began the construction of a timber-framed straw bale structure that we call the Seed House that sits next to a hoop house, which greatly increased our capacity to grow vegetables and medicinal plants. The project is an experiment in alternative building styles. We started by gathering tires that washed up…

  • Health Research

    Currently, we are especially concerned with the chronic disaster that is caused by mountain top removal coal mining practices in the Appalachian area. These practices are causing air and water pollution, fear, and dislocation of communities in an area that has a history of poverty. I have seen black water, I have felt houses shake…

  • Our Fire-Breathing Solar Dehydrator

    Well, it doesn’t really breathe fire, but it certainly gets hot and dry in this thing. Charles from BLD farm, built a solar dehydrator (aka “The Beast”) for the Trillium Center. The nickname relates to the size of this particular dehydrator. The glass (storefront window panes salvaged from a dumpster) over the black sheet metal…

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