• BSN Stories

    Adirondack Botanical Sanctuary 


    Chateaugay, NY
    Sanctuary Steward: Jane Desotelle

    Determined to continue to live and work in the woods, I turned a hobby of collecting wild herb teas into a business in 1979. Without ever using the word sanctuary that is how I have used my land. My herb business was able to grow without using wild medicinal roots. The wild food walks I’ve held over the years have developed into ...
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    ATAGA’HI - LAKE OF THE WOUNDED 


    Union, Illinois
    Sanctuary Steward: Cindy Bloom

    The Cherokee people say there is a place in the Smokey Mountains where the animals go to be healed. The Creator warned the people not to follow the wounded animals to this magical lake or the wild game would vanish forever. The animals guard this place and keep it invisible to the human eye. It is said that if we continue to respect ...
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    Avena Botanicals Medicinal Herb Garden 


    West Rockport, ME
    Sanctuary Stewards: Deb Soule, Liz Ferraro, Julia Yelton

    Avena Botanicals one-acre medicinal herb garden is situated on 30 acres of field and forest that borders 6000 acres of undeveloped woods and wetlands. We are on a south-facing slope, 400 feet above sea level, only 4 miles from the ocean. Being in a rural area, we are blessed with a diverse bird population, ...
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    Bastyr University Botanical Sanctuary Garden 

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    Kenmore, WA
    Sanctuary Steward: Jenny Perez

    As the long days and short nights of summer approach equidistance, I reflect on another season in the Bastyr Garden. Over the five years that I have been involved with the garden, the focus of Bastyr’s student gardener team has been to harness the potential energy ever-present in our herb garden, shaping it to display the beauty of ...
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    Buck Mountain Ranch 


    Miles City, MT
    Sanctuary Stewards: Terrence Fox & Family

    Our family owns, or has under contract and operates about 20,000 acres of plains, hills and mountainous semi-arid land in southeast Montana between the Yellowstone and Powder Rivers. We call this land Buck Mountain Ranch. This beautiful country ranges from an elevation of 2,500 to 3,400 feet. The upper elevations, above ...
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    Cedar Ridge Sanctuary 

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    Trent, TX
    Sanctuary Stewards: Cyndi Hughs and Mike Morrison

    Our place is called Cedar Ridge and it is 14 acres. We have about 4-5 acres in a vegetable garden, 90 foot medicine wheel with plantings and various other gardens. In these areas we struggle with the heat, poor soil and lack of water. The remaining area is not cultivated or planted by us-Nature has her way here! ...
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    Cedar Spring Herb Farm 


    Harwich, MA
    Sanctuary Steward: Donna Wood Eaton

    This 7 acre farm, bounded by town-owned “Greenspace” and privately owned undeveloped woodlands is the home of Cedar Spring Herb Farm. Comprised of 4 acres of wooded uplands with 1 ˝ acres vernal pool and 1 ˝ acres cedar swamp, many wild plants thrive in this specific habitat: pink ladies slipper, pipsissewa, wintergreen, high and ...
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    Cherokee Medicine Woods 


    Bloomington Springs, TN
    Sanctuary Steward: Lisa Bedner, RN, AHG

    My heart is full that these 23 acres have been added to the UpS Botanical Sanctuary Network. Many Native American Nations once shared this area of Middle Tennessee near Cookeville as a source of plant medicines. The elders have told me that when the Cherokee and others were forced to move further north and east, ...
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    Creekside Herbs & Art 


    Cedarville, MI
    Sanctuary Steward: Wendy Wagoner

    Creekside Herbs & Art is a family owned/run business, which is located off the beaten path, set back amongst ancient white pines and a meandering creek, in the Eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Creekside is situated on 25 acres of white pines, balsam, spruce and cedar. The herb farm, 36’ dome (glass blowing studio), and garden ...
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    Desert Canyon Farm 


    Canon City, CO
    Sanctuary Stewards: Chris and Tammi Hartung

    Desert Canyon Farm is owned by Chris and Tammi Hartung. It is a USDA certified organic wholesale farm in southern Colorado. The farm specializes in growing potted herbs (more than 350 different varieties of all types) and potted heritage heirloom and ethnic food plants (nearly 175 different varieties), which are wholesaled ...
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    This Texas milkweed, a uniquely beautiful Asclepias, is commonly known as “inmortal” for its seriously strong medicinal value. The milkweed’s name, inspired by the Greek physician who became known as the “father” of medicine, makes sense when thinking of the value of pleurisy root (Asclepias tuberosa), another potent... read more

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    This past fall United Plant Savers co-organized the International Sandalwood Symposium that took place over four days, with over 30 academic presentations on the following topics: local and global markets and threats, chemistry and genetics, cultivation and propagation, ecology and environment, regional use and development, regulation and sustainable management. Speakers were from several... read more

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