March is the month of my people. My maternal family came to Canada from Ireland and worked hard, lived simple. St. Patrick’s Day has never been a day of drinking but of feasting and preparing to work the land. On the farm, we would see the tiniest signs of spring that the cold prairie winters […]
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Made it back from Nashville and am chock full of ideas, new stories and friendships. I’m prepping orders to ship over the next few days with an extra treat as my thanks for your patience. Each order will include a 5 ml bottle of Redwood hydrosol I produced in August for an art installation at
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I will be away in Nashville this week to collect my AIA 2024 Artisan Distiller Award and will be back to shipping orders Tuesday October 1st. Both our Etsy shop and website will be on sale as our thanks for your support however our website www.essentialoilapothecary.com will have a deeper discount which includes the in
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It’s Labor Day week sale! Instead of ending the sale today, we’ve started our biggest sale of the year today so you can shop for your holiday list all week long. Sale ends Friday September 6th.
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We’re back with a few changes and a highly sought after restock. Attar of Oud is back in stock and Vetiver absolute has been added to both our Etsy shop and this website but Black Locust absolute is on our website only. Styax absolute, Scotch Pine CO2, Lilac CO2, Lavender absolute, Nettle CO2 and hydrosol
Please note: there will be a delay in shipping as we will be away from August 1st to August 15 to teach distillation and natural perfumery classes on Vancouver Island. We will have the shop on sale while we are away and will ship all orders as soon as I return on August 15/24. Thank
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We are finding ourselves in week 2 of a heat dome ranging from 109F to 111F so I’ve slowed shipping orders because aromatics and heat don’t mix. We will be dropping down on July 13/24 and will ship all outstanding and new orders then. Many thanks for your understanding and patience. Yes, there’ll be samples
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Our 4th of July Red White and Blue sale begins now. Our sale is 15% off and includes everything in the shop plus free shipping. Happy 4th, y’all and stay safe!
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I’ve returned from the Canadian Herb Conference complete with stories and good distillations such as St. John’s wort and rose hydrosol. I’m working around the clock to get orders out so please be patient. Please note: we are approaching a heat dome here in California so order accordingly. July is characteristically slow so I’ll be
I am headed to Vancouver Island from June 18 to 25/24. Our shop will remain open but we will not be shipping orders while I’m away. I’ll be distilling at the event with beautiful Vancouver Island flowers such as fireweed and wild roses and plan to bring some of my work back. I will put
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While I was out harvesting roses for my Rose centifolia photo shoot, I ended up having an accident that has left me with some lingering head and body trauma. I didn’t see a large sharp angled rock hidden in a thicket that caught my shoe and caused me to fall with my full weight on
