We’re Celebrating! Flora+Forage is One Year Old!
WooHoo! 🎉
It’s hard to believe it’s been a whole year, but here we are!
I’ve so enjoyed every minute of my time here on Substack, and I’ve loved all the people I have gotten to know since arriving here in the stackhood.
Seriously, this really does feel like a neighborhood. An old-fashioned kind of place with beautiful houses and wide front porches filled with lovely folks who welcome you in to see|read|hear what they’ve created. And it seems like there’s a never-ending supply of these wonderful folks around every new corner.
But best part about all of this is YOU!
I want to THANK YOU dear reader for being here! What a delightful community of planty people that have gathered round my front porch here at Flora+Forage. There are over 6K of you! Wow!
🎉Now it’s time to celebrate!…and since gift giving is my love language, I’d like to celebrate this milestone by giving YOU a little present!
You know what they say—good things come in small packages, right?
Well, I’ve created a little Plant Family Identification Zine for you. Believe it or not, this tiny little tome will help you identify over 45,000 plants worldwide! It covers the seven plant families I’ve been posting on here at Flora+Forage:
The Pea Family, the Parsley Family, the Rose Family, the Mustard Family, The Mint Family, the Mallow Family and last but certainly not least, the Aster Family.
All you have to do is print it out and assemble it.
Here’s a little video demo on how to assemble your zine—or if you prefer written instructions, you can find them here.
Once you print it out, you can color it in and then tuck it into your hiking bag for quick reference, or laminate the full page and then cut it up into handy cards for a more durable option.
Here’s a little show-and-tell video so you can see it all colored and assembled. (Feel free to color it any way you like!!)
And Here’s an example of the zine cut into cards and laminated
While you’re at it, go ahead and make several copies to share with your friends or with your garden club members or maybe even drop off a few at your favorite little free library. Let’s put an end to plant blindness, shall we? Yay!
Wait! There’s More to Celebrate…
How about an ✨Exciting New Subscription Rate✨ to go with that cupcake?
We’ve had such fun this past year! Haven’t we? We’ve talked about medicinal mushrooms, ginseng, wild winter tea and joy cookies, we’ve made wild foraged ink and spicebush honey, and we’ve learned about the wildflower pilgrimage, the magic of lichens, & fairy pickles!
Then there were all the incredible special guests who each brought and shared their own very special plant passionate perspectives:
Steph Rae Moran, Sara Bonadea George, Mary Plantwalker, Becs Epstien, Sara Jackson, Carol Ann McCormick, Joey Shaw, Chris Baker, Melanie Chadwick, and Anne Butera!
Wow! That’s a lot, but honestly that’s not quite the half of it, because Insiders also got lots of extra special treats of their own, like—giveaways, special discounts, recipes, tutorials, zines, workshops and more!
BIG THANKS to the Flora&Forage Insiders! I so, so appreciate your support and hope you have enjoyed all the extra goodies!
If you’re not an Insider, there’s something you need to know…
I sincerely hate not giving you all that Flora+Forage has to offer. I seriously dislike the paywall and while I wish I could drop it altogether, but the fact remains that it takes a lot of time and energy to create all this goodness.
But, hold on—I’ve been thinking—what if I made it little easier for you to enjoy all the goodies here at Flora+Forage? Would you like that?
Well Good! Like I said, gift giving is my love language—so I’ve decided to change the yearly subscription rate to $30 per year. (I’d honestly like to drop it lower, but that’s the lowest rate Substack will let me offer)
So how does that sound? My hope is that this will make it possible for you to get in on all fun here at Flora+Forage. If that sounds like something you’d like to do, you can upgrade by hitting the subscribe button below.
💐Thanks in advance for considering! I hope to see you on the Inside!💐
*Oh—and if you signed on as an Insider in the last 6 months (April 1-September10th) at the higher annual rate, I’ll be tacking a free year onto your subscription! Hope that helps! 🎉
A Freak Accident
Quick update: I know I promised you the Aster Family post last week, but a freak thing happened. While I was out walking our sweet, sweet pup Lewis, a dog came out of nowhere and attacked us! Lewis suffered some puncture wounds and is doing fine, but I, on the other hand, fell to the ground (in an effort to defend Lewis, of course) and have a pretty significant shoulder injury with a stress fracture.
As a result, I couldn’t move my right arm for days. And since my right arm is my dominant arm, I wasn’t able to get the post out in time.
Regardless, I’m still planning to leave for Portugal next week, so just know that you won’t hear from me for a couple of weeks.
In the meantime, I hope your September is full of fallen stars! And now, without further ado, I bring you the Aster Family…
What’s your favorite part about Flora + Forage? Is it the fun information? All the little gifts? Or maybe its learning about and reading the interesting comments and stories from all the other plant-passionate people who’ve gathered round? Leave a comment below to let me know—I can’t wait to hear from you!💐
Happy birthday to Flora+Forage! 🎉 I'm grateful to be a part of your Substack community! 🌻 I'm so sorry to hear about your injury. I hope you heal quickly. Wishing you a wonderful trip to Portugal! 💕
What a lovely gift. Thank you!