Herb Fairies - In intro to the wonders of the garden

Herb Fairies

The Herb Fairies Film Festival!

LearningHerbs and HerbMentor founders, John & Kimberly Gallagher have created the series Herb Fairies to introduce the plants we see in our gardens, parks and play grounds to young and old alike.

First launched in 2012, the series takes you through months of herb discoveries in books, audio, coloring pages, journal pages, recipes and lots more! Click here to watch the video and download the free gifts.

This showcases videos kids submitted who took Herb Fairies last year. It's really cute, and a great starting video for the launch. It also features a free coloring page and poster download of Viola, the Violet Fairy.


A wonderful way to start on an herbal discovery adventure!

Great news for butter lovers!

From Learning Herbs & Herb Mentor!!!

Myths about butter (- oh, I love it! With all those wonderful vegetables waiting to be eaten it has to be butter.)

In the first issue of their Weekly Holiday Series HerbMentor.com's Rosalee de la Foret shares her favorite recipes for herbal butters.

"In the recent nutritional history, butter was considered to be an unhealthy choice. Butter was labeled as a “fat” and it was also believed that all fats are bad for our health. People mistakenly believed that eating butter led to cardiovascular disease and weight gain."

"We now know that healthy fats can be a beneficial part of our diet, and some fats even provide essential nutrients. Many fats like butter and olive oil are actually health promoting. While trans fats like margarine and Crisco as well as vegetable fats like canola oil are best to be avoided."

"Butter, especially organic butter from grass fed cows, is high in vitamins and minerals as well as essential fatty acids."

Thank you, Rosalee!

Cold sore treatment options . . .

Just a quick note for those bothered by cold sores.


Here are few suggestions from Rosalee de la Foret, a contributor to Learning Herbs & Herb Mentor, at Methow Valley Herbs on the prevention plus treatment at the first sign of an outbreak, during an outbreak and recovery.