In a little vacant lot, behind an old school on a busy city street, a beautiful medicine garden has been planted, and is now tended to by those willing, and adored by those who take the time to pause.

Luna has been doing both, the tending and the adoring, and she asked me to come and spend some time with her in the garden. It is called The People’s Apothecary.

In our hour together with the plants, she told me some of their names, and some I already knew: nettle, milk thistle, angelica, vervain, cleavers, angelica, mint, mugwort, and others. Names women have been sharing and discussing over collection baskets and digging sticks for generations, and I felt so much love in my heart to be there with her, in that moment of generational cohesion and plant connection.

You can find Luna on IG and FB @greenmoonherbals, or, perhaps, in the garden.