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How to Make Lavender-Infused Honey (A Simple Home Apothecary Recipe)
Learn how to make lavender infused honey using dried lavender and raw honey. This simple home apothecary recipe captures the gentle floral flavour of summer, with tips on choosing the right lavender, selecting a good honey and delicious ways to enjoy your finished infusion.

Dr Lucy
6 min read


The Summer Apothecary: 25 Nature-Inspired Activities for Curious Children
Looking for simple ways to get children outdoors this summer? Discover 25 nature-inspired activities for the holidays, from growing sunflowers and making botanical art to butterfly walks, scent hunts and blackberry picking. Plus, download the free 40-page Summer Apothecary Challenge.

Dr Lucy
4 min read


3 Handmade Aromatherapy Gifts You Can Make from Your Home Apothecary
Three simple handmade aromatherapy gifts made from a handful of useful home apothecary ingredients. Discover how I made Revive Foot Bath Melts, a Reset Body + Foot Polish and botanical lip balms as end-of-year gifts for my son's teachers.

Dr Lucy
7 min read


How to Make Homemade Vanilla Extract: My Simple Method
Learn how to make homemade vanilla extract with just vanilla beans, alcohol and a little patience. This simple step-by-step guide shares the method I use at home, along with tips on choosing vanilla beans, selecting the best alcohol and why summer has become my favourite time to start a new bottle.

Dr Lucy
6 min read


Lavender Essential Oil: The Complete Guide to Uses, Benefits, Safety and Everyday Remedies
dōTERRA's Lavender Essential Oil - Lavandula Angustifolia If there is one essential oil that has quietly earned its place in almost every home apothecary, it is lavender. So familiar has it become, that it's easy to overlook. We associate it with clean laundry, relaxing baths and sleepy pillow sprays, often forgetting that behind its gentle floral fragrance lies one of the most extensively studied medicinal plants in modern aromatherapy. For centuries, lavender has been value

Dr Lucy
12 min read


Living With Lavender: Bringing Lavender Essential Oil into Everyday Life
Discover practical ways to use lavender essential oil in everyday life, from sleep and skincare to diffuser blends, homemade gifts and your home apothecary.

Dr Lucy
7 min read


How to Choose a High-Quality Essential Oil: 10 Things I Look For Before Buying
Choosing an essential oil shouldn't feel like guesswork. This evidence-informed guide explores the journey from plant to bottle, helping you understand what quality really means and the questions worth asking before you buy.

Dr Lucy
10 min read


Why Every Home Apothecary Should Include an Oxymel
The Ancient Herbal Preparation That Deserves a Place in Every Modern Kitchen Elderflower Oxymel If you're never heard of an oxymel before, don't worry, you're certainly not alone. Despite being used for over two thousand years, oxymels remain one of the most overlooked preparations in modern herbalism. Part herbal remedy, part everyday ingredient, an oxymel is simply herbs infused into vinegar and honey. Also sometimes called a 'shrub'. What I really love about them, and wher

Dr Lucy
5 min read


Creating a UK Aromatherapy & Apothecary Garden
Creating a UK Aromatherapy & Apothecary Garden. What to Grow, What to Forage and Why Your Garden Doesn't Stop At The Gate

Dr Lucy
11 min read
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