VERDITER
BOTANICAL REMEDIES
Intro
All Flower Remedies
Flower Combinations
Custom Blends & Spiritual Care
Ecoregions
Bog / Water
Tuckamore / Wood
Meadow / Fire
Boreal Forest / Earth
Coastal Barrens / Metal
About the practice
Contact
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Wildflower Dews
The wildflowers featured here grow on Fogo Island, in Ktaqmkuk / Newfoundland. The botanical remedies made from the flowers are shaped as much by this place and the elements that move through it as the plants themselves.
This work connects the rhythms of the body and the inner emotional landscape with nature. The flowers listed are organized by ecoregion and interpreted in relation to elemental patterns and corresponding functions within the body. If you feel drawn to a particular flower, allow that to take precedence over any information or organizational structure presented.
Verditer emerged from an inquiry into the relationship between the subtle body, consciousness, and invisible patterns in nature. What began as a curiosity about plant intelligence, communication, imaginal perception, water memory, resonance, and the patterns that influence well-being (internal, mythopoetic, archetypal) gradually led to the work with flowers found here.
The term “Botanical Dew” is a reference to the work of mystic, composer, healer, polymath Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179), who collected dew from flowers using muslin cloth as part of her healing practice. The term is used here interchangeably with “flower essence” or “flower remedy” -- subtle plant-based preparations traditionally used to support emotional and energetic well-being -- though the methods and traditions behind these practices differ.
The remedies have been prepared using the conventional sun method developed by Dr. Edward Bach in the 1930s. They contain no essential oils and have no fragrance other than the brandy they are preserved with. They are more closely related to homeopathic remedies, though they are distinctly different. Cosmic patterns of growth and expression are shared among all living things. The short descriptions accompanying each flower remedy are simplified in terms of human emotions, but they point toward an underlying pattern within the plant that is a multidimensional, living dynamic.
Flowers express a distinct intelligence through a coherence of light, colour, geometry, gesture, and presence. Water serves as the carrier for this energetic imprint in the flower essence, interacting with the body on a subtle level when taken internally over time. As we know, plants literally digest light. Although the mechanism behind the remedies remains uncertain, what can be experienced is that they invite attention inward, opening communication through a language of feeling, energy, and spirit.
This practice sits within a holistic, experiential approach to well-being, one that views mind, matter, and living beings as interdependent and co-arising. In my experience, working with flower remedies as part of an ongoing relationship with the natural world invites a more expansive paradigm of health and self. Nature can support the process of turning inward to better understand the patterns that shape our perceptions and responses within the larger social and ecological systems we are part of. It is subtle and often tender work, yet it can also be a source of personal agency and connection that catalyzes change.
Fogo Island
Fogo Island's landscape is wild, nuanced and continually shifting. Its geology is a living record of the magma chamber from which it emerged 400 million years ago, and the ice, fire and sea that have continued to shape it since then. The harsh weather, Fogo's many seasons and the delicate, pristine growth found here speak of the vitality, diversity, adaptability, and strength of the island's embodied spirit.
All remedies are made respectfully in the wild habitats and distinct ecoregions of the island. It is an honour to work in relationship with the land and to learn from nature directly. With deep gratitude, Verditer acknowledges all those who have lived in relationship with this place and recognizes the lasting impacts of a colonial history on the people and lands we now inhabit. Listening carefully to this place, the flowers, and one another is central to this work.
Flower Remedies
Fogo Island Ecoregion Correspondences
WATER
WOOD
FIRE
EARTH
METAL
‘Our thinking affects our greening power… The soul is the green life-force of the flesh… When we humans work in accord with the strivings of our soul, all our deeds turn out well.’ - Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179)