Walking with the Seasons
how nature walks us home
Walking with the Seasons is a celebration of nature’s rhythms and an honouring of how we are shaped by them.
Each equinox and solstice, four times a year, we are offering a small package to be mailed to you or a loved one as a seasonal gift. These little boxes are packed with the purpose of nurturing our interdependence with community and nature. Living aligned with seasonal tides is powerful personal and planetary medicine. This collaborative offering aims to inspire us to move with the rhythms of the earth and sky.
This project serves to illuminate and honour the cyclical transformations happening all around us and within us. It is a gentle reminder to reach out and write to your loved ones in the depths of spring, summer, fall, and winter - and to nourish the changing needs of your body with herbal medicines attuned to the turning of the seasons.
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Each seasonal package includes:
5 coast cards (5x7” post cards) featuring the nature imagery of April Bencze of Long Live the Coast
1 letter inspired by the season, written by April
1 seasonally attuned herbal medicine offering locally wildcrafted by Emily Grubb of Second Spring Herbal Medicine based on Malcolm Island, BC
See below for more information, package options, and to order.
spring
2024
WAKING WITH SPRING | THE LIGHT RETURNS
walking with the seasons, spring equinox 2024
Spring Coast Cards & Herbal Medicine package includes:
5 large coast cards (5x7”) featuring springtime nature imagery by April Bencze, with a theme of returning light
1 letter inspired by spring, written by April
1 30g package of Spring Within medicinal herbal tea blend by Emily Grubb of Second Spring Herbal Medicines locally crafted on Malcolm Island, BC
$30
plus shipping + gst
($3.50 within Canada
$6.00 within USA
$11.50 internationally)
limited stock of 50 available
Spring Coast Cards package includes:
5 large coast cards (5x7”) featuring springtime nature imagery by April Bencze, with a theme of returning light
1 letter inspired by spring, written by April
$15
plus shipping + gst
($1.50 within Canada
$2.50 within USA
$3.50 internationally)
limited stock of 50 available
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
April and Emily met and became close friends during a season of creekwalking in Musgamagw Dzawada'enuxw territory (Broughton Archipelago, BC) off northeastern Vancouver Island in 2021. Connecting over their shared teachers and inspirations - the salmon, watersheds, flora, fauna, and funga of the land where they live. This herbal medicine and nature imagery/writing collaboration for Walking with the Seasons has been a long time in the making and they are excited to share their crafts with you.
EMILY GRUBB | SECOND SPRING HERBAL MEDICINES | @secondspringherbal
Emily (she/her) is the creator behind Second Spring herbal medicines, formulating her creations from herbs she grows from seed, wild forages, and organically sources - all handmade on Malcolm Island, BC. With her background in Environmental Sciences, certifications in Herbal Medicine and Holistic Nutrition from Pacific Rim College, and overall love and passion for all things nature, Emily's formulas are created with intention, and made to highlight the unique properties of the plants within them.
The formulation for this Spring seasonal collaboration is inspired by Nettle (Urtica dioica). Nettle has been used as food and medicine for centuries, being rich in iron, calcium, protein, and vitamins B and C. Nettle is the first plant Emily gathers each season, signalling the beginning of the new growing season and Spring.
APRIL BENCZE | LONG LIVE THE COAST | @aprilbencze
April (they/them) is a queer artist and writer of mixed European ancestry (Hungarian, Scottish, Irish, and English), and born on Vancouver Island, BC as a 3rd generation settler. April engages in wildlife advocacy through visual storytelling, writing, and collaborative projects that centre the dynamic relationships between people, wildlife, and place with a focus on watershed ecology.
April currently is in deep study of traditional medicine in a Doctor of Chinese Medicine program in lək̓ʷəŋən territory (Victoria, BC) at Pacific Rim College, as well as a student of Nèijīng Nature-Based Medicine mentorship program through The Apricot Grove. After their studies, April intends to return to their home communities on northern Vancouver Island in ʼNa̱mǥis territory to serve the community as a nature-based Chinese Medicine practitioner and artist/writer.
Their work continues to be devoted to nurturing the inherently interconnected nature of personal and planetary healing.
Emily of Second Spring Herbal
April of Long Live the Coast
