West County Herb Company

Located in scenic downtown Occidental, California, our community-oriented shop features locally grown and always organic bulk herbs and handcrafted herbal products: herbal medicines, face and body creams, salves, lotions, soaps, candles and more. We welcome you to peruse our shop unbothered while you sip some tea, and come to your senses.

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We love our flowers from Phyllis. #smalltownjoy #occidentalgrown
Intoxicating... these Damascus roses are truly some of the most fragrant roses we've ever smelled. @micahxluc you're a master rose grower! If you love roses, check out his page~ dreamy pink petals everywhere. If you're in town, come on in before you head to the market and get your dried roses for the weekend; for your bath, tea, medicine making and under your pillow. #supportlocalgrowers #localroses #damascusrose #localherbshop #drinkroses #foryourbath #rosemedicine
Friday morning wordplay. The Concise Dictionary Of English Etymology will lead you down a winding path. Waurts, the roots. Wort, an herb. Root, to grub up, as in a hog. Wrack for seaweed and wraith the apparition. The ghosts of all these words floating in a sea of roots and vines. Language is worth consideration. The names of plants may point towards history, medicinal benefit or plant identification. Consider the Aristolochia labiata. Once you start down the etymology rabbit hole for this pipevine, you'll come across human anatomy and reproduction, toxicity and fluttering butterflies. You'll span continents and eras, government policies and the carnivorous lookalike Nepenthes aristolochioides. You'll find greedy colonialists, traditional medicine, scientists and healers, antique botanical catalogues, and reptile repellent. We don't want to tell you where to look, only to always be looking, listening, and keeping your eyes on how the past will pave our future. #etymology #plantetymology #pipevine #labiata #lookslike #wort #herbalism #root #aparition #ghostsinwords #spiritwords #mylifeasanherbalist
We have a lot of new followers and loyal old-timers on here, and it's about time we tell you a little bit more about why we are here, because it's not always easy and it's pretty unique in this day and age. We've been on Main Street in Occidental for eleven years providing our community with locally grown and organic bulk herbs, medicine making supplies, and hand crafted herbal products and artisan wares. We have an education and event space where we hold classes and workshops, craft shows and lectures. Lisa, the owner, is a graduate of @cshs.herbschool, and she's the one pouring tea and doing all the behind the scenes hard work. Lenny is here too, and we love this guy, he knows herbal medicine making like no other. Kelly runs the classes and outreach- we try and keep it simple and true to our little town, from craft to folk art to DIY. Our community keeps growing and it feels really good, we nourish you and we get it right back. And that's why we are here. We just want to do this one thing- provide a space for quality herbs and quality people- and do it really well. Thank you for supporting us! We hope to see you, Thursday through Monday from 11am to 5pm, this summer. We'll have the tea on for you. #herbpeople #communityherbalist #herbalism #herbshop #westcountyherb #occidental #mylifeasanherbalist #communityismedicine
Botany lovers, this is for you. A window into the magical world of the minutia. Swollen stamens. Pollen dusted petals. Tangled filaments. The shadow of a sepal. It's almost obscene. These little Illuminated Loupes are found in every botanist's pocket. You should have one, too. We have them in the shop now, $18 bucks. #botany #flowerlovers #details #loupes #flowers #floweranatomy #sepal #petal #pollen #devilinthebush #daisy #rosemary #watsonia #fillament #stigma #stamen #occidental
Medicine makers! Plant crafters! Herbalists! We have your summer supplies. And the beeswax? The finest from @pixiebenjamin. The herbs? All organic, sourced locally, so you know you're supporting your neighbor folk. As usual, open Thursday through Monday, from 11am to 5pm. See you soon! #medicinemakers #plantcrafters #herbalists #organic #shoplocal #supportyourlocalherbalists
Have you seen a flower carved from wood? It's something that is best seen in person, the photos can't do the delicacy justice. Stop by and see the carved flowers at our popup gallery for Takayuki Zoshi, from 10am-5pm, in our event space. Art, herbs and redwoods. #carvedflower #woodcarver #westcountyherbcompany #artatthesource
Garden Tea 🌱✨💚🌱✨💚 Grab whatcha got. Strawberries, lemons, fennel, tulsi, mint, lemon balm. Cover it all with water, use your largest jar. Shake it up. Put it by the bones, so that it's touching dirt, in the sun. Get it before the mosquitoes come out, drink it on the front porch facing West. Watch the sun drop down, listen to the bird song slow and settle. Freeze any left over tea for cool pops tomorrow. Sleep deep, dream sweet. Repeat. #westcountydays #westcounty #herbaltea #herbalremedies #stayingcool #mylifeasanherbalist #herbs #bonesandbrew #bones #dirt #suntea