![]() When I harvest rose petals to infuse into honey, I like to gather the best petals I can find. Today I want to share some wild rose harvesting tips with you along with one of my favorite ways to enjoy wild roses: rose petal honey. Here’s what I saw while out harvesting the other day. Otherwise I may brush too nonchalantly against the thorns or reach for a flower without looking…and you never know what’s hiding in the heart of a rose. As we begin to harvest, I savor the silky feel of the petals on my fingers.īut, I can’t get too wrapped up in the beauty of it all. If it’s a hot day and the wind is just right, the scent of roses rushes to greet us before we’ve even bend down to meet the flowers with our noses. As we approach the rose brambles, we can often hear the buzz of bees before the roses are in sight. We feel the warm sun on our skin and hear the call of the songbirds around us. We often set out in the morning with our mesh gathering bags in hand. My husband and I have done a fair bit of wildcrafting, and out of all the plants we’ve harvested and tended in the wild, gathering rose petals is my favorite sensorial experience. The Okanogan-Colville used chewed leaves as a poultice for bee stings. One common wild rose species, Rosa woodsii, was used extensively by the Paiute in topical applications for boils, sunburns, sores, cuts, swellings and wounds. In his book, Native American Ethnobotany, Daniel Moerman has recorded numerous uses of roses by Native Americans. All parts of the rose plant have long been used to heal both external and internal wounds. ![]() Rose thorns can easily snag skin and clothing, leaving a painful reminder that there is more to roses than beauty.īut while roses can leave their scratches, they can also be used to heal wounds and relieve pain. If you’ve ever been hip deep in a rose bramble or were a little too unaware around roses, then you became immediately aware of its defense mechanism. Herbalist David Winston recommends rose petals in combination with hawthorn leaves and mimosa bark for grief and post-traumatic stress syndrome. Can you feel its immediate effect of opening and cheering your heart? Herbalists commonly use roses to mend a broken heart and to support someone going through grief, sadness and depression. Try taking a deep breath from the heart of a rose flower. Scent Is a Powerful Way to Alter Your Mood Here are some lessons I’ve learned from wild roses. They offer us powerful medicine for decreasing both emotional and physical pain, for healing wounds, and for decreasing systemic inflammation such as arthritis. While roses have been adored for their beauty for thousands of years, they are more than a pretty face and scent. This is one of my favorite times of year! I can hardly believe that a plant so beautiful and so fragrant grows so freely all around me. Lessons From Wild Rose, Plus a Delicious Treatĭuring the month of June, my valley is filled with pink wild roses.
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