About
A small apothecary at the mountains
Blossom & Sage is written from a one-room apothecary, a teaching garden, and a long table where the kettle is rarely cold. It is a journal of working herbalism — the slow, weekly kind that lives in jars and recipe cards.
Silibaziso Moody
Herbalist & Editor
Silibaziso Moody trained in herbal medicine making at the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine, where she developed a deep grounding in the craft of preparing plant medicines — tinctures, teas, syrups, and salves made with care and intention. She is currently deepening her practice through the school's Herbal Immersion Programme.
Nothing on these pages is medical advice — the journal is an invitation to learn the plants in the way that humans have learned them for a very long time: slowly, by name, by season, and by use.
The plants we return to most often are the ones rooted in African soil — moringa, rooibos, buchu, aloe ferox, devil's claw, umckaloabo, African wormwood. They grow on mountain slopes and dry plains, and they carry centuries of quiet knowledge.
— Silibaziso Moody, editor
Slow & seasonal
Every entry follows the rhythm of the garden — what is growing, what is drying, what the body is asking for in this season.
Rooted in Africa
The plants we return to most are those native to southern African soil, carrying centuries of quiet knowledge from the mountains and dry plains.
Free of advertising
The journal is freely shared and kept free of advertising. Every letter is written with the reader, not a sponsor, in mind.
