FLORA+FUNGI

Wild Botanical Skincare+ Non-Timber Forest Products+ Botanical Distillation+ Bioregional Herbalism

10/30/2026

The scoop on our most popular leave-in conditioner 👀.

10/30/2026

Is there something you keep meaning to learn, but haven’t quite started?
When I started distilling hydrosols, I spent hours (which turned into years) combing the internet for any information I could find trying to figure out what yields to expect, how to seal the still, what chemical constituents were actually in the hydrosols I was distilling.

That’s who I had in mind when I created A Beginner’s Guide to Distilling Your Own Hydrosols- someone who wants to try, but could use a little help getting started.

It’s part of the Ultimate Yardsteading Collection, which is available now for $50.

You get a full year to download and explore the resources. Start with the thing you’re most interested in, try it, and come back when you’re ready for something else.

Comment LEARN for a direct link to the collection. The collection closes November 1.

10/22/2026

If you’ve been around here for a while you probably know that I love cultivating traditional skills. From growing my own vegetables and herbs, raising ducks and chickens, canning and fermenting to preserve the harvest and stocking my home apothecary with homemade remedies. So I was thrilled when Carolynne from The Hillside Market asked me if I’d like to be a contributor to The Ultimate Yardsteading Collection- a digital bundle focused on exactly these things.
My Ebook- A Beginner’s Guide to Distilling Your Own Hydrosols is included, along with more than 50 courses, guides, plans, recipes, and other
resources from 47 creators to help you do more for yourself at home.

For $50, you’ll receive:
- The full collection, covering growing, building, raising, preserving, and making.
- One year of access to the pdf downloads, so you can return to the resources as you need them.
- Access to our online community, where you can share your progress, ask questions, and connect with
contributors and other learners.

If you’ve been wanting to learn how to distill your own hydrosols, my resource will help you start your journey.
And there’s plenty to explore once you’ve finished that!

The collection is available through November 1. 🔗If you’d like to learn more comment LINK and I’ll send the details to your inbox.

10/14/2026

Meet our hydrosols! Which one is your favorite? ⚗️💧💙.

10/14/2026

If you’re a fan of our Chaga Rose leave in conditioner you may want to snag one asap! There are only 5 left in the shop and I’m retiring this scent for a while!

10/14/2026

Meet our facial lotions…

All of our lotions are made in small batches featuring our hydrosols & garden grown and wild harvested botanicals carefully selected for their affinity for skin health.

Sunshine Youth Cream-
Our most popular and longest running facial lotion- made with Sweet Fern Hydrosol, garden grown calendula extract, antioxidant rich Astaxanthin and Sea Buckthorn CO2 extract designed to support mature skin.

Still Waters Botanical Retinol Alternative Cream-
Our richest facial cream made with Tulsi Basil hydrosol, grass-fed beef tallow, Bakuchiol retinol alternative, silk aminos, Irish moss extract and dl-panthenol.

Temple of Bloom Floral Facial Lotion-
A flower forward facial lotion featuring our Lavender hydrosol, Calendula, Tulsi and Sweet Fern Extracts, Panthenol and Copper Peptide.

Birch Blessings Fungi Facial Lotion-
My personal favorite facial lotion, featuring a base of polysaccharide rich Chaga, Birch Polypore, and Tinder Conk Mushroom Extracts, spun together with Frankincense and Palo Santo infused oils and vanilla bean extract.

Lauma: Goddess of Trees- Coniferous Forest Facial Elixir-
The forest in a bottle- Balsam Fir hydrosol and oleoresin spun together with cocoa butter, moringa and jojoba oils to nourish and protect skin from harsh northern winters.

10/14/2026

Tulsi was the herb that shifted my focus from distilling wild harvested plants to growing a distillation garden.

Tulsi is insanely easy to grow and yields from midsummer until fall. How much it yields depends on how you cultivate it- once it starts to flower midsummer I cut the plants back to the base and then in another few weeks they’ll be flowering again. I typically save the first couple harvests for tea and then start distilling the later harvests.

The variety I grow is called Kapoor Tulsi, and it does well in temperate climates.

I distill tulsi for lots of reasons- I sell it as a pure hydrosol facial toner, but most of what I distill winds up as the base of a couple of my most popular products .

You can find tulsi hydrosol in my Tulsi Lavender leave in conditioner, and my Still Waters facial lotion- both returning to the shop this Thursday October 15th. ⚗️Still by 👘 Robe by

10/12/2026

Returning to the shop this Thursday….. Yarrow Hydrosol! ⚗️💧💙I love working with aromatic plants, and if I’m being honest Yarrow is not my favorite smelling plant I work with- while it doesn’t smell bad, it is deeply herbaceous and earthy with less of a conventional floral scent. However the virtues of the plant are what make Yarrow special- during distillation, a compound called matricin in converted through the heat and pressure of the distillation process into chamazulene which in addition to being a mesmerizing color blue contains potent anti-inflammatory properties.

Yarrow hydrosol is a great ally for acne-prone, inflamed and irritable skin thanks to the presence of chamazulene and other potent compounds. However, don’t think its is only for your face- this is my favorite hydrosol for body use- I love using Yarrow hydrosol on bug bites, rashes, cuts and scrapes to help calm skin.

Yarrow hydrosol will be available again this Thursday in 2 oz misters and I will have a few 8 oz refill bottles available- if you want to snag some don’t sleep on it, as I’m planning on using most of what I distilled this season in my Wild Yarrow Body Lotion!

10/08/2026

Returning to the shop October 15th……

As the gardening season winds down I’ve been back in the lab, restocking all of your favorite lotions and potions with the plants I’ve spent the summer tending.

Facial Lotions- Birch Blessings, Still Waters, Lauma: Goddess of Trees, and Temple of Bloom

Hydrosols- Freshly distilled hydrosols of Rose Geranium, Yarrow, Tulsi Basil, Lavender, Sweet Fern and more!

Body Lotions- Cloud Tallow lotion is restocked, along with fan favorite Wild Yarrow Body Lotion and Lavender Body lotion are all returning.

Raspberry Rose Mask is restocked!

Leave-In-Conditioners- Tulsi Lavender Leave-In-Conditioner is back! Forest Spirit and Chaga Rose are also in stock!

And……Facial Cleansing Bars! It’s been a couple years since I’ve offered these and I’ve never stopped receiving emails asking me to restock them, so finally I did!

09/24/2026

Hi there, my name is Amanda, and I’m a distiller from Northern Michigan who focuses on producing hydrosols for my botanical skincare business Flora+Fungi.

Today I’m distilling rose geranium, which might be my new favorite hydrosol in my 60L copper still from Copper Brothers, handcrafted by coppersmiths in Portugal. I’ll be doing a combination distillation where I can plant material in both the pot and the column of the still, so part of the plant material is being hydro-distilled, and part is being steam distilled.

Rose Geranium hydrosol is rich is Geraniol, citronellol, and linalool, which give it its characteristic rosy, herbaceous and slightly citrusy aroma.

Hydrosols are great for hydrating skin, balancing pH and tightening pores, but Rose Geranium hydrosol is great in particular for oily or blemish prone skin types since geraniol and citronellol have shown anti-inflammatory properties in in vitro studies helping to soothe irritation and redness.

If you’d like to learn more about distillation, my online course is now open for enrollment- follow the link in my bio.

Additionally, Copper Brothers has generously given me a discount code to share with you- use copperflora for 10% off your order. This code can be stacked with their site-wide sales as well, so if they have a 10% off sale already going this code will bump you up to 20% off your purchase.

Address

Au Gres, MI
48703

Website

http://www.florafungiapothecary.com/

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