HILDEGARD & JUTTA APOTHECARY HERBS · AUSTIN, TEXAS
The Late Garden — illustration pending
The Late Garden

Small objects
for a larger
practice.

We offer the material — the practice is yours. Herbs from the garden, oils for a quiet moment, a few things worth keeping, made in small batches by one pair of hands.

Begin a Practice Enter the Garden
Practice

Begin somewhere small

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A scent, a stone, a small fixed point in the day. H&J supplies the material prompt — not what it has to mean.

Explore the original four Practice Oils →

Practice Stone Practice Stones A small, plain stone meant to hold a drop of practice oil — a physical anchor for a moment of attention, nothing more. Coming soon
Garden

Grown, gathered, blended, noticed

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Teas, dried singles and botanical body goods — everything starts as a real plant.

Dried Single Peppermint Leaf Whole dried peppermint leaf, loose by weight — bright, cooling, unmistakably itself. $8 BY WEIGHT Dried Single Chamomile Flowers Whole dried chamomile flowers, loose by weight — the soft, apple-sweet standby for the end of a hard day. $10 BY WEIGHT Dried Single Lemon Balm Leaf Whole dried lemon balm leaf, loose by weight — citrusy without any actual citrus in it. $9 BY WEIGHT Dried Single Ginger Dried ginger root, sliced or cracked, loose by weight — warm and a little sharp, the kind of heat that builds instead of hitting all at once. Coming soon
The Margins

What happens while we're busy cultivating the garden

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History, paper, and the wit that doesn't fit anywhere else. This corner is newest and still growing.

Coaster The Accused Coasters A coaster series naming women historically accused of witchcraft — researched, sourced, and handled with the weight the record deserves, not novelty. Coming soon
A short H&J story

Two women, one cell

Jutta of Sponheim was enclosed at the monastery of Disibodenberg in 1112. She took a child with her — Hildegard, eight years old. Jutta taught her to read, to keep a garden, and to notice what grew where. Hildegard outlived her by forty-two years and wrote down everything she knew about plants.

I named this after both of them because the interesting part isn't the visions — it's that one woman taught another woman what grew where, and it survived.

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Between markets Back at the table soon — write if you need something sooner.
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