Rocky's Root Care

Ain’t nobody coming to save us, we deserve — need — to show up for each other. If you’re able to, I shared the link in my bio :)

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VIP: My Citrus Rose Fruit Tea will grace us with her presence at BRD next week! Imagine if sorrel and Sangria had a sober love child—this is her! Link in bio for a Black Holiday shindig Saturday December 14th at 6:30pm.

I made the huge batch in this picture for Thanksgiving at my BM house (Iykyk) and it was A HUGE HIT! Everyone wanted to take some home. I didn’t get none for the road, so it’s time to run it back

So excited to spend time with y’all next weekend. Come through to be in community with Black folks (and some Brown) and just chill (the aux will be hot though).

✨ Reflect on the year so far
✨ Play games and make new connections
✨ Unravel and create in the art space

Many hands make light work: if you can, bring art supplies/collage materials for the art space, snacks and drinks, and/or mula 💰

Donations optional, but deeply appreciated

This is a Black centered and created space. Allies of color welcome so long as this intention is honored.

🌻 Happy Sundays 🌻

🌻First sunflowers of the season🌻

🌿First nervine punched tincture 🌿

🥗 First salad shared with the family down south 🥗

Here’s to many many more this season!!!

+ 30% off all Tea 🫖 blends on the site until Monday with code ICEDTEA!

Introducing the all new 🌹Citrus Rose🌹 Tea Blend! Sour🍋, fruity🍊, juicy💦, and ready for your sweetness🍯. Our version of “red juice” is filled with cooling herbs that will bring some relief to the hot summer 🥵days. As a bonus, it’s also packed with vitamin C and herbs that support your immune system💪🏾. What’s not to love?

This blend is here for a good time, not a long time so head over to rockysrootcare.com now to get yours!

P.s. You can bundle it with a citrus Rose Perfume Oil for even more discounts!!

This is how we do it. One helper turned into three turned into a village. Thank you to everyone who came out to help today! We got sssiooooooooo much done and the plants are just bouncing with joy. Super excited to see how this season continues to evolve.

So much love to for stewarding this land with me and to and for building community on the land together

Feeling better than I did when I wrote this, but sharing so it can be medicine for someone else

This poem is probably unfinished. I wrote it after realizing I was being harsh with myself about something | did, even though the other person forgave me. I started saying affirmations to forgive myself and they brought tears to my eyes.

I’m reparenting myself each day, and sometimes my heart breaks open at how different my healing work is from what I was taught.

We were taught survival skills, how to make ways out no way, how to navigate a cruel system. There’s medicine there so I don’t throw them out entirely.

But some of those practices we were taught - don’t talk about certain things, don’t cry, don’t burden others with your emotions, each and every mistake/
misunderstanding/misinterpretation is an opportunity to be punished so be perfect if you want to be safe—those need to be returned to the soil so they can be broken down and transmuted into nourishing veggies and herbs next season.

This is a poem about my process of composting some of those survival skills I was taught, opening myself up to softer ways of being, and remembering that my family needs the same medicine.

LIMITED EDITION Root Butter size!! This super thiqq jar of plant filled butter is here for a good time, not a long time. Available now on the website!

If you’re local, come say hi in Boston this weekend! I’ll be vending, running a tea bar, and sharing some art. It will all be so sweet.

Oh—the theme is past, present, and future, so pop out!

Link in bio for the event + shopping

Pull up for tea, poetry, and a cute outfit by yours truly. Stay for the music, community, and dope art of all kinds.

Really excited for this Saturday! I’ll have a limited edition size of RootButter, freshly prepared tea, and other goodies for sale

More info coming soon! For now, save the date 😘

Ashy season ending early this year…at least for those rubbing down with root butter every night.

If you have eczema like me (or like many folks who use my products), then you’re gonna want the herbal packed powerhouse known as Blackseed Root Butter. Swipe cause the reviews speak for themselves.

Everything must go by Monday March 11th, and they will sell out by then. Run, don’t walk 😘

Oh, and there are a couple 4 oz citrus rose butters available too. Iykyk

PVD…I’m baaaaack! Hosting an herbalism workshop at Brown on March 17th from 3-6:30. Open to the public but please RSVP! Link in bio and description below

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Curious about herbalism and looking for more natural ways to support your wellness? In need of communal space to share your love of music and vibe out? This isn’t your ordinary herbalism workshop. We invite you to gather with us and be a part of a collective BIPOC restoration space and hands-on workshop facilitated by wellness practitioner and herbalist Raquel Douglas—founder of Rocky’s Root Care. After tending to an altar for our feminist ancestors/leaders, we will collectively explore ways to connect to plants based on our ancestral traditions, active listening, and creative urges. We will learn about specific herbs that support mental health and leave with herbs to journey with. Come for the knowledge and herbal tea, stay for the communal wisdom, free food, and collective music-making session at the end. Bring offerings for the altar, instruments, and your favorite stories/memories related to plants.

Feeling held in community and full of sweet emotions. Y’all have really showed up and showed out these past couple days. But it’s not even about the money or sales. Someone who I met in passing once before gave me the beautiful bouquet that made my table even more beautiful. And gifted me the most beautiful textured sunflower painting ever. A total stranger, but someone I’m clearly connected to through the roots

I appreciate the sales so so so very much AND also—this work isn’t just about the money. I love helping people clear their eczema and feel more confident in their skin. I love hearing how my tea blends help people sleep better, reduce substance use, and calm their monkey brain (I should drink my own tea more haha). I love hugging new people after laughing together. I love exchanging gifts and those little moments of connection and story-sharing that linger on the brain. I love dropping surprise freebies in people’s bags that I know they’ll cherish later.

I love way our roots get tangled up with each other, for a moment, at these markets as we share knowledge, histories, and creations. Special shout out to and for making today extra special!

PVD markets have been good to me. Not sure when my next one will be, but I know it’ll be just as amazing.