Experience seasonal wellness with fresh, locally-grown healing plants.
We understand how challenging it is to find high quality ingredients for medicine making, cooking and other projects. We know that the quality of the final product is very dependent on the quality of the plants that are grown in soil that was tended to by thoughtful farming. Save money and boost your health by making your own medicine and food at home with the freshest ingredients possible. That immune syrup you’ve been buying at the store for $20 a bottle? As a CSA member you have access to all of the ingredients you need – why not try making it yourself with elecampane root, thyme, mullein leaf and elder flower?
After a season with us your pantry will be full of homemade teas, tinctures, oils, salves, vinegars and dried herbs for cooking.
New to using herbs? Before every share we send out an e-newsletter with info about the herbs, recipes and other resources to help you make the most of your share. Many of our members return year after year as they expand their apothecaries and pantries.
Our fresh herb shares are composed of a diverse assortment of fresh medicinal and culinary herbs ready for home use. From roots to shoots to leaves and flowers, we grow an ever diversifying variety of herbs using sustainable and certified organic practices on our land in Florence or are respectfully wild-harvested in our area’s fields, forests, hills and valleys.
Shares are available in the Pioneer Valley, Boston-area, New York City and shipped in the northeast via our Farm to Door share.
Spring Add-on Box – Excited to get spring herbs like stinging nettle, cleavers, garlic mustard, japanese knotweed and more? Check out our spring add-on option.
Included in your share…
- 5 bunches of fresh herbs of your choosing (based on what’s in season)
- Weekly E-newsletter (with recipes and tips on using your herbs)
- Option to purchase additional fresh and dried herbs (and add them to your pickup)
- Customize your share from 120+ herb varieties (check out the crop calendar for the full list)
- Invitations to our community work days (get your hands dirty and meet other members!)
- Biweekly (Full share) or Monthly (Half share) pickups
Questions?
Contact us | FAQ page | Crop Calendar
“If you have been interested in getting into herbalism in a fairly low stakes way, then this is a good opportunity to be a self-taught herbalist and learn so much as you go! Doing it with a friend and then being able to share our medicines with our community was such a joy, so find people to do it with!” – CSA member, 2021
“I was impressed by the diversity of herbs offered in Sawmill’s fresh herb share. I was able to get plenty of the staple herbs I use all year long and try herbs I’d never used before. This share finally justified my purchase of a dehydrator, which I’m thrilled to be using. With a busy schedule, having the fresh herb share from Sawmill allowed me the pleasure of processing my own herbs without the time commitment of finding time to forage or grow it myself.” – Abby , CSA member since 2015
“I joined the CSA because I wanted access to sustainably harvested fresh plant matter. I live in NYC, so growing herbs and/or wild harvesting requires some things I don’t have easy access to—like clean dirt or car transportation. Sawmill made it possible to use fresh plants, which is great!” – CSA member, 2018
“I started a class in herbalism, and the CSA was the perfect opportunity to work with a large number of herbs.” – CSA member, 2018
We grow over 120 different varieties of herbs – plants drawn from all corners of the globe and stemming from many ancient systems of healing.
Angelica
Anise hyssop
Apple Mint
Arnica
Artichoke
Ashwagandha
Bacopa
Balloonflower
Basil, sweet
Basil, thai
Bee balm / Monarda
Bidens
Bitter melon
Blackberry
Blue vervain
Burdock
Calendula
California poppy
Caraway
Catnip
Cedar, Northern white
Celosia
Chamomile
Chicory
Chives
Chocolate mint
Cilantro
Clary Sage
Cleavers
Codonopsis
Comfrey
Crampbark
Dandelion
Dill
Echinacea
Elder flower
Elecampane
Fennel
Feverfew
Figwort
Garlic
Garlic mustard
Ginger
Goji
Goldenrod
Gotu kola
Grape
Ground Ivy
Hawthorn
Horehound
Horsetail
Hot peppers
Hyssop
Japanese Knotweed
Jewelweed
Jiao-gu-lan
Lady’s mantle
Lamb’s quarters
Lavender
Lemon balm
Lemon beebalm
Lemon verbena
Lemongrass
Linden
Lobelia
Lovage
Marigold
Marjoram
Marshmallow
Mex. Mint Marigold
Milk Thistle
Motherwort
Mugwort
Mullein
New England Aster
Oats
Oregano
Papalo
Parsley
Pennyroyal
Pine, white
Plantain
Prickly lettuce
Purslane
Raspberry
Red Clover
Rose, wild
Rosemary
Rue
Sage, garden
Sagebrush
Savory
Shiso, Green & Red
Skullcap
Spearmint
Spilanthes
St Johns Wort
Stevia
Stinging Nettle
Sumac
Sweet Annie
Thyme
Tobacco
Tulsi
Valerian
Violet
Wild carrot
Wormwood
Yarrow
Yellow dock
*select medicinals are in a multi-year rotation and are not available for harvest every year.
View our crop calendar for our most updated list of herbs.