7 Different Edible Flowers You Can Eat From Home Gardens.
Some of the most beautiful home garden edible flowers you can add to salads, desserts, cakes, teas and even use as natural remedies.
As a child I loved to spend time in nature especially among the flowers and yes actually eat flowers. My siblings would make fun of me as one of the things I used to do was put rose petals on a sandwich or as we say in Scotland on a piece.
In many ways putting flowers on a sandwich was definitely not the most tastiest ways to eat these lovely flowers. But to me there was something deeper at a soul level that was connecting me to the healing properties of nature.
So it’s not surprising I went onto study aromatherapy and essential oils, flower essences and holistic therapies as part of my own healing journey.
I have such a fascination for natures medicine cabinet, which include the view of food being they medicine so when I found out there was so many different edible flowers, I had to start growing some of them in my small garden.
7 Different Beautiful Edible Flowers You Can Eat
Lets explore some of the pretty culinary flowers you can eat and grow in your home garden.
Calendula (Marigolds)
Calendula is not only a gorgeous edible flower but calendula is widely used in herbal and naturopathic medicine. This marigold flower is used in many salves and skincare and used to treat and aid wounds. It is widely known to have anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal and antiseptic properties. Marigolds are used in salads and pickling.
Dhalias
Dhalias are another edible flower that looks spectacular in the garden. You can not only eat the Dhalias flower and petals but you can also eat the Dhalia tuber. In- fact according to Simply Garden com you can eat the whole plant and it tastes like asparagus.
Geraniums Scented
Scented Geraniums are edible, both the leaves and flowers but it is recommended to stick to eat only leaves away from the stem as they can be a little bitter. Geranium flowers can be made into teas, added as a flavouring or decorating for sweets, desserts and salads, as well as used to flavour fish. Rose geraniums have a rose taste, lemon geraniums are more tangy.
Hibiscus
Many Hibiscus flowers are widely used in all sorts of foods such as cordials, jams, relishes, fruit salads, fruit teas, even ice cream. You can eat both the flower and the hibiscus leave in most varieties of Hibiscus. But it is worth checking as there are so many different types of hibiscus. One species of the Hibiscus plant that is widely eaten is Hibiscus sabdariffa.
Nasturtium
Nasturtiums are one of the most quick and easy edible flowers to grow. Both leaves and flowers of Nasturtiums can be added to salads. There are a variety of species of Nasturtium some are annuals and others are perennials. They love the sun.
Roses
Roses are also edible flowers, it is said that the more fragrant roses tend to taste best. Roses are used to flavour drinks, herbal teas, an ingredient of Turkish Delight, used in icing and on icing especially as a crystallised petal. Roses are used in ayurvedic medicine and other forms of natural medicine. Rose oil is also a high vibration essential oil widely used in skincare and used to gently improve mood.
Wild Pansy are edible flowers used as a garnish on cake decorations, they can come in an array of colours blue, orange, yellow, white and purple. Some are also bi or tri-colored. Violas are also added to salads and desserts. Heartease is a Viola Tricolour.
Wild Flowers That Are Edible
Above are just some of the edible flowers you can grown in your garden, there is even more edible flowers available in the wild, especially some of the wild flowers that some may deem as weeds such as borage and dandelion.
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Lemon Oil has a fresh and invigorating scent, it is extracted from lemon peel. The essential oil of lemon is said to have a frequency of 91 MHz.
Therapeutic Benefits Of Lemon Oil
Lemon Oil has extensive therapeutic properties for the mind, body, and emotions.
Mental Benefits Of Lemon Essential Oil
One of the things I found fascinating about the essential oil of lemon when I began studying aromatherapy 30 years ago was how Japan would diffuse lemon oil in their factories to boost work performance and productivity.
In one study of Inhalation Of Essential Oils we see how memory in work performance and word recall is improved with the inhalation of lemon oil compared to sandalwood and kusunoki oil.
Lemon essential oil has also been shown in medical studies to improve task performance in those with Alzheimer’s. It is a natural motivator and mood enhancer.
Lemon is a great clarifier that can help keep us focused and aligned with our self and purpose.
Physiological Benefits Of Lemon Oil
Lemon essential oil which is extracted from lemon peel is widely known as anti-bacterial, antiseptic, astringent, and antioxidant. Citrus lemon is used widely in many body care and body washes, as well as in many natural household cleaning products, as well as skincare products and perfumes.
Lemon helps boost and support the immune system and can act as an aid in balancing sugar levels in diabetics.
The essential oil of lemon is also a natural tonic and detoxifier, can help support the lymphatic system, used as an aid to help treat cellulitis.
Lemon oil can help treat warts and verrucas, dab a cotton bud of oil into the center of the wart or verruca (carefully avoiding the rest of the skin).
Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Use Of Lemon Oil
Pharmacological use of citrus lemon has included lemon’s links with being anti-oxidative, antiulcer, antihelmintic, insecticidal, anticancer, cytotoxic, and estrogenic activities.
Skincare And Body Care Products
Lemon and Coriander by NYR Organics
This natural deodorant is made from lemon, lime, grapefruit, coriander, clove, and lavender essential oils.
A gentle and effective natural deodorant spray for underams.
is a refreshing nourishing balm made of Orange, Lemon and Grapefruit Oil blended with avocado, blackcurrant seed, cocoa, and shea butter.
DIY Nail Varnish Remover
Dr Axe offers a simple natural toxic-free nail varnish remover recipe; which is a blend of apple cider vinegar, sweet orange, grapefruit and lemon oil.
Safe And Effective Use Of Lemon Essential Oil
It is important to use all essential oils safely and effectively, if you have any medical challenges always consult a qualified aromatherapist.
LEMON OIL CONTRAINDICATIONS:
Avoid using lemon on infants and babies.
Avoid applying to the skin before sun exposure, or sunbathing.
Why Sandalwood Oil is grounding and calming for the nervous system. Used widely for its therapeutic properties in ancient and traditional medicine such as ayurveda and Chinese medicine for thousands of years. Why sandalwood is mentioned in ancient scriptures for its spiritual uses and has a high vibrational frequency.
Learn some of the various ways you can use sandalwood essential oil at home for you and your family, your meditation practice, in your business, clinic or spa.
What is Sandalwood Oil?
Sandalwood oil has a woody and grounding scent and is extracted from the heartwood of the Sandalwood Tree. Also known as Genus Santalum which used to grow in southern India, the forests of Karnataka.
“Santalum genus belongs to the family of Santalaceae, widespread in India, Australia, Hawaii, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia, and valued as traditional medicine, rituals and modern bioactivities.” Santalum Genus: phytochemical constituents, biological activities and health promoting-effects From the journal Zeitschrift für Naturforschung C
Commercially extracted Indian sandalwood oil can only be extracted when the tree is at least 15 years old though the highest grades are grown up to 80 years before extraction.
History Of Sandalwood Essential Oil
Sandalwood was traded as a rich commodity in the Indian sub continent by 700 BC. From early on it was widely used in Hindu Rituals, weddings and births valued for it’s meditative and grounding fragrance and as an insect repellent. The highest grade of sandalwood oil is Santalum album.
The sandalwood in herbal form has been used for centuries to improve qi in the Lung, Spleen and Stomach. It is regarded as having yang properties.
Sandalwood In Traditional Medicine
Sandalwood In TCM ( Traditional Chinese Medicine)- Sandalwood as a herb has been used for centuries to improve qi in the Heart, Stomach, Spleen and Lung. It is regarded as having yang warming properties aid to support those with too much cold in their system.
In Ayurvedic Medicinal system, Sandalwood is regarded as a very sacred herb and oil, which has many uses. Used to help treat Vatta and Pitta constitution imbalances. Sandalwood oil is widely used as as a diuretic, as an aid to treat coughs, cold, skin inflammation, fever remedy and so much more.
Medical and Therapeutic Properties Of Sandalwood Oil
Sandalwood Essential Oil is said to have a frequency of 98 mhz and has shown to have two main molecular components, known as alpha- and beta-santalol. Sandalwood Oil is one of the essential oils in research shown to demonstrate ” Inhibition of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) by essential oils”. Sandalwood oil is widely used to treat urinary infections. In various clinical research and studies it has demonstrated or suggested to be
Anti-aging
Anti-bacterial
Anti-inflammatory
Anti-microbial
Anti-oxidant
Anti-proliferative
Anti-Viral
Skincare Properties Of Sandalwood Oil
Sandalwood essential oil is widely used in the perfumery and skincare industry, sandalwood is widely used not just as an essential oil but also as a balm and incense. Sandalwood oil is widely used to help heal variety of skin conditions, such as eczema, psoriasis, one of the reasons sandalwood soap has been commercially so popular for over 100 years. Sandalwood was widely used in ancient traditions for embalming alongside frankincense and myrrh.
Sandalwood To Soothe The Nervous System
Sandalwood is widely used by aromatherapists and therapists to help calm and soothe nervous system. It can act as a sedative, a relaxant, to help with grounding or to support a trance or meditative state. One of the most effective ways to use sandalwood to calm the nervous system is by adding pure sandalwood essential oil to the bath or by blending a few drops to a massage carrier oil to apply to the body and face.
High Vibration Of Wild Rose For Sensitive Souls, Empaths And Lightworkers
High Vibration of Wild Rose Essential Oil and as a skincare product for sensitive skin. Why wild rose and rose oil is a great essential oil for the highly sensitive person or lightworker. Why rose has been so widely used throughout time spiritually and cosmetically. Learn the main difference between rose, wild rose, and rosehip.
What is Wild Rose?
Wild rose is the most commonly used name for certain species of flowering shrubs known as roses that occur naturally. Wild roses are much stronger, healthier, and more vibrant than hybrids that have been cross-bred. The wild rose is well known for its much deeper and rapid root system that seems to survive extreme erosive environments. Rosehip is the fruit of the rose plant.
Vibration Of Wild Rose and Rose
Rose is stated to have a frequency of approximately 320 MHz, wild rose medicine is known for its uplifting and soothing ethereal vibrations.Rose colour is also known for its deeply healing and heart healing qualities. Frankincense Essential Oil is said to be approx 147 MHZ, Myrrh Essential Oil: 105 MHz.
How To Identify Wild Rose
True wild roses grow without any chemicals or pesticides. According to the Royal Horticultural Society “Wild roses (also known as species roses) mostly have thorny stems, single, often fragrant, early summer flowers, usually in one flush, followed by fruits (‘hips’) if flowers are not deadheaded…”
Roses And Spirituality
Wild Roses in ancient mythology are regarded as a symbol of love and adoration. The sacred use of roses and rose oil has been used by saints and many different religions it is mentioned in Ancient Sanskrit and Chinese scripts and in ancient Greece was said to be associated with Aphrodite. During the Middle Ages roses were used for medicinal purposes.
Muhammad declared the red rose to be “the manifestation of God’s glory” (Schimmel 1975, p. 299)—in particular, the marvelous red rose—as the divine presence that reveals divine beauty. The rose is also known as the flower of Heaven
Therapeutic Benefits Of Wild Rose
Rose Essential Oil has a variety of therapeutic benefits. Wild roses support us mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually. The ayurvedic and medicinal use of rose has been documented for thousands of years.
Physical Benefits Of Wild Roses: Rosehips which are from the seeds of roses are high in essential fatty acids, minerals, vitamins, and antioxidants. Rose oil from petals is widely known for being highly anti-inflammatory, and helpful in the regeneration of skin cells that is why both rose and rosehip are widely used in cosmetics and skincare products used to treat and reduce scarring, and stretch marks.
Psychological Benefits Of Wild Rose: The soothing and comforting scents of all rose oil’s are said to help reduce sadness and low mood associated with grief.
Mental Benefits Of Wild Rose Oil: Both the scent of Rose and its wild species are reputed to help one overcome apathy, and help encourage increased motivation.
Emotional Benefits Of Wild Rose Oil: Brings in the energy of love and a gentle form of joy. It is emotionally and spiritually uplifting.
Spiritual Benefits Of Wild Rose Oil: Roses and its oil are widely used in meditation, prayer, and spiritual and religious celebrations. Roses are said to represent god at work. Many people smell the strong scent of roses during both angelic and other spiritual experiences and find it soothes their soul.
This is one of my, my mum’s, and most of my sister’s favourite so it tends to be one of those little extras I put in for birthdays and Christmas. This is not just a beautiful balm to soothe nourished skin but can be used as a cleanser or to add some finishing touches to your lips, eyebrows, or cheeks.
The wild rose balm is made with 99% organic ingredients it includes lots of beautiful natural ingredients which include Rosa canina (Wild Rose) fruit oil, Simmondsia chinensis (Jojoba) seed oil*, Cera alba (Beeswax)*, Butyrospermum parkii (Shea butter)*, Cannabis sativa (Hemp) seed oil*, Borago officinalis (Starflower) seed oil*, Pelargonium graveolens (Geranium) flower oil*, Rosmarinus officinalis (Rosemary) leaf oil*, Boswellia carterii (Frankincense) oil, Cymbopogon martini (Palmarosa) herb oil*, Pogostemon cablin (Patchouli) leaf oil*, Ascorbyl palmitate, Tocopherol, Citral, Citronellol, Farnesol, Geraniol, Limonene, Linalool.*Organic. From essential oils. You can buy this product in the larger version or smaller jars.
This is another amazing rose oil product from NYR Organics, it is a bit lighter and fluid than the balm. It gives a nice nourishing radiance boost that leaves your skin feeling silky smooth. The combination of organic wild rosehip seed oil which is provitamin A-rich and the ultra-moisturising hyaluronic acid and balancing blend of organic geranium and patchouli essential oils, all leave the skin feeling supple with a natural radiant healthy glow.
Ingredients: Aqua (Water), Glycerin, Cetearyl olivate, Palmitoyl tripeptide-5, Rosa canina (Rosehip) fruit oil*, Curcuma longa (Turmeric) root extract, Pelargonium graveolens (Geranium) flower oil*, Boswellia carterii (Frankincense) oil, Rosmarinus officinalis (Rosemary) leaf oil*, Cymbopogon martinii (Palmarosa) herb oil*, Pogostemon cablin (Patchouli) leaf oil*, Sodium hyaluronate, Ascorbyl palmitate, Sorbitan olivate, Levulinic acid, Xanthan gum, Potassium sorbate, Citral, Citronellol, Coumarin, Eugenol, Farnesol, Geraniol, Limonene, Linalool. *Organically produced ingredient; Natural constituent of essential oils listed Made with 82% organic ingredients.
I love this rose glow facial oil as a night time treat for the skin. But since I tend to have slightly dry skin that easily gets dehydrated, I also use this as a base before makeup during the colder months. Ingredients: Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Triheptanoin, Vitis Vinifera – Grape Seed Oil*, Sunflower Seed Oil,* Ethyl Olivate, Shea Butter Ethyl Esters, Rosa Canina Fruit Oil*, Pelargonium Graveolens Flower Oil,* Boswellia Sacra Resin Oil*, Rosemary Leaf Oil*, Cymbopogon Martini Oil*, Pogostemon Cablin Leaf Oil*, Olive Leaf Extract*, Geraniol, Citronellol, Limonene, Linalool, Citral, Farnesol. *ORGANIC. FROM ESSENTIAL OILS. Of total ingredients: 100% natural origin, 30% organic.
This lovely rose soap bar leaves not only your skin more soft and smooth, it is soothing scent is extremely comforting, uplifting whilst relaxing, perfect after a busy, stressful or tiring day. This is another one of NYR Organic products that makes a lovely gift.
*Organic. **Organic Origin. From Essential Oils. Of total: 100% natural origin, 71% organic.
Organic Rosehip Oil
Organic Rosehip Oil nourishes delicate, dry, or sun-damaged skin. Organic Rosehip Oil is rich in essential fatty acids, which encourage the production of the prostaglandins involved in tissue healing and regrowth. EFAs also help to promote cellular development and collagen synthesis, which is important for keeping skin smooth and supple.
This Rosehip oil 50 ml is made from the fruit seeds of the Rose Canina it is 100% organic
Rose Essential Oils
And of course, I have to mention the Rose Absolute Essential Oil and Rose Otto Essential Oil gorgeous rose essential oils you can use to add to your bath, blend as a massage oil, or use to make your own skincare products.
Wild Rose and Rose products are beautiful gifts not just for sensitive and empaths but they are great for healers and therapists who want to wear something light and uplighting that helps them radiate the vibration of compassion in their work without suffering from compassion fatigue.
Healing Benefits Of Rose Oil And Rose Absolute Oil
Ready to boost your vibration, increase your energy, raise your levels of consciousness, and manifesting power? These simple yet powerful ways help boost your vibration and your mood, and help support you mentally, emotionally, and spiritually on your journey of awakening and ascension. We know the more we can increase our vibration, the easier it is to manifest and attract a different reality in our life and on our planet.
11 Ways To Boost Your Vibration
Be More In The Moment:
It is much easier to manage your energy and boost your vibration when you are fully in the present moment. Our stressors and our triggers are more likely to be engaged when we are in our head rather than in a state of being. It is much easier to be in a state of energetic flow in the moment.
Eat Clean High Vibrational Foods:
What we eat and drink and even medically put in our body has a huge impact on our physical body, the physical vessel and energetic body that is here to help hold the spiritual vessel.
So many foods lower our vibration and interfere with our spiritual channel, especially alcohol, artificial sweeteners, and caffeine which can block the 3rd eye. So eat high-vibe food, especially food that is organic, fresh, and from all the colours of the rainbow.
Get More Soul Connected:
The stronger our soul connection is, the easier it is to be a strong channel for love, light, and divine truth. This will help raise your soul power, and boost your vibration and spiritual connection to god, to the divine.
So practice deep meditation with your soul, and create time for spiritual prayer to build that richer deeper connection with your heart and soul. Also, it is important to note that affirmations are best done when we are deeply and spiritually connected.
Inner Work:
Doing the inner work, the shadow work, soul work, and inner child work helps us heal old trauma, old ancestral, karmic, and energetic patterns in ourselves, our family line, and the collective. That is why I LOVE working with archetypal therapy as archetypes are a powerful and fast way to identify our shadow traits and deep inner child wounding.
Be Authentic:
Work on being authentic, being honest with yourself first and foremost and others. It helps free the soul and detach from the deep hold the ego has on the identity we think we need to present to the world. A very natural way to boost your vibration, your soul.
Know You Are Enough:
When you know you are enough it is much easier to show up as you, show up in a healthy, confident way. So many lightworkers and spiritual business owners sabotage their success by trying to be something they are not. Trying to be more of something they are never meant to be. You are here to be you, this helps us let go and let god.
Stay On Your Path:
Staying in our lane, focusing on our spiritual journey, and our life purpose helps accelerate our vibration tenfold. The more you get distracted by others’ roles, knowledge tools, and techniques than what you are here to do. The more you scatter and lower the energy of your own soul path and soul connection.
Get Grounded:
Get grounded as much as possible, we are so used to living in such unnatural environments, we don’t realize how unhealthy and ungrounded we are.
So get out in mother nature, and bring more nature to you. Essential oils, house plants, and certain crystals can help support us with grounding. So can energy tools that help protect our energy.
Use Natural Medicine:
We are so lucky to be surrounded by nature’s medicine in our gardens and nature, but also today have such easy access to so many forms of natural medicine, and nutritional healing from nature. There are so many things in nature that can help support our wellbeing, for example, I have some fresh mint in my garden that I use as an infusion, and lavender is extremely soothing and healing.
Many essential oils can raise our vibration energy, like lemon oil and orange oil are great for boosting our mood, rose is gently uplifting, and great for grief, loneliness, and heartache.
Expand Your Heart:
Heart expansion helps us raise our vibration, and increase our capacity for more compassion, love, and generosity of spirit. Our heart intelligence has a higher wisdom, and higher vibration than our egoic mind. That is why it is so important for us to work on expanding our spiritual heart such as in this heart meditation.
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