It is also lovely to have on hand as a cold tea on those hot summer days to follow. The blend is soothing and calming, but also awakening, gently working on your body systems to get you ready for the busy-ness of spring and summer. And a great way to tune yourself to this renewal of life, is to enjoy garden fresh lemon balm and calendula tea.Īlluding to their use as medicinal plants are their Latin epithets, “ officinalis” denoting substances or organisms – mainly plants – with uses in medicine and herbalism. Lemon Balm = Melissa officinalis Calendula = Calendula officinalisĪ quick and simple infusion to make, add a handful of fresh lemon balm leaves with the petals of a few calendula (or one large bloom) and steep in just-boiled water for a couple of minutes. Perfect little plants to welcome in springtime. This means the lemon balm is pushing out beautiful new fresh green growth! And that the calendula are flowering (at least a bit more profusely than they have been – I’ve been lucky to have had a golden bloom every now and then through parts of winter). It’s the feeling of spring, and although the Lady herself (whether you name her Ēostre, Flora, Yarylo, Thallo, or Persephone) has not yet arrived in all her splendor, the garden is getting ready for her grand entrance. It is undeniable – there’s an undercurrent rising in the soil, teasing seeds awake, nudging dormant perennial roots, and tickling growth buds on shrubs and trees.
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