Botanical Food Medicine

A Sanctuary of the Sacred Wild offering

An 8 month journey into the wisdom of food and nourishment

  • LEARN

    Once a month, we will gather for a live zoom class that not only offers the joy of cooking together but also delves into understanding how food influences our bodily systems, energy bodies, and beyond. Discover the profound connection between plants we consider food and the world of folk herbalism. With every meal, snack, and craving, there lies a realm of medicine awaiting exploration. Join us as we learn to unravel and embrace the enchanting magic of nourishment.

  • FEED

    Nourish yourself with the playful, connective experience of cooking with community, while preparing nourishing snacks and meals for you to enjoy and share with loved ones! You will create delicious, deeply nourishing dishes while learning how to customize meals to heal specific imbalances, getting to know your own constitution and becoming a food alchemist and kitchen witch!

  • GROW

    Discover the magic of nourishment through plant medicine ~ Cook together from the comfort of your own home ~ Prepare nourishing snacks and meals for you & your loved ones to enjoy ~ Learn new cooking tricks ~ Infuse medicinal plants into your favorite dishes ~ Balance the health of your body with food medicine & customize your cooking so it is healing!

chaga, red raspberry + rose truffles * lion's mane krab cakes * reishi pasta * healing alkaline broth * kimchi + watermelon salad *

chaga, red raspberry + rose truffles * lion's mane krab cakes * reishi pasta * healing alkaline broth * kimchi + watermelon salad *

chaga, red raspberry + rose truffles * lion's mane krab cakes * reishi pasta * healing alkaline broth * kimchi + watermelon salad * chaga, red raspberry + rose truffles * lion's mane krab cakes * reishi pasta * healing alkaline broth * kimchi + watermelon salad *

Journey through the systems of the body and the ways we can nourish ourselves

  • Nutritional Wisdom

  • Food Sovereignty

  • How our Food Cravings Relate to our Emotional Well-Being

  • The 5 tastes within food

  • Salt + Electrolytes

  • The Lymphatic System and Gut Health

  • Foods for the Adrenals and Kidneys

  • Hormones and Aphrodisiacs

  • Food Preservation

  • Our Nervous system & the Connection to Digestion

Open your imagination to a new world of nourishment

PRICING

  • 8 month series - $550 pay in full OR 8 payments of $68.75

  • Not ready to commit? for any class you can drop in and join! - $75 per class

**All profits support our non-profit organization, Sanctuary of the Sacred Wild.

View the Schedule

View the Schedule

Your guide: Ella Lee Murphy

Is an earth priestess, green witch and an alchemist of flavors, seamlessly blending her roles as a folk herbalist, accomplished chef, and the visionary behind Plants + Pleasure Apothecary. In this mystical sanctuary, Ella crafts remedies that ignite our primal essence, liberating body, mind, and spirit. Her culinary creations intricately weave flower essences, foraged greens, and medicinal herbs, invoking the wild magic of the earth, inviting us to savor sensuality and reconnect with the earth's primal rhythms. Beyond the kitchen, Ella pioneers in youth food education, redefining perceptions of locally sourced food, and mentors women seeking culinary careers post-incarceration. As an artist, Ella's life is an ode to the earth, rooted in her lifelong pursuit of herbalism and plant medicine. Now nestled in the lush woods of the Pacific Northwest, Ella's existence harmonizes with nature, as she channels her passion into creating alchemical potions through Plants + Pleasure, designed to open our bodies, hearts, and souls to the profound spectrum of human pleasure and experience.

Our Mission

We serve the Sacred Wild by living in devotion to the Earth Mother, by providing Earth Education, embodying non-hierarchical community and collaborating with and supporting aligned programs to bring healing to the relationships between Earth and people.