Four Elements Herbals
Baraboo, Wisconsin
“Trust nature as your first source of healing. Use products that come directly from gardens or farms - they contain the quality and integrity of nature.”
Jane Hawley Stevens always knew farming would be a part of her future but it wasn't until she finished her degree in horticulture at UW Madison and started her first professional job building an herb garden that she knew how. "Herbs chose me.” Jane says. For the past thirty years, Jane's passion and knowledge of cultivating and using medicinal herbs has grown into her life's work.
While touring the chakra garden on her 130-acre farm near Baraboo, WI., Jane explains how each section represents a chakra and showcases the plants and herbs that support each system of the body. Beyond this educational garden is a path that opens onto acres of herbs in neat rows. This is where Four Elements Herbals sources most of the medicinal herbs in their award-winning line of creams, teas, and tinctures available at the Viroqua Food Co+op.
Jane lives a life of learning and teaching. "Why not be curious about what nature has?" she says, "Nature has eons of tested healing and helping remedies." Jane is a well known figure in the herbal products industry and a prominent member in the Midwest herbalism community. In 2020, she was awarded the Midwest Organic Farmer of the Year Award by MOSES. Last year, Four Elements won two top awards at the International Herb Symposium. One for their Wild Yam Cream and the other for their Look Beautiful Toner. You can find both award-winning products in the wellness department at the co-op.
For years, Jane planted and harvested by the Farmers Almanac. While she was in tune with the rhythm of the Earth, her curiosity expanded to the influence of the sky. As Jane's interest in astrology grew, she sought experts and began learning more about this symbiotic relationship. This led to a deeper understanding of her universe and a new project. This December, Jane will release a book, “The Celestial Garden – Growing Herbs, Vegetables, and Flowers in Sync with the Moon and the Zodiac”.
When asked what she most wants her customers to know, Jane said, “Trust nature as your first source of healing. Use products that come directly from gardens or farms - they contain the quality and integrity of nature.“
December book release!
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December book release! -
Meet Jane for a book signing at the co-op this December.
Insight, ideas, and inspiration abound in this highly practical guide to growing successfully in harmony with the moon, the Earth, and other planetary influences.
Planting by the moon is an age-old gardening tradition, but did you know that the cycles of the moon and the zodiac can be a powerful tool to improve your success with all kinds of gardening tasks? In The Celestial Garden, longtime gardener and herbalist Jane Hawley Stevens explains how the movement of the moon through the constellations of the zodiac provides a detailed calendar of optimal times for planting seeds, roots, and transplants, as well as for pruning, weeding, propagation, harvesting, and even starting new garden projects or throwing garden parties.