The Retreat is nestled in a valley between the small rural farming villages of Ficksburg & Clocolan, with views that stretch to the majestic Maluti Mountains in the Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho in the south east. Succumb to our spacious and classy self catering accommodation, remote, in a vast and timeless setting, where we offer seldom found seclusion and privacy at affordable rates
WildFields Apothecary - Eastern Free State - Walk lightly on the Earth.
Posted on Tue November 30, 2021.
Shop Plants & Seeds & Smudge Sticks –
Natural Healing Plants – Helichrysum (Imphepo) Artemisia Afra – (Lengana – Bitter Als)
Lessertia Fructescens ( Sutherlandia)
The Wilded Estate, where indigenous and native plants now proliferate, has had no chemical fertilizers or poisonous sprays for 20 years, plants are naturally wild seeded and wild harvested.
We went foraging, and picked fresh helichrysums and aromatic wormwood, and bound them into scented beautiful smudge sticks, which we can now offer for sale. Perfect insect repellent – cleans and purifies any stagnant air - clears coughs and sneezes – or just simply enjoy while you meditate.
We also have large quantities of Lessertia Fructescens (Sutherlandia - Cancer Bush) seeds for sale – organic wild seeded - beautiful garden plant and hugely medicinal.
Hand Bound Smudge Sticks.
Helichrysum – Imphepo
• The dried plant can be used for medicinal purposes as it has anti-inflammatory, antifungal, and antibacterial properties which help promote healing, fight infection, and reduce inflammation - helps fight colds and coughs - effective to repel insects.
• Leaves and stems are widely used as an incense to invoke goodwill of the ancestors – the smoke is also sedative and helps with insomnia.
Sold in bundles of 5 @ R300.00 - Excludes courier fees.(Correct @ time of printing)
Wormwood -Lengana
• Wormwood is one of the most widely used traditional medicines in South Africa.
• A tonic herb that is anti-inflammatory, antiseptic and antidepressant.
• Can be used as a tea, body wash, poultice or vapour to treat respiratory ailments like colds, headaches, earache, bronchial complaints, croup, whooping cough, measles, fevers, malaria and sore throat.
Sold in bundles of 5 @ R300.00 – Excludes courier fees
Wild seeded hand harvested organic seeds
Lessertia (Sutherlandia) Fructescens Seeds (Cancer Bush)
A decoction is used to wash wounds, eyes, reduce fevers - infusions from the leaves and stems are used to treat cancers, fever, diabetes, kidney and liver problems, rheumatism, stomach ailments, depression and stress.
Packets of 50 seeds @ R25.00. Excludes courier fees.
Further Reading
Amohela ho Spitskop Cottages
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WildFields Product Listing & Price 14.3 2024
Thu March 14, 2024
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The Apothecary lies within the 164 hectare Amohela ho Spitskop Country Retreat & Conservancy – known locally as Spitskop – or in Sotho – Petsana ( The Small Foal). And here you step into the enchanting world of WildFields, where 20 years of dedicated REWILDING has transformed a once neglected landscape into a thriving haven for nature and humans alike.
Amohela ho Spitskop Country Retreat - THEN & NOW
Wed January 10, 2024
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In 2002 when Allen and I returned to this small farm and that wonderful mountain, we were aghast at the destruction that over farming and present day farming methods had done. It was a quiet sad place, in the evenings sitting outside on what was then a crumbling “veranda” the nights were still, no crickets, no frogs, just……silence….and uncomfortable nothingness kind of stillness. And so the healing began.
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