Plant Aromas, How Plants Protect Themselves

plants and herbs and aromas that protect and heal

Imagine the scents of lavender, peppermint, rosemary, and citronella for a moment, these are perfect examples of plant aromas aka botanical terpenes.

Plants create natural, organic compounds called botanical terpenes, aromatics that act as built-in protection against pests and pathogens. These scents also attract beneficial and pollinators to the garden.

AND that is why we infuse those same organic compounds into our tonics!

Sacred Leaf combines cold-pressed, organic ingredients like lavender, peppermint, tulsi, chamomile, fenugreek, yarrow into a concentrated formula that supports plant growth while boosting immunity. Our tonic also brightens and cleans leaves while providing gentle yet powerful protection against common pests—all in one simple step! We even spray it on yourselves as a natural insect repellent!

Protect, hydrate, and nourish your houseplants and garden with plant powered wisdom.

We infuse highly potent, terpene rich herbs into our plant care tonics to both protect and defend your houseplants and garden from pests too! These aromas are a natural way to attract pollinators to your garden while also helping to defend plants from environmental pathogens and combat pests too!

we cover repelling insects with scents in depth in our previous blog post here!

 

Harnessing the benefits of botanical terpenes

Fragrances, aromas, and scents can be extracted by steam distillation in the same way flavors are gathered for beverages like seltzers and sparkling water. This method involves boiling plant material in water until the steam contains the essential oil properties. This extracted steam is then trapped, condensed and cooled.

Another way to harness the benefits of botanical terpenes is by slow extraction like in this 

Make your own all purpose cleaner!

Pine scented all purpose cleaner (substitute pine with lavender or peppermint too)
Gather ingredients:

  • 16 ounce amber spray bottle or repurpose a plastic spray bottle

  • 3 handfuls pine needles, dry to the touch

  • 1 1/4 cup water

  • 1 1/4 cup white vinegar

  • 1/4 cup rubbing alcohol

  • one large glass jar

1. First remove needles from woody branches, be sure they are dry, then pack tightly into a glass jar with tight fitting lid.
2. Next, pour vinegar into the jar, covering all the pine needles and set aside out of direct sunlight for one-two weeks. This is when the magic happens! The vinegar works to slowly extract all the pine oils anti-microbial properties.
3. Once the extraction has finished, gently strain the pine needles out with a cheese cloth or fine strainer and add mixture to a 16 ounce spray bottle.
4. Then add ¼ cup rubbing alcohol and then fill the remainder of the bottle up with water. Seal and enjoy the benefits of cleaning your kitchen, bathroom, and surfaces with terpene rich all purpose cleaner!
Sending you abundant growth and health,
Karina and Team SE




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