Dr. Appleseed's Elderberry Blog

      A particularly challenging plant to grow from seed, we’re working on developing and documenting the best practices for West Coast native elderberry propagation. Typically, favored cultivars of elderberry are propagated via cuttings. This is a reliable method to generate genetically identical plants, however we are looking to promote...

What makes elderberry so special to me? Fifteen years ago I was foraging in the Cascade mountains when I came upon a wild orchard. “Wild” because it was far out there and “orchard” because it was a high density, and beautifully abundant elderberry region that a human may (or may...

Dr. Appleseed's has gone organic!        After hundreds of hours of forms, documentation paperwork, training videos, filing requirements, and inspections we officially have a new line of CCOF certified organic elderberry goodness! This means that all the ingredients in our black elderberry extracts, syrups, and upcoming shrubs are certified...

  Dr. Catie Morse, founder and producer of Dr. Appleseed's Elderberry Extracts and Syrups is proud to announce our new Organic Elderberry Syrup made from sustainably grown and organic elderberries (Sambucus nigra). We're really excited to have CCOF certified organic products and we've got another post soon to explain what that...

    If you’re in the United States, you might be familiar with the sight of the beautiful orange and black monarch butterfly. Unfortunately, over time these amazing pollinators have become more and more rare. With populations decreasing from counts of 1,200,000+ in the 1980’s, to fewer than 2,000 in...