Resins, Wood, Forest

~ Forest Bathing ~

These parts of a plant provide support and protection as well as beauty and fragrance. Resin from various parts of many plants can be aromatic and healing, helping to protect plants from desiccation, disease, and herbivores.

Woodlands, forests, gardens, and parks are excellent places for the practice of Shinrin-yoku or forest bathing.

Here are some of my favorite plants and their fragrant bits:

• Whether from the trunk of a frankincense tree or the flowers of cannabis, the smell of resin may be fresh, sharp, citrus, green, and sometimes funky

• Conifers like pine, spruce, and fir are iconic members of forests worldwide that provide scented products and aromatic building blocks