We spent 13 years building an abundant fruit forest, annual veggie beds, perennial medicinal herbs, and a healthy mixed hardwood-coniferous forest and now we’ve sold our property to the next stewards so that we can begin a new homesteading project in Vermont closer to our best friends and their kids.

Don’t worry - we plan to keep this website up and running so that our customers can reference what we’ve written about our plants!

We’ll let you know once we re-start a farm in Vermont!

Wilamette Valley Gumweed

Grindelia integrifolia

Habit
Hardy perennial
Ecological Role
Adapted to heavy clay soilAttracts pollinatorsDrought tolerantLikes wet soilNative to the Pacific NW
Availability
Sold out

This native perennial in the sunflower family grows into a small shrub each season, bearing yellow flowers covered in sticky white resin. It thrives in sunny spots with moisture and tolerates compacted clay soil. The gummy sap is especially abundant on young flower buds, which make a top notch tincture to help soothe sore throats, clear congestion, and ease spasmodic coughs.