| Welcome to Willow's Grove, the website of Ellen Evert Hopman - Master Herbalist, Druid Priestess, and author of a growing number of books including A Druid's Herbal - for the Sacred Earth Year; Being a Pagan - Druids, Wiccans and Witches Today; Walking the World in Wonder - A Children's Herbal; and Tree Medicine, Tree Magic.
Anam Chara (Ah-num Hah-ruh) Ancient Celtic Soul-Friend Counseling;
Now offered by Ellen Evert Hopman
at Inspirit Common, Hadley, MA
(on route 9 between Amherst and Northampton) 2-4 PM by appointment (413) 585 - 1169 $30.00 for a half hour, $60.00 for one hour
*** NEW BOOKS !!! ***
Two new books came out in 2008, a novel entitled Priestess of the Forest: A Druid Journey (February 1, 2008) and a new tree herbal; A Druid's Herbal of Sacred Tree Medicine (June 9, 2008) Both are available for ordering via this website or at your local book store (see details in the publications section of this website).
*** MORE BOOK NEWS ! ***
The sequel to Priestess of the Forest: A Druid Journey will be out Winter 2009!
*A New DVD*
Ellen's new DVD on Celtic Cosmology is now available for $20.00 plus $4.00 for s/h. (send to POB 219, Amherst, MA 01004). For the same price you can order a VHS (video) or DVD of Pagans - The Wheel of the Year (a look at rituals from many Pagan traditions including songs, chants, original music and poetry) or a DVD of Gifts from the Healing Earth (hands on herbalism and kitchen medicines).
* Magical Tree Elixirs*
On Beltaine Eve I collected flowering trees; birch, willow, apple, hawthorn, oak, and others that were just beginning to leaf; ash, rowan, alder, poplar, to make tree elixirs for magical use. You may order them for $9.00 for a 1 ounce bottle plus $3.00 s/h.They can be used to annoint people, tools, spaces, sickles, wands, staffs, bell branches, altars, etc etc. Each bottle is Druidically blessed. POB 219, Amherst, MA 01004
*Exciting News!*
A Druid's Herbal of Sacred Tree Medicine wins an "Oakie", the Druid equivalent of an Oscar, in the category of "Best Academic Book" for 2008;
View the Oakie Winners
While 'Female Druids' wins an Oakie for "Best Druidical Essay", 2008;
Read the Female Druids Article
Ellen Evert Hopman is a Master Herbalist and lay Homeopath who holds an M.Ed. in Mental Health Counseling. Ellen is a founding member and a current Co-Chief of The Order of the WhiteOak (Ord na Darach Gile). She was Vice President of The Henge Of Keltria, an international Druid Fellowship, for nine years. She is a Bard of the Gorsedd of Caer Abiri, a Druidess of the Druid Clan of Dana and has been a member of The Order Of Bards Ovates and Druids and of ADF.
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