"The Common Marigold is familiar to everyone, with its pale-green leaves and golden orange flowers. It is said to be in bloom on the calends of every month, hence its Latin name, and one of the names by which it is known in Italy - fiore d'ogni mese - countenances this derivation... Old English authors called it Golds or Ruddes. It was, however, later associated with the Virgin Mary, and in the seventeenth century with Queen Mary."
~ A Modern Herbal by Mrs. M. Grieve

{Please note that this is a special edition link up we are running which is separate from our weekly link up, The Art of Home-Making Mondays.} Learning from other women about herbs is something that really interests me and here is the place where I would love for you to share your knowledge!
For this month, please link up all of your articles (past & present) which pertain to:
~ CALENDULA {CALENDULA OFFICINALIS} ~
aka Pot Marigold
This can include herbal recipes and remedies, bath and body suggestions, informative articles, how to grow calendula plants or even culinary and craft ideas. Our link up will be up until the end of this month (April 2015) in order to collect a massive archive of calendula information. {Please understand that all posts which do not pertain to the highlighted herb will be deleted in order to maintain the goal of this post.} Thank you for joining us!
This post is a part of our Create Your Own Home Pharmacy Series.

This post may be shared with some or all of the following link-ups: The Art of Home-Making Mondays, Modest Mom Monday's, Monday's Musings, Make Your Home Sing Monday, Good Morning Mondays, The Scoop, Titus 2sdays, Titus 2 Tuesdays, Roses of Inspiration, Tuesdays with a Twist, Raising Homemakers, Wise Woman Link Up, Homestead Blog Hop, Wow Us Wednesdays, Wildcrafting Wednesday, Coffee and Conversation, So Much at Home, Homemaking Thursdays, Home Sweet Home, Hearts for Home Thursdays, Home Acre Hop, Growing in Grace Thursdays, From the Farm Blog Hop, Farmgirl Friday, Front Porch Friday Blog Hop, Awesome Life Friday Link Up, Simply Natural Saturdays and Clever Chicks Blog Hop. Thank you lovely ladies for hosting these. Herbal Illustration by Elizabeth Blackwell.