The story of Our Community Apothecary…
In December of 2022, we officially closed the doors to our beloved brick and motor Apothecary storefront, after seven years of love and dedication in serving our community in downtown New Milford CT. Our brick and motor store was past down to a former Twin Star student and operates under Balm’s Apothecary. Twin Star may no longer run our beloved brick and mortar store, but not to worry, we will continue to make many of the seasonal products that our tribe has come to rely upon. We cannot thank you enough for the opportunity to continue to serve up our magical herbal teas, tincture and tonics! We are deeply thankful for all of your love and support. Email with us with any questions, special orders or requests at twinstarapothecary@gmail.com or give us a call by phone at (828) 707-7213.
For many years Twin Star Apothecary has offered our community a variety of our handcrafted herbal products. We take pride in specializing in organic, local and ethically wildcrafted handmade tinctures, custom crafted teas, tonics and topical preparations. Throughout the seasons we joyfully craft a variety of smudge and sacred smokes, botanical ritual offerings and herbal remedies inspired by the Green Witch and made by our apothecary faeries. When available, our products can be found on our ONLINE SHOPPE.
Twin Star Apothecary Staff
Lupo Passero, Clinical Herbalist, Herbal Product Design and Development
A Community Herbalist with over 20 years experience in the field of herbalism and natural health. Lupo has worked closely throughout the years within the natural products industry serving as a staff herbalist in a variety of local health food and herbal stores and has served as an educator and as a consultant for over 20 years for some of the best retailers, producers and manufacturers of herbal medicine in the country. Trained as a Clinical Herbalist under the tutelage of Himani Ellis and Roshani Tobias in Asheville North Carolina in 2003, Lupo has been working closely with folks of all ages and backgrounds, helping them to create healing herbal regimes for better heath and wellness as well as to help support specific ailments. In 2016 Lupo opened Twin Star Community Apothecary, a full service local apothecary, combining her expertise of natural products and her deep wisdom of herbal medicine. Lupo truly enjoys sharing her years of knowledge and intimate relationship with the plants and essences and gracefully pairs that knowledge with a deep appreciation for the healing connection between the mind, body and human spirit. She has created hundreds of time tested and well loved herbal products over the years and is is always happy to help create a custom tea blend, flower essence or personalized herbal remedy and enjoys supporting all individuals innate ability to heal themselves with simple and effective plant potions.
Rebekah Sutter, Apothecary Fairy, Potions Master & Staff Herbalist
Bekah is a blossoming community herbalist & artist residing in the rolling hills of Northwest Connecticut. Rebekah first joined the Twin Star Tribe in the summer of 2013 and has since completed various herbal trainings including: Foundations of Herbalism, Practices and Protocols of Herbalism, Tropical Herbalism in Costa Rica, Flower Essence Practitioner Training, Seed to Market Advanced Herbal Training and Spiral Path Women's Herbal Apprenticeship. She has served as the Twin Star Herbal Apprentice for nearly five years and has helped Lupo co-teach a variety of classes throughout that time. Rebekah skillfully creates and crafts the majority of herbal preparation in our apothecary and also co-teaches in the Art & Science of Herbalism, The Spiral Path Women’s Medicine Way Course, Foundations of Herbalism and Introduction to Herbalism courses. She also hosts and organizes both the Plant Partner and Plant Wisdom Wednesday monthly offering as well as our 13 Moons Women Circle. Bekah's passion lies in combining the healing physical, energetic & plant spirit magic of the herbal world and creating beautiful hand-crafted artwork and herbal remedies. Rebekah and her work can be found in the Twin Star Apothecary throughout the week.
Cate Nixon, Wildcrafter, Forager & Apothecary Fairy
Cate is a budding herbalist living in Roxbury, CT. She life long gardener, green witch, and nature lover. She joined Twin Star community in 2020 completing Foundations of Herbalism and recently completed Level 2 Practices and Protocols. Cate grew up on the coast learning to garden, fish, and forage from her family. She has always had a deep connection with the plant world and loves nurturing them and sharing her knowledge of these amazing beings with others. After a few years of working as a grape grower and winemaker in the vineyards of Connecticut, she decided she wanted to grow more than joy for people—she wanted to learn to grow and craft medicine as well. When she’s not in the garden or exploring the forest, Cate works as a caregiver for intellectually disabled adults and volunteering with various environmental and social justice groups. In addition to levels one and two, Cate has completed The Art of Flower Essence Therapy, Backyard Herbalism, Canna Care for Herbalists, and Into to Astrology and looks forward to continuing her herbalism studies.
MARISSA LUCIA
Marisa’s herbal journey all started when she attended a Twin Star Flower Essence workshop & was guided to meditate with an Allium Flower. What she experienced was indescribable & from that moment a budding herbalist took seed. In 2019, a few months after, Marisa began to pursue her own herbal studies through Twin Star with the Art of Flower Essences.Since childhood, nature has always been Marisa’s sweet, sweet solace. Her earliest & fondest memories were growing up in her grandparent’s garden & endlessly exploring the woodland area beyond their house. It was in the moment she discovered that not only do plants bring harmony to a stressful day, but medicine to heal and assist the mind, body, & soul, that her whole life & connection to nature changed. Upon her deep dive into herbal studies she has completed the Flower Essence Practitioner Training, Foundations of Herbalism, Level 2 Practices & Protocols, & Level 3 Wildcrafted Apothecary. Since her start in herbalism she went onto assisting as a community herbalist at Chamomile Natural Foods in her hometown, working & learning under talented Nutritionists. Prior to her herbal studies Marisa dabbled in the realm of Metaphysics as a Reiki Master & self taught Astrologer. From this journey Marisa aspires to blossom into an entrepreneur in the Holistic Health & Beauty field. She is beyond excited to begin her apprenticeship with Twin Star to plunge even deeper into the beauty, love, & healing that lives amongst the plants.
Community Love
“Your customer service is amazing! I am not very comfortable in public, but every time I need supplies, your staff is very accommodating, soft-spoken, and most of all respectful. Thank you!”
“Always very peaceful environment; like coming to my grandmother’s cottage for tea! I am a customer for life.”
“Like going home! Relaxed and professional staff, full of targeted knowledge for a personalized regime. ”
“Very knowledgeable on products and use of products there. The teas are very good!”
“What a wonderful place to find quality oils and tinctures. And the knowledge behind the uses is deep.”
“Staff is so wonderful, and events are always so interesting. Loved buying the plant medicine seedlings this weekend.”
“Friendly, knowledgeable and inclusive. Felt like I was a welcome guest.”
Twin Star APOTHECARY ARCHIVES:
a look back to our
Beloved Community Apothecaries
this video was filmed in Our very first brick & Motor shop dowown
Our Second Beloved Apothecary
Served as our safe work space and our tribal home, as well as a sanctuary and healing refuge to many during covid -19.
Final Frontier
Our third Apothecary was located downtown, just across from the Housatonic River, where we hosted many herbal classes, community events and sacred circles.