My name is Shandrea. So happy you’re here!
HOW FREEWILDSHE CAME TO BE
Several years ago, I decided I wanted to clean up my diet and learn how to get the most nutrition out of my food. I was introduced to the idea of herbs. Not just for flavor but for the vitamins, minerals and properties they can offer us for health. I learned that ‘herbs’ extended way past the culinary ones I was familiar with. Things that grow around us, weeds in the yard, foraged foods from the nearby forest, and herbs used traditionally as medicine all over the world. Leaves. Berries. Flowers. Roots.
The easiest way to get nutrition from herbs is to make a tea. How simple. This completely changed how I saw tea. Not just a beverage but a source of nutrition. An act of self care. I completely fell in love with creating tea blends from flowers, foraged finds, and plants I had previously called weeds.
From there it was only natural that I transitioned to making bitters. Tea is a water infusion. Bitters are an alcohol infusion. The alcohol is just another solvent to extract nutrition and beneficial properties out of plants.
I had been tossing around the idea about starting my own business. I was searching for something fulfilling and meaningful. A way to take control of my time and put energy towards doing something I totally loved.
As my creations started accumulating, I began gifting them to friends and family. With their suggestions, my husband’s encouragement, advice from a mentor to, ‘just start’, and the realization that there is only so much tea one can gift to their mother-in-law FREEWILDSHE was born.
WHERE DOES THE NAME FREEWILDSHE COME FROM?
Where does the These words describe the reason I started my own business…
I am FREE to be who I want to be. To spend my time doing things that matter. Finding fulfillment and living life on my terms.
It’s the WILD things that bring me the most joy. Nature is an important part of who I am. Spending time outside. Nourishing myself with real foods. Exploring the relationships we have with plants and how they benefit whole living. Wildcrafting. Bringing the outside into my daily life. Making products with botanicals I can share.
SHE directly represents me and my connection to being free and wild.
FREEWILDSHE strives to use the best quality ingredients. Opting for sustainable, ethical & organic and 25% from local Pacific Northwest farms.
PRESS & MEDIA
- CRUSH MAGAZINE – “Local Gift Giving Guide”“Local Gift Giving Guide”
- A BLOOMING GOOD TIME PODCAST – “Winter Health and Preparing For The Cold With FreeWildShe”
- A BLOOMING GOOD TIME PODCAST – “Tea Just Blew My Mind! Let’s Talk With FreeWildShe!”
- VISIT MCMINNVILLE – “Made In McMinnville: Bring Home All The Goodies This Weekend”
- VISIT MCMINNVILLE – “Shop The Downtown McMinnville Farmers Market Like A Local”
- MCMINNVILLE BUSINESS – “These Are A Few Of Our Favorite Things”
A LITTLE ABOUT ME
– I love to CREATE WITH BOTANICALS. (Well, maybe that’s obvious.) My other hobbies are PHOTOGRAPHY and MACRAME.
– I am a WIFE and MOTHER of two.
– I am a MAKER. I’ve always got a project in the works.
– I love the OUTDOORS. Hiking, camping, gardening, gathering wild things, picking flowers and sitting in the sun with a cocktail.
– We live on a FARM in DAYTON, OREGON and grow CIDER APPLES & PEARS.
– My favorite product is CARDAMOM BITTERS followed closely by CARDAMOM ROSE GREEN TEA. I may have a bit of an obsession with a certain exotic spice.
