The Folk & Fire Manifesto

We believe the land remembers.
We believe our bodies do too.

We believe in making medicine slowly, with hands that have touched the plants, under skies that have seen the seasons.
We believe in dirt-under-the-nails beauty—the kind that grows from grief and grit and wild joy.

We believe learning herbalism is more than just measuring scoops and memorizing plant parts.
It’s tending a pot of rosehips while the kids argue in the other room.
It’s whispering to the yarrow growing wild in the ditch.
It’s listening to the creak of our ancestors when we stir a salve with our own hands.

We believe in the sacred, and we believe in the silly.
We believe reverence doesn’t require stoicism.
We believe magic can live in vinegar.

We remember the old ways and remake them for our life.
We believe in science and spirit, myth and mud, kitchen tables and sacred fires.
We believe in accessibility, reciprocity, and the right to know your own medicine.

We believe that healing happens in community.
That joy is medicine.
That the earth is a teacher, not a resource.

We believe in showing up with what we have.
We believe in asking better questions.
We believe in gathering what grows near us, and letting it change us.

We believe the world needs more people who pay attention to the land.
People who make tea for their neighbors, who cry in the woods and laugh around the fire.
Who walk slowly, listen deeply, and stay curious.

We believe in the old ways remade.
In firelight and fieldwork, in lineage and laughter.
In the ones who carry medicine in their hands and stories in their bones.

We believe in you.
And we believe you belong here.

hey there, I'm Sia

and as the maker behind Folk & Fire, I create earth-based body care and teach seasonal medicine rooted in place, story, and reciprocity. I live on Bainbridge Island with my wild-hearted family, and I’ve been lucky to grow up in wild places like Oklahoma, Montana, and southwestern Colorado. My parents taught me how to listen to the land, tend the animals, move through the woods with awareness, and live as part of the ecosystem that feeds you.

After college, I studied permaculture, druidry, and herbalism with schools like Hawthorn & Honey, Blue Otter, Rowan & Sage, University of Oregon, and the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids. Every drop of education has merged with that hands-on way of living to create something truly special. At our heart, Folk & Fire dedicated to connecting people back to nature.

Every product is a reflection of that philosophy—crafted to honor the land, the seasons, and the connections that shape us. The Land inspires everything we make: Worldwalker Beard Salve carries the scent of the Colorado Plateau and Eastern WA’s sage steppe, Forest Dweller is an ode to the PNW wilderness, and Woodswanderer is a love letter to afternoons in my dad’s woodshop. These places and memories live in every jar, bottle, and balm, creating truly one-of-a-kind, ritually crafted herbal goodness.

more details about F&F

  • Where can I buy your stuff?

    Currently you can find our full list of products here on our website, or a limited selection at the Chimacum Corner Market up in Chimacum WA. We don't currently have a physical store.

  • Where do you get your....?

    Check out our FAQ's for a more complete list of where our plants come from - but everything is ethically foraged, hand grown or sourced from local farms.

  • Do you teach classes beyond the year long apprenticeship?

    I do! Typically I teach a few seasonal workshops here and there - the best way to know that's coming is to sign up for my email list. For 2025 our seasonal workshops will be in the fall/winter.