A Complete Guide to Sourcing Natural Ingredients
(updated 7/4/26)
Amie’s List
Apothecary Supplies and Equipment | Botanical Supplier Directory
The suppliers listed here are all that I have used and would buy again.
For items that can be purchased on Amazon click here.
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Mountain Rose Herbs mountainroseherbs.com
My go to for dried herbs, for anything I don’t grow in my garden, I will check here first.
Lavender:
Let’s do Lavender: A little lavender goes a long way.. This shop sells small quantities from 1/4 up to 1 lb bundles of lavender buds, plus other products made from premium Sequim lavender. I found her at a local garden show and her buds stayed potent longer than the lavender I grew in my own garden. letsdolavender.com
Dried Elderberry: US Wellness Naturals Dried Elderberries - Wild & Organic I use this for making elderberry immunity syrup (see JJ Pursell recipe here)
Apple Cider Vinegar - This is the ACV I use for my fire cider: Mother Earth, Organic Apple Cider Vinegar with The Mother
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Sulu Organics - My new favorite for Mango Butter. It’s organic, and their refined version of both their mango and shea butters have very little scent so your natural botanicals can take center stage! Free Shipping!
Bulkapothecary.com - You’ve probably found them already…competitive prices for ingredients but watch those shipping prices!
I’ve used and had good results with their Clear jojoba, hempseed and sweet almond oils by Nature’s Oil.
NV Superfoods - Organic food grade glycerine, I use this for my NA tinctures and bitters
Raw+Rare Vegetable Glycerin - Food Grade AND Cosmetic Grade at a competitive price and often on sale
Soapeauty Hemp Seed Oil Unrefined Cold Pressed - Love this in my salves and balms, hemp is very calming for the skin.
Yoken Pure Jojoba Oil - Organic - This oil is a must have for skin and hair care, and good price for organic.
Handcraft Blends Organic Castor Oil
Seven Minerals Ultra Pure Vitamin E Oil - Full Spectrum D-Alpha Tocopherol, Organic
Better Shea Butter - Organic Yellow Beeswax Pellets
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Vevor Distilling Kit - 3 Gal/12L is the perfect size for small batch hydrosols. Also comes with a fermentation kit.
Fermentation Weights - this will keep everything submerged in your wide mouth mason jars. Very helpful for making fire cider, and other infusions with fresh ingredients you don’t want to spoil the whole batch.
Vevor Juice press - One of my favoirite kitchen gadgets. I use it to squeeze as much juice as possible out of my elderberries as possible for making elderberry syrup. I’m able to get four bottles of syrup out of each batch instead of three now! Also, I’m not a fan of using cheesecloth as a strainer but that’s just my personal preference.
Cuisinart Spice Grinder - removable dishwasher safe bowl for easier cleaning. If you’ve ever tried to grind resins before you will know, this is a must have.
Spice Bags - I use these for my herbal foot soaks but they are versatile little bags. Unbleached food grade cotton. I’ve found them to be durable.
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4oz amber glass jars - perfect for balms, salves and creams.
8oz amber glass bottles - good for storing all kinds of liquids. Oils, hydrosols, bitters and more!
1oz clear glass dispenser bottles - Very nice design that provides a high end feel. I use these for my hair oil.
2oz blue glass spray bottles. I use these for my rose hydrosol. Beautiful spray bottles.
5oz clear glass bottles. I use these for both syrups and hot sauce.
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For the Apothecary
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Strictly Medicinal strictlymedicinalseeds.com
If you plan to make herbal products, this is a trusted resource for a seed supplier.
Baker Creek rareseeds.com
As their url suggests this company is a good place to go for rare heirlooms. I’ve had good luck with germination rates and they have free shipping!
Territorial Seed Co. territorialseed.com - my favorite for peppers
Seeds from Italy: growitalian.com
Its exactly what the name suggests, the Italians seem to have figured out how to cultivate and grow plants for the best flavor so I’m trying out seeds from Italy in my garden this year and we’ll see how it goes…
The Seed Hunter
If you really like unusual seeds, check out this page: https://dk.com/en-us/blogs/resources/the-seed-hunter-sources-list
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Sungro Black Gold Seedling Mix - it comes in big bags for those of us with a LOT of seed starts. I like their black gold line in general for gardening and will stock up whenever it’s on sale. Amazon, Ace, Walmart and Kroger all carry it.
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Check back soon for more recommendations…