Certain plants can be effective in repelling pests like mosquitoes and flies in the garden. Here are eight plants that ...

The majority of the constituents in essential oils are produced by the plants, either for their own protection, to attract pollinators, or to heal wounds.

She looked for products scented with essential oils, which are concentrated compounds extracted from plants but at the time they were considered “alternative” and geared more toward the health ...

If drying your lavender, tie the spikes into bundles and put in a large paper bag and hang in a dry, airy place. You can also lay the lavender on screens out of the sun or just bunch and hang them ...

The 3 essential oils that should be in every aromatic starter pack Amy Galper from the New York Institute of Aromatherapy shares her top picks for those new to essential oils. Photo: Stocksy/Lumina ...

Plants have been used in health and beauty practices since centuries, think ancient chinese medicine or our very own cultural practices of ayurveda. Essential oils are the very essence of aromatic ...

Wildly trendy essential oils, popularized by a handful of multilevel marketing firms including DoTerra (which did not respond to request for comment) are extracted and distilled from aromatic plants.

An aromatic Norfolk farm is investing almost £250,000 to double the capacity of its essential oils business – a valuable diversification which helped it “weather the storm” while ...