Dr. Hauschka: A Love Letter From the Garden
For our Love Ethic edition, we visited the medicinal herb garden of Dr. Hauschka at the foot of the Swabian Jura and captured our impressions from this magical encounter.
Words by Dörte de Jesus, photography by Leonie Sinden David
“I step into the Dr. Hauschka medicinal herb garden in the rays of early morning light. Outside, the world is busy with activity, but within the grounds, there is a meditative serenity. Everything is peaceful. Time is slowing down. I hear the gentle sound of water irrigation; the garden glitters where sun and rain meet, creating sparkling diamonds on the leaves and blossoms.
Inside the garden, there is fertile soil for a diversity of life. Some plants prefer a more cultivated existence, while others like to live in the wilder parts of the garden, close to where the forest sprawls. There are sun worshippers and shade lovers, plants with different characteristics, requirements and healing properties. Visiting Dr. Hauschka’s medicinal herb garden is a practice of presence, learning about life by looking closely, with curiosity and care.
How to live in reciprocal relationships is among the many lessons that plants can teach us. They show us how to thrive in mutual relations with other species and life forms, contributing to each other’s support. The garden, located at the foot of the Swabian Jura, is a microcosm of such nourishing bonds. Medicinal plants have always been at the heart of Dr. Hauschka’s work. The gardeners are deeply connected with the plants, caring for the same plant cultures for many years, while the plants nourish our human bodies and tend to our wellbeing and health.
Walking into the nearby meadows of the company’s biodynamic farm, I witness another form of symbiosis unfold – bumblebees are dancing in joyful, yellow-dotted fields of anthyllis. One endows the other with food, the other reciprocates with pollination. The garden shows us that life is a multitude of love stories.”
Anthyllis has been a vital ingredient in Dr. Hauschka skin care since 1967. They grow the anthyllis themselves, in the fields of their biodynamic farm in Eckwälden. From 1 April and for a short time only, four Dr. Hauschka classics celebrate this precious ingredient with a limited edition design.
