Hi, I’m Sherilyn. I’m glad that you happened upon this small corner of the web.

ROSEBUD is a reflection of my internal, creative space. I enjoy working with plants in a myriad of ways: gardening, cooking, medicine-making, natural dyeing or simply being outside, sitting with them. At ROSEBUD I weave together a love of biochemistry, folk herbalism, functionality, ecology, storytelling and Motherhood into useful goods. My partner Justin lends a supportive hand with all things design and web-related, (thank you, thank you!)

I’m widely interested in, and inspired by, plant and fungi kingdoms and I consider myself an all-around-plant-person. Having long been curious of the ways in which science and tradition intertwine, I pursued a degree in Ethnobotany and I am currently completing a Masters looking at carbon sequestration in soils in my home state of California.

Thank you for being here.

A little bit of history

ROSEBUD BOTANICAL GOODS began in 2014 with wanting to have a handmade wedding. And handmade it was, down to my hand-stitched wedding dress made from a thrifted lace curtain! I went on a deep dive exploring the soap making process to gift them as favors. Around this time a friend shared Rebecca Burgess’ book Harvesting Color and I went to work transforming bedsheets into naturally dyed table linens with plants found behind our SF apartment. ~ It was a season of change~

For the last 8 years we have offered herbal soap and botanical skincare products online and in-person. After our first son was born in 2018, I felt drawn to start sewing more while staying home and turn my stash of plant dyed fabrics into goods. My hope is that they last a long time before returning to the soil.

ROSEBUD is a nickname given to me as a youngin’ by my beloved maternal grandfather. My four siblings and I spent our early years right down the road from my grandparent’s 30 acre homestead, what we just called The Farm. I am now known as ‘Auntie Rosebud’ in my family and working on being as close to the land as I was when I was that 5 year-old catching runaway roosters.