The Borage packaging features artwork by Karen Kimmel, setting the tone for the beauty held within.

Open the glue- and tape-free envelope to find a delicate glassine pouch of borage seeds—bright blue blossoms waiting to unfold.

The packaging is very special: the artwork is ready to be framed, creating a zero-waste piece of art to enhance your home, office or greenhouse.

Borage is a keystone flower in your garden. It’s beloved by pollinators, blooms from late June through October, and grows in any soil, in sun or part shade and self-seeds.

Borage also has the ability to gather nutrients from the soil, helping prevent them leaching out and fixes the nitrogen as well. Borage’s deep taproots help break up compacted soil.

Borage is an excellent mulch around flowering and fruiting plants, and a wonderful companion plant for many vegetables, including tomatoes, squash and strawberries. Companion plants provide nutrients to plants as well as deterring pests.

Karen Kimmel is a multi-disciplinary artist working in Upstate New York.

The Borage seeds were harvested from River’s Edge Farm, a climate resilient, carbon neutral, zero waste, pollinator supporting regenerative organic mini farm in the Hudson Valley, in upstate New York. More information available on its page on Instagram.