How We began
Daily Daisy Botanicals
It’s not just a business — it’s a way of breathing, of listening. Daisy first felt it during a team-build with a marine environmental non-profit, tucked into a ravine where Topanga Canyon meets the Pacific Ocean. One moment she was on the clock; the next, she stepped through a portal into wild freedom.
The air tasted of salt and sage. White Sage drifted like incense through sunlight. California Sagebrush brushed against her skin as if testing her curiosity. Black Sage left its peppery kiss on her tongue. Overhead, wild parrots flashed green against the cobalt sky, their cries echoing through the Australian Brush Cherry trees. The plants seemed to notice her — as though they were waiting for her to remember them.
From that day forward, Daisy followed their call — across the coast, into chaparral and high desert, through pine forest and canyon wash. Each ecosystem revealed a different dialect of the same ancient language. She learned which leaves nourish, which roots heal, and during a Plant Spirit Apprenticeship, how to meet each plant as a being, not a resource. “What can this do for me?” softened into “May I share space with you?”
Plants, she discovered, teach presence better than any meditation app. Once, distracted mid-harvest, she felt a nudge — an American Elderberry dropped a branch gently onto her head, reminding her to return to the moment. Lesson received.
The path naturally led toward herbology — adding Science, how the plants affect the human body, to the mix. As a former high-school biology teacher, Daisy began sharing what she learned through workshops and apprenticeships that wove foraging, plant spirit, herbalism, and cooking into one living tapestry.
Today, from San Antonio to Austin, she still walks those mindful miles, listening to the soft hum of local flora and the whisper of old roots.
Each DDB creation is its own quiet ceremony, a plant-powered reminder to breathe, reset, and reconnect.”
If this sounds like an origin story — that’s because it is — one still scenting the air, flickering in small flames, and blooming through every creation at Daily Daisy Botanicals.
