A beautiful pure Linden blossom hydrosol, made with the beautiful blooms here in the Northwoods. Harvested at peak potency and steam distilled. The volatile oils in the blossoms make a beautiful pink/red hysrosol that ages like fine wine. 
These come in 4oz amber spray bottles and are best stored in the refrigerator for long term use.
Linden is my absolute favorite herb for children. My husband and I had been taking turns between packing boxes and watching the kids to stay caught up. During my time with the kids, we dove into all things Liden medicine, which was so appropriate because it truly is an herb for them. 
Let's talk about Linden medicine! Did you know that the window of opportunity for Linden blooms are about 2 days out of the whole year? And it starts 1-3 days after they start blooming and the air fills with their intoxicating scent. The time of day matters too, and they're best harvested on a beautiful sunny morning after the dew dries. My kiddos couldn't quite reach the blossoms, but the understory of the Linden trees here is all Red Raspberry, which just started rippening. So while I picked the blossoms, they painted their faces and filled their tummies with raspberries. Linden has several names, and American Linden (Tilia americana) also goes by Basswood and Lime tree. You'll notice that they have two types of leaves on them. The darker green toothed leaves, and the lighter green/pale bracts which are attached to the flower stalks. When harvested the Linden blossoms, you want to harvest both the flowers as well as those light green bracts. The darker leaves are edible though too, and taste like a mix between lettuce and spinach. A great edible in Spring and Summer, but I generally stick to the blossoms and bracts for medicine. 
I woke up the other morning and walked up the long driveway to the farm stand to get it open. It's a walk I always look forward to. The crisp morning air and the woods filled with dewdrops is my favorite scent of all time. When I got about half way up the farm by the Linden trees I was completely taken back and just had to stop and breathe. They smell like home. I've never been able to put my finger on it, maybe a combination of Pikake and Plumeria is the best way to describe them and my whole body fills with happiness and warmth. You can hear the trees buzzing completely loaded with excited pollinators that enjoy the blooms just as much as I do. 
Linden is such sweet medicine. It's one of my absolute favorite herbs for kids. It's so soothing to the nervous system and is helpful in relieving stress, anxiety and panic. It's also a great aid for sleep disorders. Now, the reason I love this herb for kids so much, is not only is it calming and truly just brings peace, but it supports the immune system too! Linden supports the immune system and the respiratory tract. It's an expectorant so it helps in breaking up stuck mucus and getting it up and out. Its also a antipyretic, which helps to lower fevers (but not supress). Linden is mucilaginous, which supports our bodies in several ways. One being our respiratory tract and soothing inflammed mucus membranes and easing dry coughs, but also aiding with acid reflux, indigestion and digestive upsets. It's also very relaxing to the circulatory system, which can help relieve headaches, lower blood pressure and a number more. I've always thought Linden was incredible because it's the only herb (that I know of) that you only need half as much as every other herb when making nourishing herbal infusions (normally 1oz by weight of herb to 1 quart of water- but with Linden you only need half an ounce). Not only that, but you can double brew it, once hot and once cold and pull different constituents from the plant and not lose potency! With the cold infusion you'll pull more mucilage and it will be more of a gruel (thick tea). Another little fun fact about Linden blossoms, is the farnesol in them actually stops some unwanted body odor. Topically, a Linden hydrosol can be used in many ways. You can still receive the therapeutic calming benefits from the blossoms, but it's also incredibly healing and soothing to irritated and damaged skin. 
So all that said, there's so many ways to prepare Linden leaves and flowers! It really just depends on what you're hoping to extract. Most of Lindens phytochemicals are water soluble, but some alkaloids and lipids arent, so really working with the plant in all aspects is helpful! You can make a steam distillation- a hydrosol, and it turns out to be a beautiful pink color. Hydrosols are so versatile because you can add them to so many formulations that need a water component, like lotions ect.  Or you can use it as is in a spray bottle! You can brew the leaves and blossoms as tea (if using fresh flowers, if you're making an infusion and steeping for a long time your tea will actually turn red!), you can tincture them, you can even infuse them in oil to make a variety of topical remedies. Another great way to receive the benfits of Linden is by infusing the blossoms into bathwater- so great for kiddos! 
Some of the ways we utilized this harvest are pretty much all for the water soluble qualities.  We made Linden Honey which isn't done yet but it smells absolutely amazing and captures everything I love about Linden😋😋 I've been too impatient and have been sampling jt here and there. I don't mean to be dramatic, but jts pretty much the most delicious thing ive ever tasted 😂😂  Linden Hydrosol- which despite what you'd think, unfortunately a lot of hydrosols don't actually capture that sweet scent of the blossom (just like with Lilac). So while it's incredibly healing and soothing, it smells a bit like asparagus 😆 We also filled several of our drying screens for later use, and made some fresh Linden blossom tea. My husband is quite picky when it comes to tea and he absolutely loved this one. It was right up his ally. He said he could drink a gallon of it! I was so excited 😆 I made an infusion and steeped Linden Blossoms, Calendula flowers (whole, most of the medicinal qualities are in the resin in the base), and some Peppermint for a good few hours. With plants that have softer cell walls, like leaves and flowers, an infusion is adequate and a decoction is not necessary (simmering). It turned such a beautiful bright red. I strained and added some local raw honey, gave it a good shake and poured over ice. Delicious! We also use the dried bracts and flowers (and buds!) in our Tranquil Mind tea, and pair them with Chamomile, Elderflowers and Apples 😋 I'm also currently working on a Linden Elixir of sorts as a non alcoholic replacement. It's beautiful and I'm quite excited.