For more than a decade, Bridget Molloy has been teaching people how to enhance their wellbeing through the use of plants.

Now, Littleton locals can learn to make herbal teas, try botanical truffles and purchase aromatherapy and tincture kits at Molloy’s new storefront, just off of Main Street.

Bridget’s Botanicals, which Molloy started in 2014, is a company that embraces health, wellness and fun through experiential classes and natural products.

Molloy, who grew up in Littleton, said she hopes her store becomes "a community place to experience botanicals and (connect) to nature in a really fun way."

Learning about botanicals

Molloy has studied ecology, molecular biology, teaching, pharmacology and medicinal chemistry, including graduate work at Harvard and Georgetown. She said her company allows her to combine two of her main passions in life: teaching and herbalism.

“Herbalism is really the practice of when you're using botanicals — it can be leaves, flowers, berries … to benefit your health,” she said.

With over 40 courses developed, Molloy and her team will offer classes ranging from an in-depth herbalism study to an elderberry syrup-making class. She will also teach sessions about ethnobotany, which is the study of traditional knowledge and customs of different groups and cultures concerning plants and their uses.

Some of her classes are offered as private events, which people can schedule for their teams, workplaces or friends, Molloy said.

Sustainable products and kits

Her shop also sells a variety of products, including tea blends, tinctures, elderberry syrups, aromatherapy mists and cocktail bitters — all made by Molloy. She said she hopes to partner with other local businesses to offer some of her products for use on their drink menus.

In an effort to be sustainable, Molloy’s product line have labels that are all ink-based and made in a wind-run printing facility in Colorado, she said.

Of her products, Molloy is most excited about the kits, which offer curated selections of tea, aromatherapy mists, tinctures and other products that aim to address specific mental or physical wellness goals.

She sells kits for menstruation care, fertility, sleep and stress, mental wellness and sexual vitality. Several of these showcase her passion for women’s wellness and sexual health.

“Traditionally (women have) been very marginalized in the medical system, and it's been very shameful to talk about different things,” she said. “So I think it's great to have a space where women can feel comfortable and confident to come to.”

Community support

Members of the Littleton Chamber of Commerce, District 1 Councilmember Patrick Driscoll, At-Large Councilmember Pam Grove and other community members gathered at 5733 S. Prince St. to celebrate the company’s grand opening on July 27.

“We just are really happy that you have the courage to do what you’re doing, and you decided to do it in Littleton,” said Pat Dunahay, co-president of the chamber. “This community really will support you. You wouldn’t have the people here today if they didn’t have heart for what you’re doing and believe in what you’re doing.”

Molloy thanked her family, who baked cupcakes and set up for the event, for their unwavering support of her goals and for helping her create her shop.

“I'm very excited for her,” her husband said to the group. “This is a dream of hers and I’m — as we've helped already — all-in to help her with whatever she needs to be happy and successful in this."