Yarrow at Gaia's Garden, just before peak bloom. The flat-topped flower clusters open in waves over several weeks; we harvest at the height of opening.

Yarrow beginning to flower at Gaia's Garden in Umpire, Arkansas, white-green flat-topped buds rising above feathery leaves

Photographed April 27, 2026 in Gaia Devi Stillwagon's medicine garden in Umpire, Arkansas's Ouachita foothills.

This is Yarrow (Achillea millefolium), grown in our medicine garden in Umpire, Arkansas.

Tags: Close-up of yarrow starting to flower.