The seed of VIENNA BOTANICALS was planted on a family hike with friends in the summer of 2017. While passing a patch of poison ivy, a naturalist friend pointed out a nearby jewelweed plant and shared the adage “the cure grows near the poison.” That seed germinated over the next few months into “what if you could always have that with you” – no more sticking to the hiking trail in fear of accidental exposure and no more furious scrubbing after garden just in case.