News at Townsend Draft Goods

• Gift Certificate Winner
• Highland County Fair

Mark Swecker is the winner of the $75 gift certificate!

Thanks to all of the great customers and support shown during the Week of the Highland County Fair! We offered a chance to win a $75 gift certificate for any purchase made during Fair week. We hosted a LIVE drawing & Mark Swecker was the winner! You can view the Live video at https://www.facebook.com/61566370754141/videos/1599682368416185

• Storefront in Monterey

Happy Friday!! Shop 11-6 pm today at 26 Fleisher Avenue

 Happy Friday!! Shop 11-6 pm today at 26 Fleisher Avenue! Come by our booth at the Fair today 6-9 pm. And good luck to all the Derby drivers tonight! 

• 2026 Events
• Storefront in Monterey

Our storefront is open this week 11-6 pm Tuesday-Saturday.

Good morning! Our storefront is open this week 11-6 pm Tuesday-Saturday. Come by and say Hi 👋 See you at the Fair, too!Thanks to Tammy Sponaugle for making this poster as a gift 💫 Thanks to my honey Aaron Sponaugle for believing in me & everything done to get to this week. Thanks to my sister for always volunteering and thanks to all the customers and community for the support 🙏  Thanks to all my family and friends 🦋 I am grateful ❤️

• Gorilla muscle
• horny goat weed
• Maca
• Rumors

Energy & Reserves. Thank you, Gorilla Muscle!

Lots of folks want to up their energy. And there are herbs to do that. Some companies work hard to bring you a formula that is intended to support that endeavor.  In my herbal studies, I learned and studied the effects of adaptogens and energy-boosting herbs. The magic of formulation is bringing those things together in the right environment.  Here's a company that took the idea of "Gorilla Power" and formulated an energy boost! You might want to explore the jungle!

• Highland County Fair
• Storefront in Monterey

We're OPEN this week in Monterey at 26 FLEISHER AVENUE!

We're OPEN this week! Come by our storefront in Monterey at 26 Fleisher Avenue in the brickhouse next to Gutshalls Exxon! FAIR WEEK SHOP HOURS 9/1/26 Tuesday: 11am - 6pm --- OPENING DAY! 9/2/26 Wednesday: 11am - 6pm 9/3/26 Thursday: 11am - 6pm 9/4/26 Friday: 11am - 6pm 9/5/26 Saturday: 11am - 6pm 9/6/26 Sunday: CLOSED Also, come by our booth in the Fair Grounds! We'll be next to the gymnasium entrance on the hardtop behind the bleachers. Your purchase this week gets you a chance to win a $75 Gift Certificate! To celebrate the 75th Highland County Fair, Virginia, we are offering you a chance to win a $75 gift certificate during the whole week of Fair (9/1 - 9/5)! Your purchase gets you a free chance to win! Come by the shop or our booth & your purchase gets you entered into the drawing. The winner will be announced after the Fair and you do not need to be present to win.  Every purchase you make during the HTC gets you a chance to win a $75 gift certificate to our shop! Fill out your ticket at our booth or in our shop in Monterey!

• Storefront in Monterey

Visit our storefront in Monterey on SEPT 1st!

We're opening our doors 9/1/26. Come by and see us. 

• Highland County Fair
• Little Miss Highland
• Storefront in Monterey

Week of the traditional Highland County Fair - Come by & see us!

This year, our storefront will be open to folks coming in town for the fair. Visit us at 26 Fleisher Avenue for an extraordinary shopping experience!

• Storefront in Monterey
• Virginia

Coming Soon! Our new storefront in Monterey, Virginia will open Sept 1st

We have exciting news! We are expanding! Our new storefront in Monterey, Virginia will open September 1. Stay tuned for details.   

• Mill Gap
• Mill Gap Shop Hours

Visit our warehouse barn in Mill Gap!

We open our warehouse barn in Mill Gap, VA to the public! Shop our shelves, sit in a rocking chair, walk in a field of flowers. Public hours are 11-5 p.m.  You can always message us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61566370754141 And you can call the phone that rings right into the barn! 540-499-2621

• Mill Gap Shop Hours
• Warehouse barn in Mill Gap

Shop our warehouse barn in Mill Gap, 11-5 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday!

Extraordinary. Rare Finds. & Curiosities. Shop herbal remedies. Shop unique gifts.

• Mill Gap Shop Hours
• Shop hours

Our warehouse barn is open 11-5 p.m. this weekend

Our warehouse barn is open 11-5 p.m. every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, & Saturday.  Shop herbal medicine products, incense, sacred jewelry, & more!     

• Mill Gap Shop Hours
• Warehouse barn in Mill Gap

Our warehouse barn is OPEN 11-5 p.m. today (7/8/26)

Our warehouse barn is OPEN 11-5 p.m. today. Read our latest blog post by Raven where she shares some personal notes about losing weight naturally: https://townsenddraftgoods.com/blogs/news/the-first-stage-of-weight-loss-is-deflating

• Anxiety
• weight loss

The first stage of weight loss is deflating. And expect an emotional release.

Our bodies hold emotions, especially in the organs. With the shedding of weight, emotions surface.

• Attitude Adjustment
• Attitude Adjustment Stress Relief Herbal Supplement

BACK IN STOCK! Attitude Adjustment Stress Relief Herbal Supplement

This is our go-to formula for when a deep breath just isn’t enough to change our mood. Calming, centering, and supportive. Get yours at https://townsenddraftgoods.com/products/attitude-adjustment-stress-anxiety-relief-elixir

• Natural Skincare
• Tallow Balm Face Cream

BACK IN STOCK! Tallow Balm Face Cream with Manuka Honey & Frankincense!

At the heart of this formula is 100% grass-fed tallow, celebrated for its compatibility with the skin’s natural structure.

• Holiday
• Mill Gap Shop Hours

To celebrate July 4th, our warehouse barn is closed

Stay safe and cool!

• aromatherapy
• Vetiver

Vetiver - The deep, smoky‑sweet, & musky aroma with an hypnotic pull

Its roots grow downward nearly ten feet, and practitioners often say the oil mirrors that same energetic descent: calming the nervous system, easing overstimulation, and supporting emotional resilience.

• Mill Gap
• Mill Gap Shop Hours
• Warehouse barn in Mill Gap

Saturday, 6/27/26 - Shop our warehouse barn in Mill Gap!

Our warehouse barn is open 11-5 p.m. in Mill Gap, Virginia

• Cooling summer tea
• Hibiscus
• Pitta
• Reduce Pitta

Hibiscus Tea offers a refreshing way to support general wellness - And it's easy to make!

As a daily beverage, hibiscus tea offers a refreshing way to support general wellness. It can be enjoyed hot or cold.

• Bug Away
• Natural Bug Spray
• Summer

Bug Away, The Natural Way. Free from DEET & Chemicals

Formulated for no harmful side effects. This is not a basic witch hazel and essential oil bug spray, it is infused for WEEKS with strong herbs PLUS organic essential oils.

• Mill Gap Shop Hours
• Shop hours
• Shop Townsend Draft Goods

Shop our warehouse barn 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. in Mill Gap, Virginia

Make a trip to our barn location where the flowers are wild and the cats are mystical.

We are OPEN on 6/19/26

We are OPEN on 6/19/26! Shop our barn 11-5 p.m. Our warehouse barn in Mill Gap is open Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, & Saturday 11-5 PM ! We're always online 24/7 at www.TownsendDraftGoods.com

• 80/20

This is my 20% Bad

Try to live the 80/20 rule.

• Auction
• Consignment auction
• Mill Gap Shop Hours
• Shop hours
• Warehouse barn in Mill Gap

June 6, 2026 announcements & Congratulations to Class of 2026!

A couple of Announcements: 1. Yoga on June 6, 2026 is canceled due to multiple activities scheduled on this day. We wish all graduates big congratulations! 2. The upcoming Townsend Consignment Auction starts at 9 AM on June 13th! Come out & enjoy breakfast options by Puff's BBQ & find some deals! 3. I'm still taking consignments for the auction. Contact me (Raven Townsend) if you're wanting to consign. 4. Our warehouse barn in Mill Gap, VA is OPEN today, 11-5 PM! Congratulations to Class of 2026!

• Shop hours

We are closed today, Friday (6/5/26), because of a funeral.

Our shop is closed today, Friday, but we'll be back tomorrow. Thank you

• Johnny Depp's The People's Artist
• Zeda Townsend

Johnny Depp's The People's Artist - Zeda Townsend Voting

Put an Artist from Highland County, Virginia into the final round!

• Mill Gap Shop Hours
• Shop hours

Announcement: For this week only, we are closed on Friday, 6/5/26

Open Wednesday, Thursday, (Closed Friday), & Saturday 11-5 p.m. in Mill Gap, VA

• Ayurvedic Incense
• bitter cleansing herbs
• Bitter herb
• Black Walnut
• Cloves
• Pitta
• Reduce Pitta
• vitamin E
• Wormwood

Wormwood, Black Walnut, & Cloves Supplement, Vitamin E Capsules, & Pitta Dosha Balancing Incense

Read about bitter cleansing herbs, the benefits of Vitamin E, & Pitta-pacifying aromatics of sandalwood, jasmine, and rose.

• Ayurveda
• Ayurveda & Herbalism
• Organic Blue Spirulina
• Pitta
• Reduce Pitta
• Spirulina
• superfood

Read About Our Featured Product: Spirulina - Nutritionally Dense Superfood

In Ayurvedic energetics, spirulina reads as sattvic and cooling: a Pitta-pacifier particularly well suited to the warming days of late spring and early summer.

In Honor of Memorial Day, we are closed, 5/25/26

We're closed today, 5/25/26.  

• Ayurveda
• Ayurveda & Herbalism
• Soursop Leaf
• Spirulina
• Turmeric Root

Five thousand years of Turmeric, Spirulina fed Aztec civilization, Soursop leaf across Caribbean

Turmeric has been carried in the healer's kit for five thousand years. Spirulina fed the Aztec civilization. Soursop leaf has moved through the hands of traditional practitioners across the Caribbean, Central America, and West Africa for generations.

• Ayurveda & Herbalism
• Balloons
• Bob Ross Happy Little Tree Mints
• newsletter
• Rhodiola
• Rhodiola Rosea

Serious herbs, small joys! Helium Balloons & Bob Ross Happy Little Tree Mints!

The mountains are deep in late spring now — the dogwoods are finishing, the first warm nights have arrived, and the shop has been a little playful with its arrivals this week.

• Ayurveda
• Darjeeling
• Green Tea
• honey
• Jaggery
• Magic tea spoon
• Meditation Tea
• Newletter

Tea from Darjeeling, Jaggery from India, & Magic Apothecary Tea Spoons

The shop has been busy these past weeks. New arrivals this week — humble in price, generous in tradition.

• Newletter

Our Newsletter for 5/14/26 - New arrivals, ancient wisdom!

The shop has been busy with new arrivals, and this week we have five worth stopping for — from adaptogenic support to the bluest superfood in nature.

• Ayurveda
• Ayurveda & Herbalism
• Berberine
• Bitter Melon
• Cinnamon
• Gymnema
• Kapha
• Pitta
• Reduce Kapha
• Reduce Pitta
• Support blood sugar

Ayurvedic and Herbal Perspective on Berberine

Berberine (from barberry, goldenseal, etc.) supports healthy blood sugar, cholesterol, and gut flora; antimicrobial and liver-protective.

• 2026 Events
• Consignment auction
• Townsend Auction Barn

Announcement about a special event: We're ready to take consignments for the TOWNSEND AUCTION BARN on June 13th!

Townsend Draft Goods is sponsoring a consignment auction on June 13, 2026. You're invited to attend and if you'd like to sell, contact Raven Townsend.

• amalaki
• Amla
• Ayurveda
• Ayurveda & Herbalism

Amla (Amalaki) is a traditional Ayurvedic fruit valued for its antioxidant activity, digestive support, and nutrient density

In Ayurveda, Amla is considered mildly medhya, meaning it supports clarity and balanced mental function; Additionally, it is considered a rasayana, meaning it supports overall vitality and healthy aging.

• Vitamin D3
• Vitamins and Minerals

Vitamin D3 functions as a hormone rather than a traditional vitamin

The body’s ability to synthesize D3 from sunlight also parallels Ayurvedic teachings on agni and the transformative power of light.

• Gifts for Mother's Day

Something special for Mom

Mother’s Day is coming up 🩷 We have wonderful gift options for you! 🫖🕯️🌿📚Let us help you put together a beautiful, unique gift that stands out 🤩 And one she’ll love ❤️🩷 

• Ayurveda
• Ayurveda & Herbalism
• Boswellia
• Kapha
• Moringa
• Pitta

Moringa and Boswellia - Two Ayurvedic Herbs

Together, these two herbs form a kind of elemental duet—fire and coolness, movement and ease, arrow and incense. Moringa awakens what has grown dull; Boswellia softens what has grown inflamed.

• Mill Gap Shop Hours
• Shop hours

Hours this Week

Happy Monday! 🦋 While our online shop is always open 24/7, our warehouse barn in Mill Gap, VA is open this week: Wednesday: 11-5 PM Thursday: Closed Friday: 11-5 PM Saturday: 11-5 PM

• Liver Support
• milk thistle

Milk Thistle is a friend to the Liver

Herbalists often frame it this way: milk thistle doesn’t give you permission to drink more, but it can support the liver’s natural repair processes when alcohol is part of your lifestyle.

• April Fool's Day
• Mystical Numbers
• Tarot Cards
• The Fool
• The Fool Tarot Card
• The Mystical Power of Zero

April 1, The Fool Tarot Card, and New Beginnings

The Fool is Zero in the Tarot Card Deck. Zero is not emptiness—it’s the mystical seed of infinite potential. 

• spring
• spring allergies
• Spring-theme Goods

Spring Allergy Relief - Explore Natural Options

Browse our collection of organic tinctures, herbal supplements, and natural remedies to support your body during allergy season!

• Helena Bonham Carter
• My sister
• Townsend Draft Goods
• Townsend Twins

This post is about my twin sister.

I tell her she's my Helena Bonham Carter. Disclaimer: Helena Bonham Carter is NOT my twin sister.

• 2026 Events
• Maple Festival

Your support means the world to us! THANK YOU for your visits & your business during the Maple Festival!

Thanks for visiting us in Mill Gap, Virginia!

• 2026 Events
• Maple Festival
• Mill Gap Shop Hours
• Shop hours

Lucky You! We're OPEN for extended hours this Maple Festival!

Visit us in Mill Gap in our warehouse barn for an eclectic shopping experience!!!!

• Ayurveda
• Ayurveda Face & Neck Cream
• Cerabuild Face & Neck Cream
• The Ayurveda Experience

Ayurveda Face & Neck Cream

Cerabuild Face and Neck Cream - Restore and Protect Your Skin's Lost Moisture with Phyto-Ceramides