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+'use client'
+import { useState } from 'react';
+import { useVulaContent } from '@/hooks/useVulaContent'
+import { Card, CardHeader, CardTitle, CardContent } from '@/components/ui/Card'
+import Badge from '@/components/ui/Badge'
+import Image from 'next/image'
+
+export default function BotanicalWisdomSection() {
+  const { items, loading } = useVulaContent('posts')
+  const [openIndex, setOpenIndex] = useState(-1) // hook before guard
+  if (loading) return <div className="flex justify-center py-16"><div className="w-8 h-8 rounded-full border-2 border-current border-t-transparent animate-spin" /></div>
+  if (items.length === 0) return null
+  const posts = items.slice(0, 3)
+  return (
+    <section id="botanical-wisdom" data-vula-section="botanicalwisdom" data-vula-cms="posts" className="bg-[#f4f5f2] py-20 px-4">
+      <div className="max-w-6xl mx-auto">
+        <div className="text-center mb-12">
+          <p className="text-sm text-[#8b5a3c] font-medium mb-2">From our journal</p>
+          <h2 className="text-3xl font-semibold text-[#2c331f]">Botanical <span className="text-[#6b8e23]">Wisdom</span></h2>
+        </div>
+        <div className="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-3 gap-6">
+          {posts.map((item) => {
+            const d = item.data as { title?: string; excerpt?: string; author?: string; category?: string; image?: string }
+            return (
+              <Card key={item.id} className="rounded-[28px] overflow-hidden shadow-lg hover:shadow-xl transition-shadow border-0 bg-white">
+                {d.image && (
+                  <div className="relative h-48 w-full">
+                    <Image src={d.image} alt={d.title ?? ''} fill className="object-cover" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 33vw" />
+                  </div>
+                )}
+                <CardHeader className="pb-2">
+                  {d.category && <Badge variant="accent" className="bg-[#6b8e23] text-white text-xs px-3 py-1 rounded-full self-start mb-2">{d.category}</Badge>}
+                  {d.title && <CardTitle className="text-lg text-[#2c331f]">{d.title}</CardTitle>}
+                </CardHeader>
+                <CardContent className="pt-0">
+                  {d.excerpt && <p className="text-sm text-[#2c331f]/70 line-clamp-3">{d.excerpt}</p>}
+                  {d.author && <p className="text-xs text-[#8b5a3c] mt-3 font-medium">By {d.author}</p>}
+                </CardContent>
+              </Card>
+            )
+          })}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </section>
+  )
+}
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