Listening to Nature

Over the many years I have been working with the land, I am still continually amazed at how available the Earth is to teach me, if only I learn to listen.  I started out as an organic farm assistant, working to help other people's visions come to fruition.  Over time, I would hear whispers, or get a telltale pull in my center to pay attention to certain plants growing around the farms I was working on.  Each time I listened to this calling it would take me on a deep exploration with a new friend.  In this way, I got to learn a lot about the cultivated and wild medicinals of New England, eventually spreading this practice to every wild space I visit.  

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I was very lucky to start my flower essence journey in the hedge rows around where I worked.  Ten years on, the part of Earthen Co. I cherish the most is walking farther afield, exploring wild spaces and meeting new plants who in turn teaches me about their medicine.