About  Laura

I’ve been drawn to plants and nature since I was a little girl. Whether it was climbing up into the branches of my favorite willow tree for company or whipping up “potions” with flowers and leaves, my love affair with this planet has never faded. When I became a mom, growing a vegetable garden with my kids was inevitable and a great way to share my wonder of the natural world. How amazing that one tiny seed can hold all of the life that creates a vine full of tomatoes or a gigantic head of cabbage!

Over time, my plant path began to widen and I had the opportunity to study Western Folk Herbalism with an amazing Master Herbalist/Wise Woman on a farm in Malibu. It was life changing and began my journey of self-healing, both physically and emotionally, utilizing Food as Medicine and Plant Spirit Healing. I learned to listen deeply to what my body was telling me, I learned to trust and honor myself by choosing to make new habits for optimal vitality, and I learned that these plant “beings” carry an energy which connects us to ourselves on the micro and to all things on the macro. My studies over the years with many Herbalist elders and Masters from Traditional Western Herbalism, TCM, Ayurveda to Indigenous traditions, have given me a wide and rich understanding of the deep healing that is possible with plant medicines. I am in constant gratitude to my teachers who have shared this passed-down knowledge so graciously and to our “plant friends” who are here to help us create a more beautiful and vibrant world through healing.