#34 Stories From The Earth Podcast - Interview with Herbalist and Farmer Lorri Bura

<p>Today we are going to be talking Lorri Bura, Founder of Green Heart Gardens in Candler North Carolina just outside of Asheville. Lorri was a graduate of the non-profit Organic Grower’s School Farm Beginnings &nbsp;year-long farmer training program. She took what she learned and ran with it, developing her own successful medicinal herb farm supplying materials to other brands and formulators as well as her own product creations and achieving organic certification status for her property. Lorri’s work is guided by being in communion with the plant spirits, or Devas, which inspires unique mandala designs in her garden planning and more. Lorri has additionally been a guest speaker and teacher for Organic Growers school and other events in the south east.</p> <p><br></p> <p>🌱Lorri's Links:</p> <p><a href="https://greenheartgardenswnc.com/" target="_blank">https://greenheartgardenswnc.com/</a></p> <p><a href="https://herbmamma.com/" target="_blank">https://herbmamma.com/</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>🌳Herbal Books:</p> <p>Rosemary Gladstar&nbsp;</p> <p>https://www.powells.com/searchresults?keyword=rosemary+gladstar</p> <p><br></p> <p>Robin Rose Bennett:</p> <p>https://www.powells.com/searchresults?keyword=Robin+Rose+Bennett</p> <p><br></p> <p>Pam Montgomery</p> <p>https://www.amazon.com/Plant-Spirit-Healing-Working-Consciousness/dp/1591430771/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1643517075&amp;sr=1-1</p> <p><br></p> <p>Dorling Kindersley (DK)</p> <p>https://www.dk.com/us/search/Herbs/</p> <p><br></p> <p>⭐Why Stories From the Earth? &nbsp;Mankind’s relationship to the natural world is as diverse and dynamic as each individual plant, animal, mineral, and piece of geography. There are many ways that we can engage with our living planet, be it through herbalism, gardening, hiking and other explorations, meditation and observation, and even artistic expressions. There are many ways for us to connect, and it is important to do so, as the human species is not a separate entity from the whole web of life. Each takes their o