NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE
A NEWSLETTER from LUCRETIA WEEMS
Neonicotinoid free!
It's March, the season of push and pull between winter and spring. What to do? Plant your sweet peas! If you love the scent, be sure and locate seed of one of the fragrant varieties. And double check that your seed supplier is Neonicotinoid free!. READ MORE
This edition of the newsletter features three living heroines and their exceptional contributions to being in relationship with our amazing earth.
LEAH PENNIMAN
Leah is the founder of Soul Fire Farm. Her book Farming While Black is a deeply inspiring and empowering look at the intersection of history, biology, politics and spirit in action.
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LINDA CHALKER-SCOTT
I was introduced to Linda's work while researching the issue of firewise mulching practices, and I now look to her for wisdom on a huge range of gardening issues.
ISABELLA TREE
Isabella's success in rewilding a failed dairy farm and its depleted ecosystem in England is a fascinating look at simple practices for reinvigorating the land.
THIS WILD LIFE
Heroines in the History of Botany 1650-1850
The women in these pages led amazing lives. Some encountered pirates, some witnessed historic earthquakes, some received visits from the Queen.
Each was a true heroine who contributed dramatically to our knowledge of plants before the term botany even existed.
They explored, collected and propagated plants alongside men. Courage, determination and intelligence underscored their work yet their historic endeavors were too often barely acknowledged.
Hundreds of years have passed, and their names have been largely forgotten. Here are the remarkable stories of their lives and work, that we may know them and that their stature be reclaimed and celebrated anew.
