Aging gracefully with Deb Soule

​TAKEAWAYS

MEET OUR GUEST

Deb Soule is an herbalist, gardener, teacher and author of The Woman’s Handbook of Healing Herbs and How to Move Like a Gardener.

One of her dreams and desires is to make organic herbs easily accessible to women and families living in rural areas. In the fall of 1985, with her first mail order catalog and a small selection of herbal extracts and teas, Deb launched Avena Botanicals at the Common Ground Fair in Windsor, Maine. Avena Botanicals is one of my personal favorite herbal companies on the market.

Deb’s passion for plants, gardens and healing and her commitment to sharing herbal knowledge with others is central to her work.

Deb is a frequent guest-lecturer at various conferences as well as an instructor for botany and horticulture students, garden clubs, and medical students. In 2005, People, Places and Plants magazine named Deb as one of the 50 most influential gardeners in the Northeast.  

​WEB RESOURCES

Deb’s personal website, her company Avena Botanicals, their Facebook page, Instagram feed and Twitter account to follow

The Herbal Classroom from Avena Botanicals

Rudolf Steiner – creator of biodynamic gardening

Stella Natura calendars

We Moon calendars

​BOOKS

The Woman’s Handbook of Healing Herbs: A Guide to Natural Remedies

How to Move like a Gardener: Planting and Preparing Medicines from Plants

Diet for a Small Planet (20th Anniversary Edition)

Common Herbs for Natural Health (Herbals of Our Foremothers)

What Is Biodynamics?: A Way to Heal and Revitalize the Earth

We’moon 2019 Datebook Calendar: Gaia Rhythms for Womyn

Rosemary Gladstar’s Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner’s Guide: 33 Healing Herbs to Know, Grow, and Use

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TRANSCRIPT

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