Samantha Deere
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Born in the United States, Samantha Deere lived in the state of California, New York, and Vermont. In the States, she ran her herbal practice for several years, alongside being a yoga teacher. At this time, she developed her forager skills and learned a lot about natural traditional medicine from a Shaman friend.
Later, following her interest in yoga practices, she lived in India for several years. This is the place where she explored local healing traditions and practices first-hand and learned from Ayurveda healers. This nurtured her interest in herbalism and cultural approaches to health and well-being even more.
Today, Samantha is now working as an Herbalist practitioner, educator, and writer for a medical journal and online publishers. She specialized in healing herbs and spices, their history, and their various use in cultures worldwide.
Meanwhile (2024) she is living and working in France.
Samantha Deere
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Calling herself the ‘composting queen,’ Carol loves tending her garden and using herbs for medicinal purposes. She also loves food and cooking and has a sense of people’s everyday needs. Apart from writing books about gardening, the healing power of herbs, and how to use them in the kitchen, Carol writes gardening columns in magazines focusing on plant problems and how to prevent them. As a well-traveled writer, Carol also does some travel writing and teaches Spanish classes to adults and children.