Hello! We are Jenny and Steph, friends, collaborators, and co-teachers who have been working together for over 10 years.

Jenny is a teacher, grower, writer, and founder of Muddy River Herbals, a farm devoted to bringing a wealth of herbs, biodiversity, and community to the Boston area. Jenny works extensively with native plants as a landscaper, helping people transform their yards into ecologically rich gardens that delight the senses and provide habitat for creatures such as butterflies, salamanders, and dragonflies. Empowering people to live in engaged reciprocity with their environments is among her greatest passions.

Steph is a mother, gardener, herbalist, facilitator of community, and student of the wisdom traditions. She is trained as a clinical herbalist, has an MSc in ethnobotany, and for many years worked in the botanical collections at the Harvard University Herbarium. Steph is also the creator of Herbstalk, a community-based gathering which brings together herbalists, teachers and students from across New England. In her work she draws upon her Celtic heritage and the earth-based spirituality of her ancestors. It is her joy to help others remember the beauty of the natural world, the wisdom of the heart, and our inherent connections to both Earth & Spirit.

This Patreon page is one of our (many) joint offerings that is intended to bring you inspiration and joy in the realms of home herbalism, ecological gardening, earth connection, and homespun crafts. Here we'll offer monthly videos and writings centered on seasonal topics, such as recipes and crafts (like botanical dyeing) that feature the plants we’re currently tending to in our own homes and gardens.

Once you enroll you will have immediate access to our introductory video and spring recipe zine. You will also receive our seasonal newsletter which is released 8 times a year in celebration of the Wheel of the Year, and is filled to the brim with devoted musings and thoughts on how to live more fully rooted in the wild world.

As we strive to follow the wild cycles of the seasons and practice reciprocity with the places we call home, we do so as settlers living and working on Pawtucket, Massa-adchu-es-et, and Wampanoag land. Our work is born of an awakened remembrance of our own ancestral traditions rather than a place of cultural appropriation, and we are committed to doing our part in the decolonization of herbalism while providing an open-hearted space where all are welcome.

Learn more about our work at our websites:
livingland.teachable.com, muddyriverherbals.com, and flowerfolkherbs.com.