Our Guest:
Maayan and Scotty are a husband-and-wife team living in community at SunSong Community in Barnardsville, North Carolina. Maayan is a mother, Earth steward, Flower grower and belly feeder, while Scotty is a farmer, orchardist, and community weaver. Together they co-founded Soul Gardens, an organization that hosts programs and workshops that connect people to the Earth and the source of their nourishment. Soul Gardens offers a 7-month long, once a week Ritual Farming Immersion that immerses adults in deep care for the Earth, growing and preserving food, working together in community, and connecting to the cycles & rhythms of the seasons.
Listen in for these great quotes:
3/4 of our food comes from the garden – Mayaan
And we use the garden and the earth as a mirror to look at ourselves and look at our own soul’s growth and where we’re at in our lives. – Scotty
These different rituals and practices build cultural topsoil where there’s a group of people who know these songs, they know these rituals – Mayaan
Book recommendation:
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmer
Trees of Power by Akiva Silver
You can find Mayaan and Chelsea at:
Website: SoulGardensLove.org
Facebook: Soul Gardens
Instagram: Soul Gardens Love
UrbanFarm.org/SoulGardens
