Biography

Meagan is a Southern Appalachian folk herbalist, homeschool mom, and natural lifestyle blogger born and raised in the mountains of East Tennessee where she practices herbalism through a seasonal lense. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN) from East Tennessee State University. She has studied under several Western herbalists including Rosemary Gladstar, jim mcdonald, 7Song, Rosalee de la Foret, Shoshanna Easling, and Larken Bunce as well as completed the Intermediate Herbal Course from the Herbal Academy. She is currently enrolled in the Vitalist Herbal Practitioner clinical herbal program from the School of Evolutionary Herbalism. Meagan has been sharing her herbal and natural living journey on her blog, GrowingUpHerbal.com, for the past 10 years. There she teaches and inspires others to live a more natural lifestyle that ebbs and flows with the cycles and rhythms of nature through her blog as well as her ebooks and online courses. Most days you will find her learning alongside her four boys, studying and using the plants growing around her home, crafting seasonal herbal remedies, dabbling in the gardens around her family's cottage, or creating herbal content to educate and inspire others. You can find her seasonal herbalism and natural lifestyle journey on her blog -- Growing Up Herbal and on Instagram.