Nature Preservation is my history and a major reason I am called Momma Nature™."
Momma Nature™ has been saving the natural world for over fifty years!
Momma Nature™ teaching about dried flowers at a Chamber of Commerce event in GA
T.V. shows have been filmed in my gardens in GA. This You Tube video was shot a few years ago by my friend Ryan Bousquet. He is now in the Navy and I am most grateful to him for the many gifts he shared with me. He also wrote original music for a t.v. show I filmed at Penny McHenry's lovely Hydrangea Heaven. How very grateful I am for the many friends who have encouraged and supported me over the years.
Momma Nature™ serving calming Valerian Tea to a local celebrity.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Master Naturalist
Master Gardener
Native Plant Expert
Owner and operator of Mommanature.com
Published free lance writer since 1988
Published poet - was invited to read my poetry at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta for a Renaissance celebration
Director of the 1994 Minneapolis Writers Workshop Conference
VP Atlanta Writers - early 2000's
Founder - Alpharetta Writers Workshop and Wilmington (NC) Writers Workshop
Leader and Entrepreneur
Master Networker (owned two networking companies for years)
Business consultant
Landscaper and Landscape consultant
Trained in sustainable practices through Southface Energy Institute
Green before it was fashionable
Composting since childhood when Mom had us dump all scraps into her wondrously rich compost pile
Mother of two successful adults
Radio Show "Momma Nature's Women’s World" - Radio Sandy Springs - 2 years
Friends with all levels of environmentalists - from permaculture practitioners to builders of Green homes; from children first learning about our Earth to the elderly who are trying to become green late in life; from the very poor to the ridiculously wealthy: Momma Nature™ loves and teaches all how to protect and honor the earth.
Swamp Mallow
Growing over 12' high in years where there is ample rain, this wondrous flower draws hummingbirds and more insects that I can count. Taken in front of Fern Leaf Fennel foliage in Momma Natures Garden.
Bloodroot
Momma Nature™ has always loved this delicate native which she began saving in native plant saves operated by the North Carolina Wildflower Preservation Society in Greensboro, NC when she was just seven years old. The United States FDA has approved the inclusion of sanguinarine (a chemical found in Bloodroot) in toothpastes as an antibacterial or anti-plaque agent. Native Americans used the root for dyes and medicinals but I'll only take pictures of their beauty.