Anna Franklin is an herbalist, a third-degree witch, and the high priestess of the Hearth of Arianrhod. She’s the author of thirty books, including The Hearth Witch’s Compendium, The Sacred Circle Tarot, and The Fairy Ring Oracle. She lives in the UK and can be found online at www.AnnaFranklin.co.uk.
Anne Sala is a freelance journalist based in Minnesota. Last year, she and her family moved from a third-story apartment to a single-family home. Anne has never had to deal with animals eating her plants before and has since discovered the rabbits in her neighborhood are quite fond of the herbs she keeps in low-sided pots.
Autumn Damiana is an author, artist, crafter, amateur photographer, and regular contributor to Llewellyn’s annuals. Along with writing and making art, Autumn has a degree in early childhood education. She lives with her husband and doggy familiar in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area. Visit her online at www.autumndamiana.com.
Charlie Rainbow Wolf is happiest when she is creating something, especially if it can be made from items that others have cast aside. She is an advocate of organic gardening and cooking and lives in the Midwest with her husband and special-needs Great Danes. Visit www.charlierainbow.com.
Corina Sahlin homesteads on five acres at the edge of the wilderness near the Cascade Mountains, where she grows a lot of organic food. Together with her husband Steve, she raises goats, pigs, ducks, chickens, an adorable puppy, and a gaggle of three children, whom they homeschool. She teaches wilderness and homesteading skills to children and adults. Visit www.marble
mounthomestead.com.
Dallas Jennifer Cobb lives in paradise with her daughter in a waterfront village in rural Ontario, where she regularly swims, runs, and snowshoes. A Reclaiming Witch from way back, Jennifer is part of an eclectic pan-Pagan circle that organizes empowered and beautiful community rituals. Contact her at jennifer.cobb@live.com.
Dawn Ritchie is an organic gardener, cook, passionate beekeeper, and fledgling potter who writes about design, cuisine, gardening, travel, entertainment, and living well. She’s a regular contributor to numerous publications in the US and Canada. She’s the author of The Emotional House (New Harbinger Publications), a home design/healing workbook, and is currently penning a new tome on beekeeping.
Deborah Castellano is a writer, crafter, and glamour girl who serves as a frequent contributor to occult and Pagan sources such as Witchvox, PaganSquare, and Witches & Pagans. Her shop, the Mermaid and the Crow, specializes in handmade goods. She resides in New Jersey with her husband, Jow, and their cat.
Diana Rajchel has practiced magic since childhood. She lives in San Francisco, where she runs the Emperor Norton Pagan Social and handles the oft-squirrelly city spirit. She is the author of the Mabon and Samhain books in the Llewellyn Sabbat Essentials Series and of the Diagram Prize–nominee Divorcing a Real Witch.
Diana Stoll shares her gardens with her grandchildren in the hopes they will each grow their own green thumbs. As a horticulturist and a garden writer, Diana writes a weekly garden column in the Chicago Daily Herald and shares her passion for all things gardening on her blog, Garden with Diana, at www.gardenwithdiana.com.
Doreen Shababy is the author of The Wild & Weedy Apothecary, and she and her husband run an herb business by the same name. Doreen has been writing and working with food and herbs for over forty years. Please visit www.wildnweedy.com and www.doreenshababy.com to learn more about her work.
Elizabeth Barrette lives in central Illinois and enjoys magical crafts, historic religions, and gardening for wildlife. She has written columns on beginning and intermediate Pagan practice, speculative fiction, gender studies, and social and environmental issues. Her book Composing Magic explains how to combine writing and spirituality. Visit her blog at https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org.
Emily Towne is a homesteader, gardener, and student of nature who enjoys digging in the dirt and curating an ever-growing seed bank on her multispecies Missouri homestead, Full Plate Farm, which she shares with her husband and son. She grows heirloom garlic, herbs, flowers, vegetables, honeybees, ducks, chickens, eggs, pigs, and cattle, using regenerative stewardship to provide healthy, clean food for her family and others.
Estha K. V. McNevin (Missoula, Montana) is a priestess and ceremonial oracle of Opus Aima Obscuræ, a nonprofit Pagan Temple Haus. She has served the Pagan community since 2003 as an Eastern Hellenistic officiate, lecturer, freelance author, artist, and poet. To learn more, please explore www.opusaimaobscurae.org.
Holly Bellebuono (Massachusetts) is an international speaker, author, and medical herbalist whose books and lectures feature natural health, herbal medicine, and women’s empowerment. She directs the Bellebuono School of Herbal Medicine. Visit her online at www.HollyBellebuono.com.
James Kambos raises a large variety of herbs and flowers in his Ohio garden. He’s a writer and an artist. He has a degree in history and geography.
JD Hortwort resides in North Carolina. She is an avid student of herbology and gardening. She has written a weekly garden column since 1991. She is a professional, award-winning author, journalist, and magazine editor, as well as a frequent contributor to the Llewellyn annuals. Recently retired from journalism, she continues to write on topics as diverse as gardening and NASCAR.
Jill Henderson is a backwoods herbalist, author, artist, and world traveler with a penchant for wild edible and medicinal plants, culinary herbs, and nature ecology. She is a longtime contributor to Llewellyn’s Herbal Almanac and Acres USA magazine and is the author of The Healing Power of Kitchen Herbs, A Journey of Seasons, and The Garden Seed Saving Guide. Visit Jill’s blog at ShowMeOz.wordpress.com.
Kathy Martin is a Master Gardener and longtime author of the blog Skippy’s Vegetable Garden, a journal of her vegetable gardens. The blog has won awards including Horticulture Magazine’s Best Gardening Blog. Kathy has written four gardening apps and manages the Belmont Victory Gardens’ 137 plots. She lives near Boston with her husband, son, and Portuguese water dogs.
Kathy Vilim is a Midwestern girl transplanted to Southern California who writes about the importance of creating outdoor living space using native plants and attracting pollinators. Kathy is a naturalist and photojournalist and finds herself in demand as a garden design consultant. She can be reached at kathy.vilim@yahoo.com. Visit canativegardener.blogspot.com.
Magenta Griffith is a founding member of Prodea, which has been celebrating rituals since 1980, and was a founding member of the Northern Dawn Council of the Covenant of the Goddess. Magenta, along with her coven brother Steven Posch, is the author of The Prodea Cookbook: Good Food and Traditions from Paganistan’s Oldest Coven. She presents classes and workshops at a variety of events around the Midwest.
Mireille Blacke, MA, is a licensed alcohol and drug counselor, registered dietitian, certified dietitian-nutritionist, and addiction specialist residing in Connecticut. She worked in rock radio for over two decades and has been published in a variety of Llewellyn’s annuals as well as Today’s Dietitian and OKRA Magazine. Mireille is an adjunct professor at the University of Saint Joseph and a bariatric program coordinator at Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford, CT.
Monica Crosson is a Master Gardener who lives in the Pacific Northwest, happily digging in the dirt and tending her raspberries with her husband, three kids, many goats, chickens, and Rosetta, the donkey. She has been a practicing witch and educator for over twenty years and is a member of Blue Moon Coven. Monica is the author of The Magickal Family and Summer Sage. Visit her website at www.monicacrosson.com.
Natalie Zaman is the author of Color and Conjure and Magical Destinations of the Northeast. A regular contributor to various Llewellyn annual publications, she also writes the recurring feature Wandering Witch for Witches & Pagans magazine. When not on the road, she’s busy tending her magical back garden. Visit Natalie online at nataliezaman.blogspot.com.
Susan Pesznecker is a mother, writer, nurse, college English teacher, and Baden-Powell Service Association scout living in the Pacific Northwest with her poodles. Her previous books include Crafting Magick with Pen and Ink, The Magickal Retreat, and Yule. She is also a regular contributor to the Llewellyn annuals. Follow her at www.facebook.com/SusanMoonwriterPesznecker.
Suzanne Ress runs a small farm in the Alpine foothills of Italy, where she lives with her husband. She has been a practicing Pagan for as long as she can remember and was recently featured in the exhibit “Worldwide Witches” at the Hexenmuseum of Switzerland. She is the author of The Trial of Goody Gilbert.
Thea Fiore-Bloom, PhD, is an arts and culture journalist with a doctorate in mythology. Artists and writers of all levels looking for audacious inspiration, information, and encouragement are warmly welcomed at her new blog www.thecharmedstudio.com.
Gardening Resources
Cooking with Herbs and Spices compiled by Susan Pesznecker
Gardening Techniques written by Jill Henderson
2019 Themed Garden Plans designed by Monica Crosson
2019 Gardening Log tips written by Charlie Rainbow Wolf