Debra Sturdevant
Owner/Formulator, Country Artist Botanicals Life long country tutelage under parents and elders in herbal, wild crafting and gardening in a self sustained country environment. 40 years of soapmaking, co-founder of CNY Soapmakers in 97, admin and conference coordinator for Old Sage Apothecarians group and yearly conference. Speaker for WMCR radio “Meet the Gardener. Lecturer and demonstrator for the Cornell Herb Fest and area conferences. Graduate of Eastern New Mexico University and Cazenovia College NY. Herbal Wisdom writer for the Saponifier, artist and writer in the Essential Herbal Magazine.
About this speaker
Herbalist, writer, artist and shop owner Debra grew up learning about nature, and the healing gifts of plants from the time she could roam her ADK foothills of upstate NY. Using the folk method she was taught , she grows and wildcrafts most of the herbs and plants used to make her formulations sold in her eclectic soap and botanical shop and business. She resides on her country hill with husband Bob, many felines, a barnyard of chickens and lives in perpetual bliss among her vast gardens and hillside wilds. Find her online shop @ www.thecountryartist.com or Facebook @ Country Artist Botanicals