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Welcome to Rooted Emily! If you’ve found this page, it’s because you’re wondering what this blog is all about.  I’m an organic gardener that has gardened for over 20 years on a typical quarter acre lot in the past and now on a 2 acre lot in the high mountain dessert in central Utah. If you follow along with this blog, you’ll learn how to maximize your space to produce fruit, vegetables and herbs for your family’s needs no matter what size of ground you have.  I am a homeschool mom of 7 who loves to garden, make plant medicine, teach classes and more!  I would love for you to join me in this journey!

Background:

I was raised in a gardening family and worked closely with my father (often with the enthusiasm you’d expect from a teenager) to create lovely gardens at my childhood home.  My mother is an amazing cook and often caters private events.  From her, I learned a love of great food and gained the skills I needed to create it. The lessons I learned from my parents grew into a passion for gardening and creating delicious organic food.  Given my history, it’s not surprising that I met and fell in love with a talented landscape contractor, Ryan.  Together we own LandcraftUtah.com  which Ryan manages and implements beautiful residential landscapes with the help of some very talented crews.  Ryan’s interests fall more to the “design, construction and maintenance” of landscapes.

My passion for gardening centers around a holistic approach to living. To further my knowledge and capacity as a gardener, I completed the “Master Gardener” program offered through the USU Extension Service in 2011.  In the summer of 2019 I received my clinical herbalist certification from The Home Grown School of Botanical Medicine.  I have continued my education through other avenues and have now certified to be a Holistic Health Practitioner in the state of Utah and Traditional Naturopath outside of Utah.  My focus is on growing edible and medicinal plants as well as teaching classes to my community.  I fit these plants into my landscape wherever I can which means I often mix my edibles and ornamentals, most of which are medicinals! I’ve only have a quarter acre and have to maximize every inch!  Growing your own is great but the real secret is in learning how to take what you’ve grown and turn it into delicious, healthy food and soothing, herbal products for you and yours.

Whatever I am unable to grow myself, I purchase organic.  I have both a family and a budget so I’ll show you how to work through budget constraints to eat healthy- it CAN be done!  The final piece of holistic living for me is exercise which is why I teach Yoga/Pilates classes at Vasa Gym. I also homeschool all my children. We all live busy lives but I hope to show you how to mesh a healthy lifestyle with a hectic one in small, “doable” pieces.

In the Community:

I’m excited to host and teach an array of different classes from pruning ornamentals, fruit tress and shrubs to herbal medicine making workshops! In the past I loved working with KSL’s “Studio 5” program each week during the summer to teach viewers how to eat fresh from their own yards!  To see my segments, check out the “Media” page and we’ll post them there.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you’ll be a frequent visitor to “Rooted Emily”!

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