Women and Plants Share a Unique Connection

Although women have been compared to the earth and the powers of creation for thousands of years, there are some other, very tangible reasons why women have an intimate and inextricable connection to the planet and specifically, plants.

Some Obvious Reasons

It makes perfect sense really as both the planet and women have the ability to create life and multiply. We can also feed others from our bodies and provide the love and nurturing that supports life.

Our cycles also mimic those of the moon and we gravitate to qualities like cooperation, interconnectedness and sacrifice, all characteristics we see in nature.

But what’s been lost is how women themselves felt about the environment, how we worked with it to grow food for our families and how we tended the sick as an everyday part of our life.

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Bev McLeish

Chartered Herbalist

Herbal North