Connecting with Plants and People
We love this work- being out in the hot sun for days at a time, only the farm crew, the flowers and the insects. But if that was all our farm was, it wouldn’t be sustainable. But we get to do all the farm work that we love AND we get to bring it to you! We love connecting with people and building community through these plants, hosting gatherings, decorating events with flowers, connecting with earth and people.
We love supporting community organizations and activists with self care items, flowers, tea blends and a quiet place to gather. We urge you to be in touch if you are doing community work and want to collaborate with our farm.
Upcoming Markets
Allegheny County Master Gardeners Landscape Symposium April 26, 9 am
Pine Earth Day April 26, 11:30 am
Bloomfield Farmer’s Market starts May 3, every Saturday 9am-1pm
About Michelle:
Hi everyone!
I am a fashion forward herbalist, educator, gardener, dog lover, and activist. I love being connected to plants, to be outside under the hot sun and open skies, to hike in our Appalachian woods and to try my hardest to care for land as it cares for me.
I founded Cutting Root in 2014 to build connection for people and plants. I revel in the abundance that we create when we steward spaces and create connection. I strive to create new systems of support for the care of all people and places. I practice and teach with the Stonefruit Community Herbalists in Pittsburgh, PA and the Stone Cabin Collective in Black Mesa, AZ.
Besides being inspired and taught by the plants themselves, this is a list of some of the incredible mentors in my life who helped me arrive at Cutting Root Farm.
• Felicia Lane Savage Friedman, Yoga Roots on Location, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Phyllis D. Light, Appalachian Center for Natural Life, Arab, Alabama
• Caroline Gagnon, Flora Medicina, Quebec, Canada
• Misha Cohen, Chicken Soup Chinese Medicine, San Francisco, California
• Lisa Ganora, Colorado School of Clinical Herbalism, Boulder, Colorado
• Darcey Blue, Shamana Flora, Tucson, Arizona
• 7Song, Northeast School of Botanical Medicine, Ithaca, New York
