Emily Brady
visionary Founder- Ecological place maker & artist
Emily grew up in New Jersey, and now lives in Pennsylvania along the Delaware River. She enjoys communing with nature to inspire her artwork, ecological designs and wildcrafts. She also loves making nourishing foods & remedies from her gardens to explore both local and global culture.
Emily believes in honoring the common ground between all humans and wildlife - by making nature’s beauty and nurturance accessible to many - and by building thriving ecologies that support all life.
Her dream is to co-create a sanctuary for community to flourish in harmony with Earth. This place will host offerings such as seed sharing, restorative earth tending classes, and ecological art making.
Emily created Earthen Origins to encourage the symbiosis of humans and nature through ecological design, wildcrafted arts, wild & homegrown foods, herbal remedies, and multicultural storytelling. Earthen Origins fosters kindred relationships with the living planet.
Our shop and portfolio are updated regularly with our current offerings.
Education:
Emily studied for 3 years at Rutgers University (2010 -2013) : Visual Arts, Landscape Architecture, and Environmental Science
2 years at Brookdale Community College for Fine Arts (2008-2010)
Assisted in herbal remedy making and attended many foraging and wildcrafting classes. (2013 - present), with Return to Nature, NJ.
Natural Building Week Long Intensive (2015) - workshops on cob, natural plasters, straw bale, green roofs, cob oven building, and basic carpentry skills. location: Ashevillage Permaculture School- Asheville, NC
Resilient Living Week Long Intensive (2016) - workshops on natural building, permaculture, herbalism, fermentation, foraging, gardening and mushroom cultivation. location: Ashevillage Permaculture School - Asheville, NC
Season long Permaculture Training and Work Exchange program (2016) - exploring perennial food systems, design, nature awareness studies, land stewardship, harvest and preparation of medicinal herbs. - location: Fields Without Fences, NJ
Volunteer at Osa Conservation Projects (2017) - worked along side scientists and ecologists for a week + to study old growth rainforests, sea turtle nesting sites, primates and large cats. Worked on forest restoration plots, vanilla farming, and assisting with sea turtle conservation. location: Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Paititi Form and Formless Retreat (2019) - participated in multiple Amazonian breath work & cacao ceremonies, daily qi gong, meditation, music, & integrative arts. location: Catskills, NY
High Desert Odyssey with The School of Forest Medicine (2019) - a week long quest into the High Desert of Oregon for healing, spiritual earthwork, and communing with plant allies. location: Southeast Oregon Desert
Ecological Intelligence Mentorship with The School of Forest Medicine (2019 - 2021) - 6+ month online mentorship program, exploring the transformational healing potentials of plants, and creative process work with Earth Allies.
Botanical Allies for Becoming Better Humans with The School of Forest Medicine (2020) - an in depth study of PNW Native Plants and Trees, their psycho-spiritual and physical importance.
Susquehanna Sustainability and Urban Edge Farm: Attended a 3-month (72 hour) in-person Permaculture Design Course. PDC graduate. (2021)
Many years of work experience with gardeners, landscapers, ecologists, herbalists, organic farmers, artists, and wild crafters.
Emily’s recent work with like-hearted people has included working in communications at a native plant nursery, native garden design & build, plant propagation, managing earthwork projects, organic + regenerative farming, creating wildcrafted earth arts, and helping host workshops to connect people with nature.
