THE LIRIODENDRESS
I am an angel, a dragon, a human, a tree.
A child of the Appalachian Mountains, Amanda was a student of
English Literature, a pastor’s wife learning in silence, and a Shenandoah
midwife’s assistant. After receiving her degree from Campbell University,
Amanda studied at the Green Comfort School of Herbal Medicine and is
a particular student of renowned author and herbalist, Matthew Wood.
Amanda is the author of Flowers for a Girl: Plant Medicine and Sexual Trauma
and the founder of Liriodendress Press. She is the creator and curator of Entosophy, a dynamic collection of unique, philosophical interviews with trees and
the human voice of the Whispers: Plant Spirit Medicine podcast. She is a teacher and contributing voice at the Matthew Wood Institute of Herbalism,
and her creative work with plant spirit communication was displayed at
the 2024 Yale Graduate Conference in Religion & Ecology.
Amanda is immersed in the quiet exploration of Other Ways of Knowing.
Her Green Tongue is the fruit of a devotion to intuitive practices and
intentional listening.
Amanda’s embodied expression is deeply embedded in the heart of the
Tulip Poplar tree who has been her arboreal companion for many years.
In union with the tree, Amanda is a Liriodendress, a human embodiment
of Liriodendron tulipifera.
An eco-mystic and mother of six children, Amanda listens to the trees
while writing by a light-filled window in her South Carolina home.
