Herb Farm Instructors

Fay Campbell	*Fay Campbell* has been entertaining family and friends with her vegetarian delights for years. Originally from the Boston/NY/NJ area, this re-potted Yankee is deeply into organic gardening and creative cooking. Her private catering service "It's A Wrap!" came about as a result of friends asking her to "make healthy sandwiches for them." In addition to her culinary abilities, she's an avid dance gypsy - teaching folk dance and whirling at contra dances.

Janet Powell	Janet Powell is a culinary educator who enjoys the art of cooking and teaching. She is a resident of Oak Ridge, Tn. and is employed at Methodist Medical Center as a Registered Dietetic Technician. Janet finds cooking with herbs to be an exciting adventure. She also teaches for the Cardiopulmonary Rehab program at MMC. She has been teaching in the Knoxville area for over 10 years.



Tammy Price	Tammy Price is a native of East Tennessee and has been studying herbs and aromatherapy for 12 years through various local classes and home study. She currently works as a professional nanny in Maryville, TN. She has taught local aromatherapy classes to home school groups, beauty schools, and women’s organizations just to name a few, in the Knoxville area. Tammy loves being a part of the aromatherapy experience as others learn the art of mixing and using essential oils.

Lee Templeton	Lee Templeton has been a gardener for over 30 years. She recently completed an eight month apprenticeship and adjunct herb class series at the Blue Ridge School of Herbal Medicine in Asheville, NC. At Eagle Feather Farm in Madison County, NC, Lee was also an apprentice, learning to grow wild ginseng, golden seal, and other medicinal herbs in the mountains. Her formal education and experience includes a Masters Degree in Nutrition and twenty years of nutrition teaching and counseling. Lee's other interests are hiking, camping, and studying human spiritual evolution. She has been the gardener at Erin’s Meadow Herb Farm for 2 years.

Kevin Weeks	Kevin Weeks is a Personal Chef providing hand-crafted meals to clients in the Knoxville area. He specializes in cooking with a Mediterranean accent, filling plates with the flavors of Spain, France, Italy and Greece. Kevin's food and cooking blog, seriouslygood.kdweeks.com, draws 20,000 readers a month from around the world.

Dr Whitey Hitchcock	Dr Whitey Hitchcock teaches ecology at Clinton High School. A graduate forester and life long naturalist, he’s at home in the woods or in the kitchen Visit www.drwhitey.com to sample his current activities.

Teri Gergen	Teri Gergen is the owner of Woolly Bugger farm Soaps. Woolly Bugger Farm is her home in Wartburg Tn. Teri started her soap business in 1997. She is a juried member of the Foothills Craft Guild. Teri sells her soap products at local gift shops and craft festivals. Visit her web site at www.woollybuggerfarm.com

Joni Lovegrove	Joni Lovegrove is a local artist living in Oak Ridge, TN. She has given lectures throughout east Tennessee at numerous facilities requesting Native American stories and historical and cultural information. Being a native of east Tennessee with Cherokee ancestry, Joni’s enthusiasm for nature and the Cherokee culture is apparent within her artwork, storytelling and teaching.

Jackie Boshears	*Jackie Boshears* is a resident of Norris, Tennessee. She is an avid gardener and decorator with a flare for the unique. She has a special touch for creating outdoor living spaces. She is the gift shop manager for Erin’s Meadow Herb Farm where her charming displays delight everyone who visits.

Peggy Merritt	Peggy Merritt is a certified Holistic Health Practitioner, Master Herbalist, and Nutritional Consultant. She is the owner of Course to Eden Holistic Health Care in Knoxville. She is also a licensed private investigator who works medical malpractice and environmental cases, concentrating her focus in environmental/herb/nutrient/drug interactions. Peggy enjoys empowering people with knowledge of the important role that nutrition plays in disease Prevention. Visit her online: www.coursetoeden.com

Brian White	Brian White is the owner of D&B Yarden Goodies. He made his first hyper tufa trough (15 gallon) in 1999. He has made great strides in developing techniques that produce different shapes and sizes, and has discovered the best mixture for exceptional durability and long life. His customers will attest to the fact that his product out lasts most others. He grows perennials, shrubs, and trees at his nursery in Maynardville.

Ellen Hitchcock	Ellen Hitchcock is a workshop/retreat facilitator whose teachings focus on the assimilation and incorporation of multi-cultural wisdoms for personal and professional growth. She is founder and director of the Center for Well-Being which is committed to bringing various educational and spiritual programs to the community. Ellen Hitchcock has studied extensively with award winning anthropologist, Angeles Arrien, Ph.D. on personal and professional workshop development, conflict resolution, and multi-cultural practices.She is certified in the Usui System of Reiki Natural Healing. Ellen incorporates her training to assist clients in bridging their personal and professional lives with authenticity and sufficiency as they move forward in full manifestation of their life dreams. Ellen is the author of Nature's Magical Moments: Reflections on Nature and Self.

Monica P. Castaneda	Monica P. Castaneda holds a degree in Architecture from the Central University of Ecuador, her country of birth. Her interest in Feng Shui led her to study the principles behind the art in order to adapt it to the needs and belief systems of the Western culture, with the aid of Dr. Susana Kronfeld, a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Dr. Silvia DiSanto, an expert in symbolic psychology. Castaneda developed the Nine Steps to Feng Shui® System, which uses the basic principles of universal aw to define a set of actions to follow in the practice. It is easy to learn and apply. She offers both Feng Shui Certification classes, for those who are seeking in depth knowledge, and Space Arrangement classes, for those who want to learn only the “common sense” part of Feng Shui applied to every room in the home.