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Finding Comfort and Healing in Nature

WORDS & PHOTOGRAPHY | Mark Fergus

Rachelle Van Diggele is an inspirational young woman with an infectious excitement for plants, home-grown produce and sustainable food.

She is the third generation of a family of horticulturists. Rachelle’s mother instilled in her a keen awareness of the health-giving qualities of food and herbs, while her father was the source of knowledge in tending soils, and inspired in her a love of all things green and growing. She says, “I’ve being always drawn to the natural world and its ever-changing beauty and abundance throughout every season”.

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