HEDGECRAFT & Co.

Rewilding Flora, Fauna, & Folks

My practice is grounded in eco-spirituality, design methodologies, and traditional folk practices.

Through herbalism, coaching, consulting, workshops, writing, and everyday practices, I create space for those looking to deeper their connection to the natural world, to rewild their lives (and/or land), and to navigate the threshold of life and work.

What does

‘hedgecraft’ mean?

(at least to me…)

Hedgecraft is the magical and medicinal knowledge of plantlife. It is an honoring of the threshold between this world and the Otherworld: the physical and spiritual realms. It practices within this liminal space and understands the interconnections between herbalism, dreamwork, ritual, deep intuition, stewardship, community care…the balance between the tangible and mystical.

Hedgecraft is the wise woman, the midwife and healer, the seer. Those who wander in the in-between planes, who live in the folds. Hedgecraft is led by guides: flora, fauna, spirit, ancestors. It appreciates and practices folk magic, along with historical and contemporary knowledge of plants for healing and caring for our physical bodies. 

*in my case, it is also the practice of crafting literal hedges as I rewild old pastureland in rural Kentucky

Hi, I’m Rachel,

For more than fifteen years, I have designed and led programs that help people, organizations, and communities navigate complexity with curiosity, creativity, and strategy. My career has taken me across four continents and into nonprofits, social enterprises, higher education, and grassroots organizations.

My work has ranged from co-designing healing programs alongside survivors of human trafficking in the Philippines, to launching innovation initiatives across East Africa, to building university programs in Appalachia. Throughout each chapter, one question has remained constant:

How do we create conditions where people, ideas, and ecosystems can thrive?

Today, my work brings together several strands that once felt separate.

As a social designer and organizational strategist, I help leaders and organizations cultivate cultures rooted in learning, experimentation, and collaboration. As a coach, I guide individuals through seasons of transition, helping them reconnect with their creativity, clarify what matters most, and move from routines that drain them toward rhythms that sustain them. As a writer and facilitator, I explore the intersections of curiosity, design, ecology, and meaningful work. And through Hedgecraft Care Farm, I practice land stewardship, herbalism, and nature-based education as reminders that regeneration is both a personal and collective practice.

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This book explores design as the convergence of curiosity, creativity, and strategy— a practical and magical toolkit for personal and collective transformation. Through essays, poems, rituals, meditations, field notes, and hands-on prompts, the author shows how design can be practiced far beyond studios, job titles, or professional credentials.

Grounded in lived experience across four continents, the book weaves together personal story and professional practice. It invites readers to reclaim their innate creativity, reconnect with curiosity, and develop strategies that turn ideas into action—whether at work, at home, or within themselves.

Written for truth tellers, bridge builders, community weavers, and those longing for a more intentional way of living, this book offers permission to be complex and expansive. You don’t need to identify as a designer to belong here. If you are seeking new rhythms, meaningful rituals, and a more designed life this book welcomes you.

It is an invitation: to notice, to imagine, and to create new realities.