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The Herbal Column

Modern Musings on Ancient Greek Herbalism

Maria Christodoulou Maria Christodoulou

A Video with Athens Living: Visiting the National Garden

On a hot summer day in early September, I met with Corinne of Athens Living who has been making YouTube videos about interesting people and places in Athens since 2009. We briefly explored the National Garden together and spoke about my popular Myths & Medicine Plant Walks there, as well as my work as a writer and herbal retreat organizer, most recently on Samothrace island.

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Maria Christodoulou Maria Christodoulou

Podcast: Meet The Greek Herbalist

In a podcast with A Temple Wild, Maria Christodoulou (The Greek Herbalist) discusses her experiences as a first generation Greek-American, what it was like encountering the Greek landscape for the first time, how she went from a classics major to studying herbalism to now living in Greece and, among many things, leading the way in herbal immersion tours all over the country.

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