Abundant Souls

Corey Heyman is the creator of the amazing and popular CoCo Market! Hosted in Delray Beach and West Palm Beach, this FREE monthly event brings the community together focused on wellness, local business, friends and family! If you are local and haven't been to this free community event, we highly recommend checking out the amazing vendors and people that gather. Corey gives us the inside scoop...

We are honored to have someone like Dean on the show. Dean is walking the path of 'oneness' in all areas of life, and in this episode we dive deep into his values and his life mantra and why this journey has been so important and beneficial to him. We go into ego deaths, functional medicine and approaching our daily lives with holistic healing. Dean shares his wisdom and love with the comm...

Patrick Lang is one of the few dedicated and conscious landscapers in our sub-tropical growing climate. His company, Grow Your Own Florida, is based out of Orlando and he serves the greater central Florida area, planting edible and beneficial crops, and creating biodiverse systems in people's yards! He has many unconventional approaches that help integrate the garden into his client's live...

Ralph has been learning from and sharing plants with the indigenous people of the Amazon for over a decade! We cover many topics in this episode that are sure to inspire you. Ralph has a great passion for working with plants in all kinds of fashions, from growing food, to creating tinctures for healing and ceremonial modalities. He is based here in South Florida and offers his knowledge to those w...

We are so excited to have Jupiter local, Alexis Dominguez on the show! Alexis is an enthusiastic, super knowledgable bee keeper and she is bringing honey bees into our UA Headquarters this Summer! She has so much insight and experience on managing the hive, the roles of the bees, troubleshooting and harvesting honey every spring and fall. She has been working with honey bees for over 2 years in th...

Sozo and Farmer Jack have been close friends since high school, supporting each other throughout their lives as well as creating art and music together. Sozo is the creative director of Urban Abundance and the founder of his own coaching business, Clarity. His mission is to support individuals and businesses align with their desires and execute on their goals. We are so grateful that he is support...

JR Lallemand is an incredibly vibrant human who is on the path to regenerate the land and produce abundance for the world and all of creation to enjoy! He states that "we are in the age of discovery" with regenerative agriculture, in that we are able to tune into what's really going on in our soil. We are in a position to accelerate growth of food forest systems and help heal the lan...

Welcome back guys! Super excited to share this episode with Dane Boggio -- a super knowledgable and interesting Florida garden and land consultant! Dane grew up gardening with his family and is a big history buff. In this episode, he shares his high level perspective on Florida native plants, local teachers in the field, regenerative gardening and so much more! He is the owner of Humble Thumb Gard...

In this solo episode, Farmer Jack shares openly how his early years impacted and led him into taking a certain path. He discusses childhood challenges, school, community and what it was like to find light through the darkest times. We hope you enjoy this solo episode! Connect with Jack: Instagram: @urbanabundancefl Website: urbanabundance.com Urban Abundance is helping South Florida residents tran...

William is a perfect example of a young man realizing his significant role in creation! His story is super inspiring and relatable to so many of us who fall in love with growing food. William has great wisdom and solutions for a more local and sustainable society. He currently manages the Patricia Davis Community Garden in Pompano Beach, Florida, who provides CSA boxes to the community. He also pr...

This is our second time getting to sit down with Neil, because the first one was so powerful! Neil is a philosopher, healer, teacher and artist, among so many other things. His wisdom allows us to go deep into spiritual and philosophical topics, as we discuss the meaning of life, the truth and how we interact with our inner and outer world. It is so special that we get this time to sit down with N...

Meet Sean Mcbride, owner and operator of Tru Greens Landscape Design in Jensen Beach! Sean and his wife decided to take growing food at home more seriously and shortly after, dedicated their lives to helping the community to do the same! They are also involved with Food Forest Abundance, a company who’s mission it is to have food forests growing in every community and in every yard around the worl...

Paul Nison is an author, a local grower and has been eating a raw, vegan diet for 30 years. The majority of the food he eats comes straight from his ~1/4 acre yard. Paul is extremely generous in his sharing of not only his fruit, but in everything he has learned on his journey. His Youtube Channels on growing and eating raw have helped so many people. Paul encourages everyone to grow for their ind...

Amanda Pike and her family eat an average of 70% of all their meals from their 2 acre food forest! Amanda has so much to offer; she’s an amazing cook and shares recipes with the community, she is a local 4-H program facilitator, and is incredibly passionate about turning Florida into the next blue zone. Amanda goes deep on this subject as she gets into what to allocate in your garden based on our...

Conner Murphy is the owner and founder of Incredible Edible Landscapes in Loxahatchee, FL. His "obsession" for growing amazing plants makes his business the best in the area! Conner's nursery and retail operation is a tremendous resource for you and your family to find the best quality fruit trees and other plants. He has so much direct experience and knowledge of these plants, you w...

Mike Luciano, owner and operator of Trees N More in Palm City, has dedicated his life to growing fruit trees for our local community. Mike has been doing this work not for years, but decades! From quarantining citrus trees to drastic changes in our climate, he has seen it all. He has so much wisdom and passion on what these fruit trees can do long term and his knowledge and experience on grafting...

Ken Story has been a food grower most his life and has incredible cooking and canning skills! He has become a dear friend off mine, and now we plant and harvest from the same land. It's amazing how much more we can do together. Ken's knowledge and experience on the processing aspect of food has opened up canning and fermenting to our world. Ken uses the produce from our garden in so many creative...

When diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in his early 30's, Joseph's life was flipped upside down. With his wife by his side, they began to dream about growing organic food, starting a medicinal farm and helping others that were going through similar challenges. After many years of hard work and starting from the ground up, every detail of their dream has come to fruition. Gratitude Garden Farm provides...

Jennifer Reelitz, founder of Food Forest DIY in Jupiter Farms, is generously helping people grow food in their backyards! Jen is extremely passionate and knowledgable about consuming as much food as she can from her own land and turning away from the harmful food system that we get at the grocery store. As a mother, giving her children the best food possible became the most important thing in her...

Anthony Coletti is a fully immersed home gardener with a very impressive two year old food forest — with no grass in sight! Growing up in Florida, he shares the same passion for our land and sea as many of us do, but was not fully aware of our amazing food growing potential. Anthony taught himself how to garden by absorbing as much information as possible as well as trial and error. Now he is insp...

Meet Rick Clegg! Rick is a local, outdoor enthusiast who created the Jupiter Outdoor Center in 1997 and has several other eco-friendly ventures. He has an incredible passion and love for preserving nature and precious wildlife. Get a first hand experience of Riverbend Park and our headwaters to the Loxahatchee River on kayaks, paddle boards, or bikes along the river banks! This episode is filled w...

Ben Feistmann is a dedicated, passionate grower and leader in the community of growers in Palm Beach County. He is president of the Rare Fruit Council of Palm Beach and works with Green Dreams, creating food forest designs and installations all over South Florida. His experience and thoughtfulness really shows in this episode! There's so much to learn and reflect on here from multiplying plants in...

21 year old Krystyna, founder of local non-profit Nourished From Nature, is a dedicated leader in her community. Her mission is to be a facilitator of all the beautiful parts that go into building gardens in schools and helping to make them successful for students. She has so much to offer for kids outside of gardening with her non-profit and outreach experience. We're excited to share with you Kr...

This week on Abundant Souls, we have Cameron Maletto, founder of Long Leaf Design! Cam teaches us why native shrubs, ground covers, and other vital species are important for your garden and the planet. Guys, birds absolutely love caterpillars! Cam has so much first hand experience as a Designer & Installer creating beautiful, purposeful landscapes for Florida homeowners for many seasons. We ar...

Elana Smith is the owner and founder of One World Zero Waste, located in Tequesta and Delray Beach! Her and her husband Stephen created a zero waste store in order to live a sustainable and environmentally friendly life, cutting out their trash and thinking about the next hundred years ahead of us. All of the household and food items in the store are plastic free and either reusable, washable, com...