Mary Porter Kerns is an author, amateur naturalist, gardener, artist, weaver and a voice for the flowers. Her upcoming book, The Flowers Are Speaking: Listening to Nature’s Ancient Wisdom, is forthcoming spring of 2027 with Tarcher Penguin Group. It is an intimate journey into the entwined evolution of flowers and human beings—weaving together science, history, and earth-based mysticism to offer a radical vision of how we can best reconnect with the ancient guidance of the earth.. In fall of 2022 she self-published the first edition of her oracle cards, also called The Flowers Are Speaking, that sold out in three months.
Her highly acclaimed workshops have expanded their scope into five-session long workshops where the participants are empowered to connect with the flowers through their own senses and intuition.
A favorite talk she gave in the fall of 2024 gives insight and an overview to her work with the flowers which can be viewed HERE.
She is retired from being a partner in a family insurance business, and while being in the business world for over thirty years taught her many things, it mostly taught her how desperately she loves the natural world. Her heart’s desire is to continue to experience the wild aliveness and deep sentience of the flowers, share them with others, and teach them to make their own connections.
She calls Charleston, West Virginia home, and has for most of her life, living there with her family. The mountains, rivers and wildflowers of Appalachia make her heart sing and dance, as well as weep, for all they have been through.