Cheralyn Darcey is an ethnobotanist, botanical history author, and environmental artist who has had a lifelong connection with the spiritual and healing properties of plants. Cheralyn has written eighteen internationally published botanical and gardening titles and lives on the Central Coast of NSW. She is the Community Garden Curator at SWAMP (Sustainable Wetlands Agricultural Makers Project) in NSW where she designs and delivers garden systems and educational opportunities for community groups. Cheralyn also produces and hosts a live weekly two-hour gardening radio show At Home with the Gardening Gang on COASTFM963 and writes the weekly Down in the Garden page for Central Coast Newspapers: Coast News, The Coast Chronicle and Newcastle's Novo News. Rachelle is the founder of the Academy of Crystal Awakening in Australia. She is a passionate teacher who travels extensively. She was deeply inspired by her crystal healing teacher and master, Maggie Vrinda Ross, who awakened her to the knowledge of the crystal kingdom. Rachelle worked for Hay House from 2001 to 2004 and, as Doreen Virtue's personal assistant, was in charge of over 2000 certified Angel Intuitives. Rachelle is the author of Crystals, Crystal Meditation CD and Crystal Reading Cardsand contributed to a crystal guide in Doreen Virtue's book Angel Medicine. Find out more at www.crystalawakening.comAuthor Location: Brisbane, Qld.