Are you interested in connecting people with plants, native foods, local ecosystems, and cultural traditions? Our educational resources are for you!
Attend a teacher training and experience the knowledge first-hand. You will receive background information on each subject, detailed lessons, and opportunities to experience activities as a student, practice teaching back, and reflect on how you can incorporate the material into your teaching environment.
Tend, Gather and Grow: Northwest Tree Communities
We live amidst vibrant tree communities that hold rich cultural traditions and teachings. Trees are models of adaptability, resourcefulness, and collaboration. In this interactive 2-day workshop, you will gain skills in plant identification and explore food, medicine, traditional technologies, and social-emotional teachings related to common Pacific Northwest trees.
Details & RegistrationTend, Gather, Grow: Wild Spring Greens Workshop
Embrace the gifts of spring! Taste edible greens including nettles, dandelion, chickweed, wild lettuces, salmonberry sprouts, violets, and big leaf maple blossoms.
Details & RegistrationTend, Gather and Grow Cultural Ecosystems - Camas Prairies and Food Forests
Learn about five ecosystems that Pacific Northwest regional tribes have cultivated since time immemorial including camas prairies, food forests, saltwater beaches, wetlands, and mountain huckleberry meadows.
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