with Rose

Seed saving is often a missing link in the cycles of sustainability of wild gathering. Many of us crave reciprocal, ecologically mindful  relationships with our medicines and wild foods!  Yet cultural norms mean that many more of us have taken herbal medicines concocted with ginseng or eaten ramps in a restaurant than have met these plants in their native habitat or grown them from seed. Few of us have even seen a Paw Paw fruit, let alone the tree! These plants face particular challenges with overharvesting, habitat loss, and segmentation that make attunement to our methods of wild gathering and consumption particularly important. Even though we can’t meet in person right now, we will travel with guided imagery to the homes of these plants, learn more about their reproductive cycles, and explore how we can participate in seed saving and growing these plants. 

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