Gifts from the Land
Plants provide us with many gifts and there are Indigenous teachings that offer guidance in return. These ongoing practices of reciprocity guide us in nurturing our communities and all beings. Explore plants, which provide gifts to our bodies, minds, spirits, communities, and Mother Earth.
Sacred Tobacco
Nicotiana rustica
White Pine
Pinus strobus
Sweetgrass
Hierochloe odorata
California White Sage
Salvia apiana
Northern White Cedar
Thuja occidentalis
Strawberry
Fragaria virginianum
Sunflower
Helianthus annuus
Indian Tobacco
Lobelia inflata
Elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
Sweet Flag
Acorus americanus
Nodding Onion
Allium cernuum
Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias incarnata
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Prairie Smoke
Geum triflorum
Alum root
Heuchera Richardsonii
Salmonberry
Rubus spectabilis
Narrow leaved mountain mint
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium
Brown-eyed susan
Rudbeckia hirta
Lyreleaf Sage
Salvia lyrata
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
Wild Bergamot
Monarda fistulosa
Amaranth
Amaranthus hybridus ''Hopi Red Dye’
turtlehead
Chelone glabra
Spotted bee balm
Monarda punctata
