Learn Indigenous conservation techniques from a ‘Zombie Gardener’
An expert in native plants in Cook County teaches Indigenous knowledge to the next generation.
By Char Daston
Learn Indigenous conservation techniques from a ‘Zombie Gardener’
An expert in native plants in Cook County teaches Indigenous knowledge to the next generation.
By Char Daston
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Indigenous communities like the Potowatomi, Odawa and Chippewa have been studying and using local plants around Lake Michigan for generations. Reset sits down with an ethnobotanist and naturalist to learn about Indigenous conservation techniques and native plants in the Chicago area.
GUEST: Adam Kessel, program coordinator for Forest Preserves of Cook County; author of Tales of the Plant Guardians and Zombie Gardening