We must act on a worldwide basis to ensure resilience and health for future generations.
For countless communities around the world, the presence of medicinal plants and the traditional knowledge of their properties and uses are crucial factors for ensuring health and prosperity.
Sacred Seeds became part of United Plant Savers in 2015. Sacred Seeds is a global network of botanical sanctuaries preserving biodiversity and plant knowledge through living gardens, containing locally important plants focused on medicinals but including those of ceremonial, food, and craft use.
The Sacred Seeds network started with the medicinal plant garden located at Finca Luna Nueva Lodge in Costa Rica, similar to how United Plant Savers Goldenseal Sanctuary in Ohio became the vision for the Botanical Sanctuary Network. Uniting the work of UpS and the Sacred Seeds foundational gardens of which there are currently 31, we intend to grow our Botanical Sanctuary Network and the Foundation Gardens in an effort to safeguard traditional plant knowledge and the native habitats in which these sacred plants thrive
Sacred Seeds got its start being managed at the William L. Brown Center at the Missouri Botanical Garden by ethnobotanist Ashley Glenn, in collaboration with New Chapter.
United Plant Savers would like to honor New Chapter for its continued support towards plant conservation and Sacred Seeds founders and advisors Tom Newmark, Dr. Michael Balick, Dr. Rainer Bussmann, and Steven Farrell.
Sacred Seeds leader, Rafael Ocampo speaking about his passion for Medicinal Plants and his work with the Luna Nueva garden.
Sacred Seeds Articles
Jardin Botanico de Semillas Sagradas de Chan Chan
Sacred Seeds at the archeological site of Chan Chan is an interactive and educational addition of the museum to enhance the celebration of ancient Peruvian culture and its influences on modern daily life. The emphasis of this garden is the …
Ambalabe
The biodiverse island of Madagascar is one of the poorest nations in the world. With child mortality, malnutrition, malaria, and cholera as major threats, the people rely on the forests and their traditional knowledge to survive. This is a fragile …
Crow Creek Indian Reservation
The Crow Creek Indian Reservation in central South Dakota is home to over 2000 Dakota People (Sioux). These people have deep roots in the area, and strong ties to their ecosystem and ancestral traditions. However, as we see on many …
Semillas Sagradas de Huamachuco
In the high Andes region surrounding Huamachuco, we are addressing the rapid disappearance of high altitude medicinal plants, crucial for the health of the local people. Here we have designed a multilevel complex of Sacred Seeds sanctuaries, taking advantage of …
