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.
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Bronx Green-Up
Bronx Green-Up, the community gardening outreach program of The New York Botanical Garden, supports the community gardens of the Bronx. At present, more than 150 gardens exist in the borough, where local members grow food and flowers, beautify their blocks, …
The Rattanakiri Living Library for Seeds and Culture
In the remote northeast corner of Cambodia, Rattanakiri is home to old growth forests where hidden trails lead to sacred waterfalls, healing mountain springs and remote tribal villages. Seven indigenous tribes live here: the Krieng, Chray, Kachak, Tampuen, Brao, Lao, …
Tel Aviv University Botanical Garden
Tel Aviv University Botanical Garden (est. 1973) is a center for botanical education, research, and conservation of rare and endangered plant species. On area of about 34,000 square meters, exhibition includes native flora of Israel and neighboring countries, as well …
Native Forest Foundation – Gampaha, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is a country with a rich plant diversity of 4000 species, of which 800 are endemic to the country. Many of these species have unique medicinal and nutritional properties useful in solving acute health problems. They are connected …
