Indigenous Gardens Cultivate Healing
By Grace Maria Eberhardt, Andy Stec, and Rosalyn Lapier
YES! Magazine
November 9, 2023
A walk through any college campus in the United States looks more or less the same: a large open quad with a well-manicured lawn, a historic main hall made of brick and covered in ivy, mature deciduous non-native trees, and colorful flower beds framing the periphery.
“Those are visual clues that you are in an important place of learning,” says Marilyn Marler, a University of Montana natural areas specialist. “This is the standard way that American universities look.”