The BIPOC Community Garden- Connecting Food and People through Gardening
Channel: Robin Greenfield
Date: 2020-10-06

The Jane Minor BIPOC Community Medicine Garden is a sanctuary for Black, Indigenous and People of Color to come together to connect with the Earth, the plants, the community, and with themselves. The garden has communal beds for all to freely enjoy, tend and harvest, as well as individual beds for folks to steward. The garden also has a community herb drying shed and a lending library of herb books and tools. Classes, work parties, food and medicine mutual aid and garden events happen regularly throughout the growing season.
The garden is located on Onöñda’gega’ land, just southeast of Ithaca, NY.

"Amanda David is a community herbalist, the mother of three amazing children, and the creator of Rootwork Herbals and the many initiatives that are a part of that container. She tends plants and people growing gardens, handcrafting remedies, offering consultations and teaching. Her approach to herbalism is based in the ways of her ancestors, building intimate relationships with the plants that grow nearby in order to bring herbal medicine and home healthcare to the people. In doing this, she sees herbalism as a means to support life and thus resist against oppressive systems, which undermine health. Above all, Amanda is a lover of plants and a lover of people and is passionate about bringing them together in a down to earth, joyful and accessible way that promotes personal and planetary healing."

Make a contribution to support the garden via the People’s Medicine Project: Reclamation fund: https://www.rootworkherbals.com/contribute
Website: https://www.rootworkherbals.com/bipoc-community-garden
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rootworkherbals/ @rootworkherbals
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootworkherbals

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Filmed by Jasmine Hayden: @herewegrow.productions on Instagram
Drone footage by: Shira Evergreen http://www.upliftedithaca.com
Edited by Daniel Saddleton http://www.hiphikersmedia.com

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