Ethnobotany is the systematic study of how people of a particular region use and relate to plants. In human societies everywhere, plants are important as foods, materials and medicines. This is a field course in ethnobotany incorporating Indigenous Knowledge as an experiential 'way of knowing' about plants and their ecologies.
Ferries run frequently from Victoria and Vancouver.
One communal dinner is a traditional Northwest Coast pit-firing. Cooking lessons on using wild and garden plants as foods and beverages. It's known for heritage seed conservation, forest management, sustainable agriculture, alternative building technologies, organic gardening, and its medicinal gardens. Saltspring has an internationally recognized yoga centre. Ethnobotany is the systematic study of how people of a particular region use and relate to plants.