Discover the remarkable variety of trees in Canada’s “City of Gardens”. Now, with Collin Varner’s latest guidebook, you can learn to identify 200+ species of coniferous and broadleaf trees!🌳🌲🌴 #VictoriaBC Happy pub day, Trees of Victoria! #NatureGuide https://heritagehouse.ca/products/trees-of-victoria

New #book to enjoy #reading & #learning from!

Held by the Land: A Guide to Indigenous Plants for Wellness
By Leigh Joseph.

Author Leigh Joseph, an #ethnobotanist, member of the #SquamishNation & founder of #SkwalwenBotanicals, provides a beautifully illustrated essential introduction to #Indigenous #PlantKnowledge.

#Plants can be a great source of #healing as well as #nourishment & the practice of growing & harvesting from trees, flowering herbs & other plants is a powerful way to become more connected to the land.

The #IndigenousPeoples of #NorthAmerica have long traditions of using #NativePlants as #medicine as well as for #food. Held by the Land honors & shares some of these traditions, offering a guide to:

Harvesting herbs & other plants & using them topically.
North American plants that can treat common ailments, add nutrition to your diet, become part of your beauty regime & more.
Stories & traditions about native plants from the author's #Squamish culture.
Using plant knowledge to strengthen your #ConnectionToTheLand you live on.
Early chapters will introduce you to responsible ways to identify & harvest plants in your area & teach you how to grow a deeper connection with the land you live on through plants.

In the plant profiles section, common plants are introduced with illustrations & information on their characteristics, range, how to grow & harvest them & how to use them topically & as food.

Special features offer recipes for food & beauty products along with stories & traditions around the plants.

This beautiful, full-color guide to #IndigenousPlants will give you new insights into the power of everyday plants.

https://skwalwen.com/products/held-by-the-land-a-guide-to-indigenous-plants-for-wellness

#Bookstodon #IndigenousAuthors #IndigenousBooks #decolonization #IndigenousPlantEducation #Educational #BritishColumbia #Cascadia #CoastSalish #PacificNorthwest #PNW #NativePlantsEducation #NativeWriters #NativePlantsGuide #FirstNations #NonFiction #NatureBooks #PlantsBook #NatureGuide

Lovers of “land, sea, or air, [will] find creatures in this book to delight. . .” —Cheryl Alexander, award-winning filmmaker & author of Takaya: Lone Wolf. 50 Keystone Fauna Species of Coastal BC & the Pacific Northwest, coming April 30, 2024.
https://www.heritagehouse.ca/book/50-keystone-fauna-species-of-coastal-british-columbia-and-the-pacific-northwest/
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Need some hiking inspiration for trails around Rome this weekend?

Here are some of my favorites that I've collected in a blog post:

👇 https://www.natureofsal.com/best-trails-hiking-near-rome/

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