Reclaiming our Relationship with our Plant Kin - Chenchenstway, Vancouver

May 23, 2026 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm

Walk title: Reclaiming our Relationship with our Plant Kin through acts of reciprocity and respect

Location: Chenchenstway food forest, Oxford Park, 2050 Wall Street, Vancouver.

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Event description:

You are invited to walk the garden of Chenchenstway, a food forest that was planted 4 years ago, found at Oxford Park in East vancouver.  LoriAnn Bird is an Metis herbalist, mother and now author of her first book Revered Roots Ancestral Teachings and Wisdom of Wild, Edible and Medicinal Plants.  Together, we will explore our true nature, as guardians who contribute and receive gifts of abundance from our Living World.  LoriAnn will share samples to engage in our senses to help anchor knowledge that is to be passed on.  LoriAnn will have copies of her book available to purchase at the event for $30 (cash or e-transfer).

Bio: LoriAnn Bird is an Indigenous Metis Herbalist, author, mother, and educator, with a deep knowledge of medicinal and edible plants that grow in the most common and everyday places around us.

By observing and listening to our immediate surroundings, we rediscover our relationship with the natural world. LoriAnn shares the teachings of reciprocity from the Rooted Nations-those plants and living beings who offer their lives as sustenance, medicine and guidance to us and many other diverse relatives (species). 

At a time when our connection to the land continues to grow more fragile, LoriAnn invites us to reconnect with the Earth & reclaim our shared history with it. She encourages us to remember the wisdom of our ancestors, who, for thousands of years, were nourished by the lands & waters through a reciprocal relationship caring deeply for their gifts for the benefit of both present and future generations. Let us be good ancestors.  

LoriAnn is available for educational plant walks and presentations in your community. To learn more about Lori Ann you can check out her website here.