The Growing Health Program invites participants and their families to step outside, connect with the natural world, and learn directly from the land. Guided by local knowledge keepers, this hands-on experience will explore the plants that grow in the area-how to identify them, their traditional uses, and the stories they carry.

This is a family-friendly gathering, welcoming all ages to learn, share, and build relationships with the land and each other.

Our presenter this week is Darnell Rides At The Door, a respected Pikuni (Ampskapi Pikuni) woman. Apprenticed to her strong, wise ancestors, she continues, dedicated to the legacies of a rich, powerfully beautiful way of life. Focusing on understanding and sharing the Pikuni World View, in ways of knowing with our way of life for survival, good health and well being, Darnell concentrates on all that is Pikunii; ethnobotany and herbology, gardening, gathering and preparing these gifts from the Earth are inherent and full of rewarding outcomes, as she works to make the best of both worlds balancing today's changes with ancient tradition.