Plant Teachings Journal

Many Native Elders remind us that plants are teachers. When we awaken our senses and observe nature, plants can lead us in being healthy and resilient. For example, yarrow reminds us of the importance of boundaries, while willow shows us how to be flexible, yet strong. These skills can be applied to our lives—helping us to build greater wellbeing.

This journal is part of Plant Teachings for Growing Social-Emotional Skills, a toolkit that includes a book, cards, movement videos, posters, and an activity guide. The toolkit is especially for mental health workers, educators, and community members who are exploring behavioral health skills that are rooted in the land and Coast Salish culture. Plant knowledge, social-emotional skills, stories, mindfulness activities, and recipes on wild foods and herbal medicines are woven throughout the toolkit.

Developed through a partnership between GRuB and Northwest Indian Treatment Center. Copyright © GRuB 2022.

SPECS:

• 5.25” x 8”, softcover, 150pp. Bound in a velvety softcover binding with heavy-weight pages suitable for writing and drawing with light media such as pens, graphite pencils, and colored pencils.

• Cover art by Jennifer Johns of the Squaxin Island tribe, and featuring interior artwork by six Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists from the Salish Sea.

• 125 blank pages and 25 illustrated pages featuring many PNW plants and a short description of the teachings embodied by each one.