Some books don't just ask to be read — they ask to be listened to, the way you might listen to rain, or wind moving through tall grass.

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer is one of those books. Part botanical science, part Indigenous story, part love letter to the living world, Kimmerer reminds us that plants were here long before us — and that they have been quietly teaching ever since.

During our gathering, we will be in the sacred inquiry that this book evokes: What does it look like to receive the gifts of the natural world with gratitude rather than entitlement? What ancient wisdom lives in the way a strawberry ripens, a forest grows, or sweetgrass bends in the wind?

Whether you've read every page or just begun, come ready to slow down, reflect, and reconnect — with the land, with each other, and with the quiet intelligence of the more-than-human world.

Investment: Pay What You Want (Suggested Donation $30)

Free to Adams County Residents 

Free to Hope Springs staff

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