Traditional Gardens

This research group wanted to see if building small traditional gardens around Lower Brule would encourage more people to get involved in growing traditional plants. The students refurbished old and empty garden beds and also built new garden beds to house traditional plants at the Teen Center, West Brule Recreation Center, and the Elementary School. The students created online surveys to gauge support for these gardens and the traditional plants growing inside of them. The researchers report that community members are overwhelmingly in support of these gardens and are willing to help maintain them and help to grow these cultural plants.