Saskia WolsakJul 2, 2020Kathleen Harrison, Plant TeacherI have been reflecting on pivotal moments in my life. There is no doubt that reading the essay Green Medicine and Plant Spirit by...
Saskia WolsakJan 4, 2020I hope that the gods come backI don’t know what will happen after I die, As the Earth keeps spinning around the sun, With some battles fought, and some victories won,...
Saskia WolsakDec 8, 2019Sometimes it's good to be stillWhen I was 12 years old I stumbled upon a book about the human brain. The first line said something like: “The human brain is so complex...
Saskia WolsakNov 14, 2019This Bird Has FlownI'm back in Vancouver now, where the crows come when I whistle and otherwise have lives of their own. I realise I didn't write an update...
Saskia WolsakOct 30, 2019The Naming of ToucansThe toucan has been with us for more than a month now and she still doesn’t have a name. At first we didn’t want to name her. Freddie,...
Saskia WolsakSep 10, 2019Love PoemI'm happy to say I've learned considerably more about love since writing this three years ago. Learning is perhaps the most precious...
Saskia WolsakAug 29, 2018London-Wen Fellowship Award!I am the grateful recipient of the first ever London-Wen Gaia Scholarship for women in Ethnobotany! Very grateful to Kathleen Harrison of...
Saskia WolsakJan 4, 2018New Gallery of signs in the groundClick "Read More" and scroll down to see how the signs look with their plants. Enjoy!
Saskia WolsakMay 26, 2016Viola odorataA new sign outside the Food, Nutrition and Health building at UBC :)
Saskia WolsakNov 25, 2015Pacific Bleeding HeartThis bleeding heart is writing the saddest lines of poetry - but still she is able to die and be reborn to flower twice a year.
Saskia WolsakNov 22, 2015Capability BrownLancelot Brown, better known as 'Capability Brown' (he won in the names category) was famous landscape architect in18th Century England....
Saskia WolsakNov 21, 2015Seeing Thou instead of It"The Indians addressed life as a “thou,” I mean, trees and stones, everything else. You can address anything as a “thou”, and you can...
Saskia WolsakNov 20, 2015Plant IntelligenceCheck out this BBC article about plant intelligence. It cites the work of many of the thinkers referenced in the signs, including Dr....
Saskia WolsakNov 11, 2015Mother TreesThis sign is based on the work of Forest and Conservation Science Professor Suzanne Simard at UBC. Here she is speaking on mother trees...
Saskia WolsakNov 10, 2015THE SIGNS ARE IN THE GROUND!!!The plant signs have now been installed on the UBC Campus. I'll be posting some pictures over the coming days. Feel free to send me any...