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saskia wolsak
Writer, Historian, Ethnobotanist

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Saskia Wolsak
Jul 2, 2020
Kathleen Harrison, Plant Teacher
I have been reflecting on pivotal moments in my life. There is no doubt that reading the essay Green Medicine and Plant Spirit by...


Saskia Wolsak
Jan 4, 2020
I hope that the gods come back
I 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 Wolsak
Dec 7, 2019
Sometimes it's good to be still
When 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 Wolsak
Nov 14, 2019
This Bird Has Flown
I'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 Wolsak
Oct 29, 2019
The Naming of Toucans
The 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 Wolsak
Sep 10, 2019
Love Poem
I'm happy to say I've learned considerably more about love since writing this three years ago. Learning is perhaps the most precious...

Saskia Wolsak
Aug 28, 2018
London-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 Wolsak
Jan 4, 2018
New Gallery of signs in the ground
Click "Read More" and scroll down to see how the signs look with their plants. Enjoy!


Saskia Wolsak
May 25, 2016
Viola odorata
A new sign outside the Food, Nutrition and Health building at UBC :)


Saskia Wolsak
Nov 24, 2015
Pacific Bleeding Heart
This 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 Wolsak
Nov 22, 2015
Capability Brown
Lancelot Brown, better known as 'Capability Brown' (he won in the names category) was famous landscape architect in18th Century England....


Saskia Wolsak
Nov 21, 2015
Seeing 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 Wolsak
Nov 20, 2015
Plant Intelligence
Check out this BBC article about plant intelligence. It cites the work of many of the thinkers referenced in the signs, including Dr....


Saskia Wolsak
Nov 11, 2015
Mother Trees
This sign is based on the work of Forest and Conservation Science Professor Suzanne Simard at UBC. Here she is speaking on mother trees...


Saskia Wolsak
Nov 10, 2015
THE 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...
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