Join our Horticulture team and Courtney Streett, President/Executive Director of Native Roots Farm Foundation, to explore the relationships Indigenous people of the area we now call New Jersey have had with native plants in our collection. You’ll learn about both the scientific and cultural importance of these plants. This program includes a one-hour walking tour and art making activity using native plant dye.
Instructors: Courtney Streett and GFS Horticulture staff
Instructor: Courtney Streett (Nanticoke Indian Tribe) co-founded Native Roots Farm Foundation (NRFF) and uses her knowledge of Indigenous communities, horticulture, and visual storytelling to lead the organization. Prior to NRFF, Streett was a television news producer at CBS News and a digital news producer Business Insider. She received an MS from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and wrote her thesis on the local food movement. She earned a BA in Environmental Studies and a BA in Africana Studies from Wellesley College. She focused her undergraduate studies on environmental justice and conducted research in the college’s greenhouses comparing plant responses to organic and conventional growing methods.
Electric Convenience Vehicles (ECVs) and wheelchairs are available to rent from the Welcome Center.
Program accessibility information available.