Project name
Chén̓chenstway Healing Garden and Indigenous Food Forest
Theme
Objective
Creating an inclusive, intergenerational, cross-cultural knowledge sharing community where people co-learn while honouring Indigenous and first-generation migrant plant knowledge
Organization
Vancouver Urban Food Forest Foundation (VUFFF), the Aboriginal Mother Centre Society and the Vancouver Park Board
Contact Information
Project Summary
Chén̓chenstway is the Squamish word for “to lift each other up, to stand and work together”. The garden is a partnership between Vancouver Urban Food Forest Foundation (VUFFF), the Aboriginal Mother Centre Society and the Vancouver Park Board. It also features a Running Free Wildflowers Memorial Garden for the children who never came home from residential schools.