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Celebrating Wild Food, Wild Medicine, and Wild Idea’s in the Salish Sea Bioregion
Pacific Dogwood
Also known as Western Flowering Dogwood, is a medicine to treat stomach problems and also makes great wooden tools.
Black Gooseberry
Dark purple to black berries are best eaten right off the shrub when ripe.
Thimbleberry
Beyond its bright red berries, the thimbleberry offers edible young shoots, herbal tea leaves, and traditional medicinal uses.
Kinnikinnick
Kinnikinnick is a ground cover plant used as a tobacco and coffee substitute.
Salmonberry
Salmonberry flavours range from bright, fruity, and citrusy to deep and earthy.
Devil’s Club
Qwa’pulhp is one of the most powerful and widely respected medicinal plants found along the B.C. coast.
Labrador Tea
Labrador tea holds deep cultural and medicinal significance among Coast Salish peoples. Traditionally, it has been used as a remedy for colds and sore throats. The leaves are often brewed into a tea, valued for it’s healing properties.
Nootka Rose
Qel’qulhp can be found in a wide variety of habitats on the edges of
meadows, open fields and roadways.