Imani Gardens: Reclaiming Food & Medicine Garden Workshop
🤙 About Event
Food and medicine have always been deeply intertwined, passed down through generations as a source of nourishment, healing, and cultural resilience. In this hands-on, sensory storytelling experience Talia Dotson of Akoben & Co with help from Imani Gardens, we will explore the ancestral wisdom of traditional herbs and edible plants through a guided "Show and Smell" journey.
Together, we’ll engage our senses—touch, smell, and taste—to reconnect with the plants that have sustained communities for centuries. Learn about the medicinal properties, culinary uses, and cultural significance of these plants while honoring the traditions that have preserved this knowledge.
This session is an invitation to reclaim our ancestral roots, celebrate the power of plants, and deepen our understanding of how gardens can serve as spaces of healing, resistance, and renewal. 🌿✨
👋 Join Us!
As part of the Food Sustainability Track of LA Climate Week, Seeds of Hope is hosting a full day dedicated to Regenerative Agriculture—how we grow food, who grows it, and how we can cultivate a more just and resilient food system. Join us for a day of conversations, learning, and action with local farmers, activists, and food system innovators working to transform agriculture for people and the planet. See the full Regenerative Agriculture Day AND check out the rest of the Food Sustainability focused LA Climate Week events.
🙌 Event Hosts
Seeds of Hope cultivates wellness and food justice by helping communities reconnect with fresh, healthy food. We distribute more than 70,000 pounds of fruits and vegetables weekly, establish community gardens, and provide education on gardening, composting, healthy cooking, and food preservation to increase nutrition and minimize food waste.
Akoben & Co is a marketplace for all natural, high-quality, sustainably sourced products from BIPOC communities for the conscious consumer. Akoben & Co envisions a world where well-being thrives, where knowledge transforms lives and where communities collaborate for lasting prosperity. Health is not nearly the absence of illness but a holistic state of balance and vitality. Founded by Talia Dotson.
Imani Gardens We are the Black food supply chain in the State of California, We are the solution to so-called food deserts, and we are aligned in ranks to dismantle food apartheid in our communities. We deliver life, we develop agricultural systems to get our people farming again, and we are part of a large network of farmers that have taken the responsibility for changing our culture to one that prioritizes agriculture.Imani Gardens is a group of local food growers, bringing you the best fresh produce, grains and seasonal fruits for a healthier community.
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