The Good Medicine Garden fence was constructed with the help of skilled volunteers, thanks to a grant from the Innovation Fund of Berks County Community Foundation. This 20 ft x 40 ft Indigenous ecological teaching garden will include a mini food forest, edible perennial crops, a three sisters agriculture plot, a fiber and dye plot, and a traditional medicine plot. Stay tuned for upcoming volunteer opportunities!
Fiber & Dye Plants
Goldenrod
Milkweed
Trumpet honeysuckle
Dogbane
Blue Wild Indigo
Yellow Wild Indigo
Sweetgrass
Iris
Hopi Red Dye Amaranth
Bidens
Marigold
Ceremonial & Medicinal
Sweetgrass
Sage
Midewin tobacco
Black cohosh
Bee balm
Yarrow
Cardinal flower
Blanket flower
Boneset
Anise hyssop
St. John’s wort
Rabbit tobacco
Globe amaranth
Edible Perennial
Cutleaf coneflower (sochan)
Sunchokes (Jerusalem artichokes)
Groundcherries
Strawberries
Alliums
Food Forest
Fig (non-Native tree species)
Strawberries
Elderberry
Black chokeberry (Aronia)
Pawpaw
Dewberry
Grape
Three Sisters Agriculture
Corn
Beans
Squash
Red torch tithonia sunflower
Cherokee Purple Tomatoes
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