WEBVTT 00:01.233 --> 00:03.733 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% What's beautiful about this garden and the lineage that 00:03.733 --> 00:08.666 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% I grew up on is essentially all has to do with my grandparents 00:09.233 --> 00:10.133 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% and their lineage 00:10.133 --> 00:11.033 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% as Earth workers 00:11.300 --> 00:14.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and tending the land farmers and also curanderos. 00:14.933 --> 00:17.333 align:left position:32.5% line:77% size:57.5% Curanderos are very much like Shaman 00:17.333 --> 00:19.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% considered, that they also work integrating 00:19.800 --> 00:23.100 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% holistic and traditional root work of herbal medicine 00:23.100 --> 00:26.266 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% into the kitchen, into the practice of community. 00:26.266 --> 00:28.233 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% My name is Jesus Garcia. 00:28.233 --> 00:30.966 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% I am a traditional shaman and herbalist. 00:30.966 --> 00:33.466 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% I'm also an Earth worker and a gardener. 00:33.466 --> 00:36.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And we create beautiful spaces like our food forests 00:36.833 --> 00:39.633 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% that's really supportive for our children 00:39.633 --> 00:42.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and the welfare of herbalism moving forward into society. 00:43.166 --> 00:46.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We are Herbal Action project, and that's an initiative 00:46.033 --> 00:49.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% that we started a few years ago, and that's me and my sisters. 00:49.366 --> 00:52.300 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We were in the school district being students 00:52.300 --> 00:55.866 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% and also being, of course, teachers in that position. 00:55.866 --> 00:58.900 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% And after, you know, 2020 came around, 00:58.900 --> 01:00.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% we decided to really bring more 01:00.866 --> 01:05.033 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% future into our teachers by fostering homeschool support. 01:05.233 --> 01:06.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% And we do that with education 01:06.633 --> 01:07.233 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% by not only 01:07.600 --> 01:09.766 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% the emotional aspects of how we feel 01:09.766 --> 01:12.333 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and how we integrate our emotions with the garden, 01:12.333 --> 01:15.000 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% but also the education on how to be a better parent, 01:15.000 --> 01:16.866 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% how to be a better service 01:16.866 --> 01:21.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% for the land, and also how to be that child that we once were. 01:21.133 --> 01:22.000 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% To bring wonder 01:22.000 --> 01:22.733 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% into the spaces 01:23.066 --> 01:24.733 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% that we're cultivating. How we ended up 01:24.733 --> 01:27.100 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% with this property with something very special. 01:27.100 --> 01:30.500 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% My grandfather, actually, was sick at the time 01:30.500 --> 01:33.366 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% and my father was looking for a particular place 01:33.366 --> 01:36.033 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% for us to call our home, to call our safety net. 01:36.033 --> 01:39.166 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% And there was this property outside of UhlandTexas, 01:39.166 --> 01:41.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% where it was very kind of barren and a little bit 01:41.966 --> 01:43.400 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% in a destruction mode. 01:43.400 --> 01:46.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And we saw an opportunity there to really regenerate the land. 01:46.533 --> 01:49.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And my father had a lot to do with plugging in the trees, 01:49.766 --> 01:52.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% knowing the elements and understanding the season. 01:52.433 --> 01:55.200 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% We have quite a few varieties of plants here 01:55.200 --> 01:58.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% that are not only indigenous 01:58.033 --> 02:00.833 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% natural to this world, but also medicinal. 02:00.833 --> 02:03.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We get to care for these plants as if they were our friends 02:04.100 --> 02:06.666 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% and how we want to foster a relationship 02:06.666 --> 02:08.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% with the spirit of these plants. 02:08.766 --> 02:10.933 align:left position:35% line:5% size:55% I'm here in one of our special places 02:10.933 --> 02:12.866 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% in The Herbal Action Project Garden, 02:12.866 --> 02:17.400 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5% and that is essentially our floral and fairy garden. 02:17.666 --> 02:20.733 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% And we have here growing quite a few different fairy 02:20.733 --> 02:23.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% connected herbs and native herbs like the sunflower. 02:23.733 --> 02:26.733 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% We have some comfrey here, and this space was created 02:26.733 --> 02:29.733 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% from destruction, from broken limbs of our oaks, 02:29.933 --> 02:32.066 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% and we've turned this into a safe 02:32.066 --> 02:35.700 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% support system for the children so they can run wild, 02:35.700 --> 02:38.000 align:left position:35% line:5% size:55% be free, and also be a little bit 02:38.000 --> 02:40.266 align:left position:35% line:5% size:55% more open into their child connection. 02:40.266 --> 02:42.766 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% And that gives this opportunity for us adults 02:42.766 --> 02:46.300 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% and elders to really think about how we were as children 02:46.300 --> 02:48.433 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% and how we want to foster this education 02:48.433 --> 02:50.800 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% and create our own safe spaces in the garden. 02:50.800 --> 02:52.433 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% So this will be covered with blackberries 02:52.433 --> 02:54.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% so the kids can have a snack 02:54.400 --> 02:55.333 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% in the summer 02:55.800 --> 02:58.966 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and really be shielded by these mammoth sunflowers as well. 02:59.466 --> 03:03.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% So we thought about what can we really do to create space. 03:03.500 --> 03:06.766 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% But food, food sovereignty is another big connection 03:06.766 --> 03:07.566 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% and community. 03:07.566 --> 03:09.800 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% We are here in our mushroom bed 03:09.800 --> 03:12.366 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% and what what's really great about this is that 03:12.366 --> 03:13.833 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% this is part of our lineage work. 03:13.833 --> 03:15.700 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% My grandmother, who was a curandero 03:15.700 --> 03:17.900 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and an Earth worker and a gardener herself, 03:17.900 --> 03:19.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% would always grow mushrooms. 03:19.700 --> 03:20.633 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% And that's something that 03:20.833 --> 03:23.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% is part of our child lineage as far as support 03:23.700 --> 03:27.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% for ecological health but also physical health for us. 03:27.500 --> 03:29.166 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% And when we say ecological, 03:29.166 --> 03:32.300 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% is that the mycelium in the mushrooms here in central Texas 03:32.533 --> 03:36.033 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% really helps to retain a lot of the moisture for us 03:36.033 --> 03:39.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% so we don't have to overwater or try to water 03:39.000 --> 03:40.566 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% whenever we have droughts. 03:40.566 --> 03:43.966 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% And the children really love playing with these mushrooms 03:43.966 --> 03:47.400 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% because it inspires them to really call upon something 03:47.400 --> 03:48.466 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% that is ethereal. 03:48.466 --> 03:50.666 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5% And we are so enamored 03:50.666 --> 03:52.700 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% by the connection and the magic of fairies. 03:52.700 --> 03:56.633 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% So there are little pockets of magical spaces of mushrooms 03:56.633 --> 03:58.633 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% that they have planted that they get to see grow. 03:58.633 --> 04:01.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Now that is part of their fairy friendship. 04:01.133 --> 04:03.266 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% My grandmother used to cook with mushrooms 04:03.266 --> 04:06.066 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% and a quick and easy way to cook with mushrooms, 04:06.066 --> 04:07.400 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% especially to provide 04:07.400 --> 04:09.533 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% for your family and kids of all ages 04:09.533 --> 04:11.700 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% is just take them with a little bit of butter. 04:11.700 --> 04:14.700 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% And we do this with a recipe called calabacitas. 04:14.700 --> 04:17.766 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and calabacitas is going to be squash sauteed 04:17.766 --> 04:20.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% with a little bit of butter, oregano and mushrooms. 04:21.000 --> 04:23.266 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% And you saute that just for a few minutes 04:23.266 --> 04:25.566 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and put it on a plate on a bed of rice 04:25.566 --> 04:28.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and you have a quick mushroom, a supportive connection 04:28.433 --> 04:30.300 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% to your mind, body and your spirit. 04:30.300 --> 04:31.333 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% This is chia. 04:31.333 --> 04:31.866 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% This is one 04:32.533 --> 04:34.266 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% of our amazing plants that we grow here and we grow 04:34.266 --> 04:35.633 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% for a lot of benefits, 04:35.633 --> 04:39.000 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% like the omega three that supplies our oil for our body 04:39.000 --> 04:41.500 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% during really hot summer months here. 04:41.500 --> 04:43.066 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And she is something that we start 04:43.066 --> 04:44.966 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% to plant in the March month 04:44.966 --> 04:47.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% so we can have a long harvest until June. 04:47.700 --> 04:51.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And this is a beautiful plant to have next to your sunflowers 04:51.000 --> 04:54.166 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% because it provides a beautiful canopy area of shade 04:54.166 --> 04:57.233 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% but also grows abundantly in our gardens. 04:57.233 --> 04:59.100 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% May pops all the flowers 04:59.100 --> 05:02.000 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% and we'll use the flowers for dishes like we'll fry, 05:02.000 --> 05:04.800 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% we'll batter and fry the flowers and we'll eat them 05:04.800 --> 05:07.000 align:left position:37.5% line:83% size:52.5% as like little popcorn connection. 05:07.000 --> 05:08.933 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% So it's great medicine. 05:08.933 --> 05:10.233 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% And these are black chia. 05:10.233 --> 05:13.433 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% There's white, blue, purple and black. 05:13.433 --> 05:17.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And so this is the traditional Aztec chia, the black chia. 05:17.633 --> 05:20.133 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% And my grandmother has been growing Chia for some time. 05:20.133 --> 05:22.033 align:left position:35% line:83% size:55% So that's that's an ancestral herb. 05:22.033 --> 05:24.500 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% These are seeds that we've had for generations. 05:24.500 --> 05:27.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We are in our spirit, essence therapy bed. 05:27.800 --> 05:30.700 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% And in this particular bed that we have here, 05:30.700 --> 05:33.500 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% we cater a lot towards the teenage spirit. 05:33.500 --> 05:38.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And so we have medicine here that really supports the essence 05:38.366 --> 05:40.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and the connection of spirit of healing 05:40.133 --> 05:42.333 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% for the teenager who has been broken hearted. 05:42.333 --> 05:43.766 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5% And we also have quite 05:43.766 --> 05:46.933 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% a few edible flowers that we can make teas 05:46.933 --> 05:49.633 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% and different tonics for the child's spirit, 05:49.633 --> 05:52.633 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% especially when the teenager is going through some trauma 05:52.633 --> 05:54.400 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% or going through some difficulty 05:54.400 --> 05:56.633 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% that they can't explain to the adults. 05:56.633 --> 05:59.333 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% This is their safe haven. This is their protection. 05:59.333 --> 06:02.800 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% We're so afraid to connect with the feminine spirit. 06:02.800 --> 06:04.566 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And I have teen boys that come here 06:04.566 --> 06:07.800 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% after class and really just let a lot of emotion out. 06:08.800 --> 06:11.300 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% And we need we need that divinity within us. 06:11.300 --> 06:13.866 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% My friends, we are here in our rose row 06:13.866 --> 06:17.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and we plant roses for softening the spiritual self. 06:18.100 --> 06:20.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And this connection actually came from my grandmother. 06:20.666 --> 06:23.633 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% We planted roses since we were young to really 06:23.633 --> 06:26.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% bring upon our boundary space to protect ourselves 06:26.566 --> 06:27.866 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% with the rose root, 06:27.866 --> 06:30.500 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% but also bring healing with the color yellow. 06:30.500 --> 06:31.500 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% The yellow is very much 06:31.833 --> 06:35.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% identified for spirit healing and opening up our softness 06:35.233 --> 06:37.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and figuring out our boundaries 06:37.033 --> 06:39.200 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% within others and other things in the world 06:39.200 --> 06:42.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% that probably should just keep a little bit away from us. 06:42.966 --> 06:46.666 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% This is a position where we not only use it as medicine 06:46.666 --> 06:48.766 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% because rose is an astringent, medicine 06:48.766 --> 06:51.200 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% brings us back to our core, to our roots, 06:51.200 --> 06:51.733 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% and helps us to 06:52.566 --> 06:55.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% protect our space emotionally, physically and spiritually. 06:55.733 --> 06:59.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% The yellow roses are considered to be also heart healing, 06:59.433 --> 07:02.200 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% so the color of the yellow brings softness 07:02.200 --> 07:05.066 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and really opens up our emotions to move out 07:05.066 --> 07:08.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% any particular stagnant energy that does not need to be in 07:08.033 --> 07:08.833 align:left position:32.5% line:89% size:57.5% the heart. 07:09.333 --> 07:13.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We are in our funeral service and death supportive garden, 07:14.133 --> 07:16.100 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and in this garden we have a guild 07:16.100 --> 07:17.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% where we grow a lot of flowers 07:17.766 --> 07:20.300 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% for funeral services and also altars. 07:20.300 --> 07:23.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% We create altars in the Latin and Mexican community, 07:23.333 --> 07:25.733 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and part of that is to really share the grief 07:25.733 --> 07:29.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% of connecting a little bit more to the ethereal side of spirits 07:29.633 --> 07:31.133 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and how we want to treat our spirits 07:31.133 --> 07:32.966 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% moving forward into the next life. 07:32.966 --> 07:35.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% All of this that we're growing here is not only 07:35.600 --> 07:37.333 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% a beautiful cat cemetery, 07:37.333 --> 07:40.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% but it's a beautiful connection to how life 07:40.200 --> 07:41.933 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% wants to bring us to death. 07:41.933 --> 07:42.866 align:left position:32.5% line:5% size:57.5% We can make 07:43.200 --> 07:45.900 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5% a lot of possibilities with these beautiful bouquets, 07:45.900 --> 07:49.733 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% but one thing that's very particular and kind is serving 07:49.733 --> 07:52.733 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% the land while someone is also leaving the land. 07:53.033 --> 07:56.166 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% So as a preschool teacher, my initiative started to really 07:56.166 --> 07:57.466 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% bring this education 07:57.466 --> 08:00.500 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% to not only the fundamentals of the schools, 08:00.500 --> 08:03.366 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% but to also bring this at home wherever you are, 08:03.366 --> 08:06.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% whether you're in apartments, whether you're in a small space, 08:06.200 --> 08:08.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% anybody can cultivate and learn 08:08.000 --> 08:09.833 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% from each other as far as community 08:09.833 --> 08:11.333 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% on how to grow plants, 08:11.333 --> 08:13.833 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% how to really apply them into our kitchen, 08:13.833 --> 08:16.066 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% and how to really gravitate towards them 08:16.066 --> 08:18.133 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% as spiritual and medicinal medicine.