Dr. Leigh Joseph is an ethnobotanist, author, and member of the Squamish Nation (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh). Her work explores relationships between people, plants, and place through Indigenous knowledge, cultural renewal, and ecological stewardship. Leigh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at Simon Fraser University, where her research and teaching focus on Indigenous plant knowledge, ethnobotany, and land-based learning. She is also the founder of Sḵwálwen Botanicals, an Indigenous-owned skincare company rooted in Squamish plant knowledge and relationships to the land. Leigh is the author of Held by the Land, which was a 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Honorable Mention, and 2026 Yellow Cedar Award nominee The Land KnowsMe, a children’s book that invites young readers to build curiosity, connection, and belonging with the natural world. Across her work, Leigh encourages reciprocal relationships with plants and the places we call home.

• CONTENTSCHAPTER 1: Building Botanical RelationshipsCHAPTER 2: Teachings from PlantsCHAPTER 3: Identifying Plants to Build Your Home ApothecaryCHAPTER 4: The Mindful HarvestCHAPTER 5: Botanical or Land-Based Mindfulness PracticesINTRODUCTIONReflections on Indigenous Plant Knowledge& Building RelationshipsPlant Profiles & RecipesTREESAmabilis FirBigleaf MapleBlack Poplaror CottonwoodGrand FirPacific Crab AppleSpruceWestern HemlockWestern Red CedarSHRUBSBeaked HazelnutBlackcapBlueberryBog CranberryDevil’s ClubHighbush CranberryLabrador TeaOcean SprayRed Elderberry andBlue ElderberryRed HuckleberryRed-FloweringCurrantSalalSalmonberrySaskatoon BerrySoapberryTall Oregon GrapeThimbleberryTrailing BlackberryWild RoseFLOWERING HERBSBare-Stem DesertParsley or BiscuitrootBroad-Leaved PlantainCamasCattailCow ParsnipFireweedNodding OnionNorthern Rice RootStinging NettleWapatoWild GingerWild StrawberryYarrowFERNS, HORSETAILS,LICHENS & SEAWEEDSBeard LichenCommon HorsetailLicorice FernRed LaverCONCLUSIONBotanical GlossaryAppendixReferencesAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorAbout the RecipeContributorsIndex

“This will deepen readers’ appreciation for the restorative power of the outdoors.”

Dr. Leigh Joseph is an ethnobotanist, author, and member of the Squamish Nation (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh). Her work explores relationships between people, plants, and place through Indigenous knowledge, cultural renewal, and ecological stewardship. Leigh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at Simon Fraser University, where her research and teaching focus on Indigenous plant knowledge, ethnobotany, and land-based learning. She is also the founder of Sḵwálwen Botanicals, an Indigenous-owned skincare company rooted in Squamish plant knowledge and relationships to the land. Leigh is the author of Held by the Land, which was a 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Honorable Mention, and 2026 Yellow Cedar Award nominee The Land KnowsMe, a children’s book that invites young readers to build curiosity, connection, and belonging with the natural world. Across her work, Leigh encourages reciprocal relationships with plants and the places we call home.

• CONTENTSCHAPTER 1: Building Botanical RelationshipsCHAPTER 2: Teachings from PlantsCHAPTER 3: Identifying Plants to Build Your Home ApothecaryCHAPTER 4: The Mindful HarvestCHAPTER 5: Botanical or Land-Based Mindfulness PracticesINTRODUCTIONReflections on Indigenous Plant Knowledge& Building RelationshipsPlant Profiles & RecipesTREESAmabilis FirBigleaf MapleBlack Poplaror CottonwoodGrand FirPacific Crab AppleSpruceWestern HemlockWestern Red CedarSHRUBSBeaked HazelnutBlackcapBlueberryBog CranberryDevil’s ClubHighbush CranberryLabrador TeaOcean SprayRed Elderberry andBlue ElderberryRed HuckleberryRed-FloweringCurrantSalalSalmonberrySaskatoon BerrySoapberryTall Oregon GrapeThimbleberryTrailing BlackberryWild RoseFLOWERING HERBSBare-Stem DesertParsley or BiscuitrootBroad-Leaved PlantainCamasCattailCow ParsnipFireweedNodding OnionNorthern Rice RootStinging NettleWapatoWild GingerWild StrawberryYarrowFERNS, HORSETAILS,LICHENS & SEAWEEDSBeard LichenCommon HorsetailLicorice FernRed LaverCONCLUSIONBotanical GlossaryAppendixReferencesAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorAbout the RecipeContributorsIndex

“This will deepen readers’ appreciation for the restorative power of the outdoors.”

Dr. Leigh Joseph is an ethnobotanist, author, and member of the Squamish Nation (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh). Her work explores relationships between people, plants, and place through Indigenous knowledge, cultural renewal, and ecological stewardship. Leigh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at Simon Fraser University, where her research and teaching focus on Indigenous plant knowledge, ethnobotany, and land-based learning. She is also the founder of Sḵwálwen Botanicals, an Indigenous-owned skincare company rooted in Squamish plant knowledge and relationships to the land. Leigh is the author of Held by the Land, which was a 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Honorable Mention, and 2026 Yellow Cedar Award nominee The Land KnowsMe, a children’s book that invites young readers to build curiosity, connection, and belonging with the natural world. Across her work, Leigh encourages reciprocal relationships with plants and the places we call home.

• CONTENTSCHAPTER 1: Building Botanical RelationshipsCHAPTER 2: Teachings from PlantsCHAPTER 3: Identifying Plants to Build Your Home ApothecaryCHAPTER 4: The Mindful HarvestCHAPTER 5: Botanical or Land-Based Mindfulness PracticesINTRODUCTIONReflections on Indigenous Plant Knowledge& Building RelationshipsPlant Profiles & RecipesTREESAmabilis FirBigleaf MapleBlack Poplaror CottonwoodGrand FirPacific Crab AppleSpruceWestern HemlockWestern Red CedarSHRUBSBeaked HazelnutBlackcapBlueberryBog CranberryDevil’s ClubHighbush CranberryLabrador TeaOcean SprayRed Elderberry andBlue ElderberryRed HuckleberryRed-FloweringCurrantSalalSalmonberrySaskatoon BerrySoapberryTall Oregon GrapeThimbleberryTrailing BlackberryWild RoseFLOWERING HERBSBare-Stem DesertParsley or BiscuitrootBroad-Leaved PlantainCamasCattailCow ParsnipFireweedNodding OnionNorthern Rice RootStinging NettleWapatoWild GingerWild StrawberryYarrowFERNS, HORSETAILS,LICHENS & SEAWEEDSBeard LichenCommon HorsetailLicorice FernRed LaverCONCLUSIONBotanical GlossaryAppendixReferencesAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorAbout the RecipeContributorsIndex

“This will deepen readers’ appreciation for the restorative power of the outdoors.”