In some Native languages, the word plant translates as ‘those who take care of us’*

In Welsh, the word plant itself means children

Wrapped up in these words is the eternal cycle of Earth

Of birth and death and rebirth

Ancient secrets and forgotten truths hidden in ancient words

And when these words are seldom spoken

It leaves a whole sleeping legacy of wisdom

Waiting to be awoken.

This is the true power of the spell –

Words already magic because of the truths that they tell.

• Quote from Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer