The Jane Minor BIPOC Community Medicine Garden is a dream and a future.
It was brought to life in honor of the herbalist, healer and emancipator, Jane Minor and my grandmother Jane Green who grew food, medicine and family.
The garden is a sanctuary for BIPOC folks to come together to connect with the Earth, the Plants, the Community, and with themselves. The garden has communal beds for all to freely enjoy, tend and harvest, as well as individual beds for folks to steward as they like, in accordance with our garden ethos.
The garden, located on intersections of both Gayogohó:no' and Onöñda’gega’ land, just southeast of Ithaca, NY, also has a community herb drying shed and hoop house as well as a classroom space, lending library of herb books and tools, a free farm-fresh egg fridge, and a free herbal medicine cabinet. Classes, work parties, food and medicine mutual aid and garden events happen regularly throughout the growing season.
The garden is made possible through the work of many hands and fundsraised through:
The People’s Medicine Project: Reclamation Fund and our new Garden Sustainer program (keep scrolling for more info). If you are interested in supporting the garden through one-time or monthly donations of any amount, please click the button below!
Through our collective work and support the garden is ever-growing, bringing more and more folks into the sanctuary of earth-based community. For our 2023 season, we are implementing a new membership structure to accommodate folks who may not live close enough to commit to regular stewardship, but would still like to join us in caring for and being cared for by this space!
The new garden membership tiers are: Personal Stewardship and Community Builder!