Welcome to Plant Pioneers
We are an intergenerational, multicultural, and diverse grassroots collective in mutual relationship with Plants, Place and Peoples. We prioritize and respectfully listen to the wise guidance and generous teachings of First Nations Peoples' and revere their Original Instructions in living harmoniously with land.
“At Plant Pioneers, we foster ecological respect in all our classes, courses, and trainings which are rooted in restoring our Nature connections.
Our mission and guiding principles are to:
1. Deschool from dominant thinking that has been
conditioned to our more than human-kin.
2. Embody heart-gut-Earth-mind centered being.
3. Re-weave Earth-being and transpersonal worldview .
4. Honor the Sacred and elements in all life.
5. Prioritize Nature and Plants as holders of agency.
6. Remember, re-learn, respect, relate, reciprocate at all times.
As a grassroots, inter-generational, culturally diverse, inter-species collective, we foster the-Nature-that-we-are resilience by:
1. Co-creating bravely.
2. Host inclusive spaces.
3. Envision regenerative futures.
4. Cultivate relationality.
We actively:
1. Divest from white supremacy, xenophobia, domination,
extraction.
2. Disengage from human exceptionalism, Plant blindness.
3. Denounce oppression and discrimination.
As members of Catskill Unity, we are united and share this walk with all members of our community: Indigenous, Black, Latinx, Asian, Muslim, Jewish, LGBTQIA2S+, individuals impacted by violence, oppression, racism, genderism.
And equally, we acknowledge the devastating impact of humanity's indiscriminate destruction to our more-than-human kin, perpetuating ecological harm, displacement, and extinction.
Marguerite Uhlmann-Bower is a Plant Medicine Person,
co-facilitator and sole proprietor of Plant Pioneers.
Workshops
Basic Oil Infusion Workbook
This 41-page guide is for the Nature enthusiast, Plant and/or Tree wild crafter, naturalist, homesteader who wild crafts, a wild foods forager, a budding herbalist or even a long-time herbalist, farmer or gardener, teacher, nurse, doctor, lawyer, anyone who desires to align themselves with the co-creative process of Plant oil making.
“Water flows over these hands. May I use them skillfully to preserve our precious planet.”
Thich Nhat Hanh