Founded in March 2021, the Healing Garden at Hilltop is a space dedicated to slowing down, reconnecting with the land, and reconnecting with self. We work together with the garden to unlearn urgency, perfectionism, and hierarchical decision making, and create space for multiple ways of knowing, relating to land, and relating to one another. For many of us, the garden has become a place to process disconnections from homeland, expressing our multicultural stories through plants, recipes, and memories. Our work in the garden is also dedicated to understanding the histories and present stewardship practices of the myaamaki, Lënape, Bodéwadmik, and saawanwa, the original caretakers of this landscape. By tracing relationships to land from the past to the present, we explore the roots of our own disconnection, and envision creative and collective paths forward.
Be sure to check out our website www.healinggardeniub.com for our “Stories from the Garden” blog series, interactive curricula for use with the garden, and other upcoming projects.
Stop by for our summer volunteer hours Fridays 4-7pm (through mid-November), and keep an eye out for any updates through our Instagram account @healinggarden_iub, on Facebook @Healing Garden Indiana University Bloomington and @Jardin Curativo Universidad de Indiana Bloomington
