The Shakopee Mdewakanton garden is called “Wozupi,” a Dakota word meaning “a place where things grow.” Since starting in 2010, the garden has more than doubled in size. Now in its fifth growing season, the 12-acre Wozupi has an orchard with trees bearing indigenous fruits — June berries, elderberries and wild plums. Goats and chickens roam the newly added Children’s Garden. There’s also a Heritage Garden, where ancient seeds given to them from other tribes grow. Chokecherries, prairie onions, Cherokee tomatoes and Lower Sioux corn are among the native plants recently brought back to life.
Posted on: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 04:14:12 +0000
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