Three Sisters Planting with Angela Ferguson

Join Onondaga farmer, seedkeeper, and educator Angela Ferguson, and help plant Three Sisters seeds in the Discovery Garden’s courtyard. The Three Sisters (corn, squash, and beans) have been planted together by Indigenous people in the Americas for thousands of years, with the understanding that each of these plants supports and reinforces the growth of the others.

Visitors can taste traditional Haudenosaunee foods and take part in hands-on learning opportunities about the Three Sisters crops.

This is a drop-in program for visitors of all ages, including children. Included with Garden admission.

All programs are outdoors and will be canceled in inclement weather. Check this page for updates.

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• Angela Ferguson, a member of the Onondaga Nation (Eel Clan), is supervisor of the Onondaga Nation Farm and a member of Braiding the Sacred, a grassroots network of Indigenous corn growers. She is known as a leader in the Indigenous food sovereignty movement. Read BBG’s interview with her in Garden Stories: Angela Ferguson of Onondaga Nation Farm on the Importance of Saving Seeds.

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