Horse Lake Elementary
"Horse Lake Elementary's grade 7 class travelled to the north shore of Horse Lake to record where a variety of Indigenous plants were located and respectfully harvest some of the plants, under the guidance of their teacher, Mrs. Pugh. After harvest, some of the plants will be used for gifts for visiting elders and knowledge keepers and other plants will be re-seeded into our Indigenous Plant Garden located behind our classroom.
Our Indigenous Plant Garden was created in 2022 as part of a NOIIE funded project with the help of Secwepemc elder Grace Archie and Knowledge Keeper Joe Archie who guided us to discover plants around our school. This year's field trip will continue the legacy and keep the garden growing.
Students will continue to work with the garden in May-June when we will be transplanting smaller plants into the garden as well. Also, a cultural map of the plants we observed will be created to show others where various plants used for ceremony, food, technology, and medicine are found in our area.
