Upaya Zen Center's Dharma Podcast

Planting Life 2026: Ancestral Knowledge


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In this third session of Planting LifeRoxanne Swentzell of Santa Clara Pueblo — sculptor, farmer, and founder of Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute — offers a quiet and generous tour of Pueblo agricultural knowledge. Speaking at her first public appearance since a serious accident, Roxanne moves through the ancestral farming methods her people developed for one of the harshest growing environments in North America. Stone mulch gardens, check dams, sunken waffle gardens, and companion planting all derive from a single principle — “Nature wants to live. It wants to grow. It wants to thrive.” The farmer’s work is simply to pay attention and follow that lead. For Roxanne, farming has always been about something deeper than technique: “It’s always been about relationship. It’s always been about how we connect with each other.”

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