The Indigenous Food Sovereignty Garden

Located at 1467 Highway 15 in Kingston, Ontario, the Indigenous Food Sovereignty Garden was established in 2021 and is an Indigenous-led expression of community resilience. For three growing seasons, more than 600 volunteers have cultivated vegetable gardens, planted and harvested medicines, established a pollinator garden, and planted over 1000 native species of trees and shrubs in this community space. ​At the garden, Indigenous community members engage in personal Asemma (Sacred Tobacco) ceremony and explore a collective “remembering” of our fundamental relationship with Shkakmigkwe (Mother Earth) as a beloved relative. Relationship with land supports individual and community cultural well-being and resilience, is necessary for Indigenous food sovereignty,  and enables tangible climate action.