This is a video recording of the talk I did fall 2022 via ZOOM on the medicine and ecology of the Redroots, otherwise known as plants in the Ceanothus genus.

There’s a significant number of Ceanothus species on Turtle Island, especially concentrated on the West Coast, in fact over 30 species are found in California alone. But, species of Redroot, sometimes called New Jersey Tea, Snowbush, Deerbrush, Buckbrush, or Whitethorn among other common names— have traditions of use often where they are found, and also play a huge role cross-ecologically in the lands they inhabit. What can we learn from the tenacity of the Redroots where they grow, and how can we notice them more in our landscapes?

Sometimes Ceanothus species are incredibly abundant, sometimes they are threatened and somewhat rare depending on their location. Often the powerful medicine of Ceanothus is overlooked, under seen or set aside in typical Western materia medica. But, we could use a reconsideration of engagement with this group of plants in our modern times, and perhaps really NEED to ecologically and culturally.

Want to get into the Redroots with me? Join me for a ZOOM class on these plants. Bring questions about Redroots where you live and I can try to answer those questions the last part of class.

This class is based in part on a plant profile I wrote on my blog, back in 2018. Read it here.