Medicinal & Edible Plant Walks
Authentic Land Connection, Food Sovereignty, and Traditional Knowledge
Walk With the Land, Walk With Our Ancestors
At Dreamcatcher Holistic Health Services Inc. (DHHS), our Medicinal and Edible Plant Walks are a ceremony of learning, led with humility and reverence for the land. Cristina Armstrong, Director of Land-Based Healing at DHHS and Leader of the Stewards of Sc'ianew society, guides these walks, inviting participants to move beyond identification into authentic relationships with the plant relatives who sustain us.
More Than Identification: Learning to Respect and Connect
We believe that proper knowledge goes beyond knowing the names or uses of plants. Our walks teach participants to respect, listen to, and connect authentically with the land; with teachings rooted in Indigenous worldview, protocol, and story.
- Led by Cristina Armstrong, Stewards of Sc’ianew: Cristina brings decades of lived, cultural, and scientific knowledge to every walk, weaving together traditional teachings, ceremony, and connection with wild foods.
- Nation-Specific and Community-Led: Each plant walk is co-created with local leadership, Elders, and knowledge keepers, ensuring teachings honour your Nation’s unique protocols, language, and territory.
- Healing Through Relationship: Participants are invited to deepen their relationship with the land, learning from the plants for medicine, food, and as teachers and kin.
Food Sovereignty: The Garden is All Around Us
While we celebrate beautiful food gardens, we know that food sovereignty is strengthened by understanding the wild foods that grow all around us.
When your Nation’s members can recognize, harvest, and prepare the wild foods native to your homelands, it nurtures a sense of self-determination, confidence, and resilience.
The Land as Our First Teacher: The teachings emphasize that every meadow, forest, and shoreline is filled with abundance and nourishment, waiting to be respectfully re-learned and reclaimed.
Self-Determination and Resilience: Rediscovering wild foods builds community strength and ensures that knowledge and wellness are passed on for generations.
What Sets Our Plant Walks Apart?
- Authentic, Respectful Connection: We teach mindful, reciprocal relationships with the land, guided by our own and local values and protocol.
- Holistic Wellness: Walks support spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical well-being; rooted in trauma-informed, culturally safe practices.
- Accessible and Inclusive: People of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds are welcome, and adaptations are available for Elders and those with limited mobility.
- Ethical Harvesting and Conservation: All teachings include respectful harvesting practices
Cristina Armstrong
Christina Armstrong is a proud member of the Sc’ianew First Nation (Beecher Bay) and the founder and director of the Stewards of Sc’ianew Society, an organization dedicated to environmental restoration, cultural preservation, and community collaboration. With deep roots in her heritage, Christina’s lineage connects her to many other nations through her mother, Evelyn Vandermaas (Sc’ianew), and her father, Robert Armstrong (Seabird Island).
Established on March 3, 2021, the Stewards of Sc’ianew Society reflects Christina’s vision of rehabilitating the environment by removing invasive plant species and restoring Indigenous habitats. Under her leadership, the organization has developed initiatives such as a restoration and reclamation crew training program, empowering community members to participate in environmental stewardship while actively building essential skills.
Christina is passionate about fostering meaningful relationships with surrounding communities, businesses, and like-minded organizations. She believes that through collaboration, it is possible to create lasting, positive impacts on the environment for future generations. Her work emphasizes the interconnectedness of people and the land, blending traditional knowledge with practical restoration efforts.
A dedicated leader and visionary, Christina attributes much of the organization’s success to the support of her family, friends, volunteers, and donors. She extends special gratitude to Vancity for investing in the society’s vision of a resilient economy that aligns with environmental sustainability, as well as to her mentor, Jay Silverberg of Synergy Management Group, whose guidance has been instrumental in bringing the Stewards of Sc’ianew Society to life.
As the land-based healing director for DHHS, Christina’s work is rooted in cultural preservation, environmental stewardship, and community empowerment. Her efforts inspire others to reconnect with the land and actively participate in its restoration, ensuring a thriving environment for generations to come.
Ready to Walk With Us?
If you’re ready to strengthen food sovereignty, deepen your relationship with the land, and reclaim ancestral knowledge, we invite your community to experience a Medicinal and Edible Plant Walk with Dreamcatcher HHS.
Contact us to book a walk, request a customized proposal, or start a conversation:
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The garden is all around us. We walk with the plants, with our ancestors and future generations.
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