OPINION: We Alaskans can now collectively celebrate our state’s native plants in a formal way, because May has officially been proclaimed Alaska Native Plant Month.
Wild iris are in bloom on the Eklutna Flats Wednesday evening June 25, 2008, along the Glenn Highway.
But it wasn’t until after I settled in Alaska in the early 1980s that my relationship with native plants deepened in ways I had never imagined. Here I’ve become a forager of sorts, first a berry picker and then also a gatherer of wild edible greens; both are now important seasonal activities that nourish me both physically and spiritually.
One of the great joys of my summer hikes into the mountains is to spend time in high alpine meadows, surrounded by gloriously beautiful — and amazingly hardy — wildflowers. And one of my primary springtime delights is to discover the first sprouting plants and blooming wildflowers, the landscape once more “coming alive” after winter’s dormancy.
Society president Elizabeth Bluemink presented the proposal to the AKNPS board, which enthusiastically endorsed the idea, and she then reached out to a wide range of other organizations. Eventually seven groups co-signed the proclamation request.
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