Ethnobotany Quotes

“If the Sun is the source of flow in the economy of nature, what is the “Sun” of a human gift economy, the source that consonantly replenishes the flow of gifts? Maybe it is love.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

“Once you go plant, you never go back.”
― Edward Flaherty, The 23 Club

“Ethnobotanists know that the more names a plant has, the greater its cultural importance.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World