WHO WE ARE
Cultivating Connection Through Plants & Herbs
Black Woman Plant Chronicles (BWPC), founded by Charlene Lord in 2021, is a Black-owned, woman-led initiative cultivating connection through plants and herbs. Charlene is an herbalist who loves making herbal preparations, a plant hobbyist, and gardener who creates safe, accessible spaces - both in-person and virtual - for Black and marginalized communities to learn houseplant care, herbalism, and sustainable gardening. We approach our work as apprentices to the plants, tending, learning, and growing together to strengthen community resistance.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
I respectfully recognize the many Nations of Indigenous People who presently live on Turtle Island (so called Canada), the presence of Indigenous peoples, both in the past, and present, as I commit to action, education, meaningful dialogue and necessary change.
It’s not a matter of saying the words but being committed in solidarity. I am committed to ongoing solidarity by signing petitions in solidarity, voting in solidarity, doing business in solidarity, volunteering, showing up & calling out in solidarity.
I acknowledge the many people of African descent who are not settlers but whose ancestors were forcibly displaced as part of the transatlantic slave trade, brought here against their will, and made to work on these lands.
I am grateful for the many significant contributions made by Indigenous peoples and Black Canadians.
I believe that advancing Indigenous sovereignty is deeply and inextricably linked to Black liberation and I remain committed to advancing both.
