A lyrical, powerful invitation to remember our sacred relationship with the Earth

Some books change how you think. Braiding Sweetgrass changes how you see. How you listen. How you move through the world.

Written by botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Robin Wall Kimmerer, this stunning book is a weaving—of Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, personal story, and poetic reverence for the living world. It’s not just about plants. It’s about relationship—to land, to spirit, to each other.

And it’s one of the most beautiful, thought-provoking books we’ve ever read.

A Book of Deep Remembering

At its heart, Braiding Sweetgrass is a call to remember:

That the Earth is not a resource, but a relative.

That the plants are not passive, but teachers.

That gratitude is not a nicety, but a practice of reciprocity.

Through chapters that explore everything from the biology of lichen to the gift economy of wild strawberries, Kimmerer invites us to slow down, pay attention, and open our hearts to the wisdom of the natural world. Her writing is rich and rhythmic, blending the precision of a scientist with the soul of a poet.

You don’t just read this book. You feel it in your body. You carry it with you when you walk through the forest, when you harvest from your garden, when you speak words of thanks into your tea.

Why We Love It

We love Braiding Sweetgrass because it reminds us that reverence and responsibility go hand in hand. That we belong to this Earth—not as owners or managers, but as kin.

Kimmerer doesn’t preach. She shows. With humility, with grace, and with an unwavering love for both the soil and the spirit of this planet.

This book speaks to the soul of anyone who has ever felt awe in nature… or longed to reconnect with it more deeply. It’s an offering, a medicine, and a guide for how we might live in right relationship again.

Favorite Quote:

“In a culture of gratitude, everyone knows that gifts will follow the circle of reciprocity and flow back to you again… The more something is shared, the greater its value becomes.”

A Book to Revisit, Again and Again

Whether you read it straight through or one chapter at a time, Braiding Sweetgrass has a way of reshaping your inner landscape. It asks us to listen—to the wind, the roots, the stories held in seeds and stones. And most of all, it asks us to remember that we are not separate.

We are nature. We are part of the braid.