Robin Wall Kimmerer is an author of wide acclaim and botanist, trained to ask scientific questions about the natural world. As a woman, mother, and member of the Citizen Potawatomi, she also supports the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. 

In her New York Times-best-selling book, Braiding Sweetgrass, she explores these dichotomies to advocate for a harmonious and balanced relationship with the natural world, taking readers on a journey of realization and reflection.

Kimmerer's work is an attestation to the wisdom and knowledge that all living things—from plants to the smallest animals – offer gifts and lessons. Throughout Braiding Sweetgrass, she reflects on one central argument: expanding broader ecological awareness requires recognizing and honouring our interconnected relationship with the natural world. Only when we can understand the natural world and “hear their voices” can we truly understand the gifts it offers and learn to give back.

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• Milkweed Editions, 2015
• Paperback, 386 pages
• 5.5" × 8.5”
  
• New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Readers Pick
• #1 New York Times Bestseller
• Washington Post and Los Angeles Times Bestseller
  

Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, which has earned Kimmerer wide acclaim. As a writer and a scientist, her interests in restoration include not only restoration of ecological communities, but restoration of our relationships to land. She holds a BS in Botany from SUNY ESF, an MS and PhD in Botany from the University of Wisconsin and is the author of numerous scientific papers on plant ecology, bryophyte ecology, traditional knowledge and restoration ecology. She lives on an old farm in upstate New York, tending gardens both cultivated and wild.

Robin Wall Kimmerer is an author of wide acclaim and botanist, trained to ask scientific questions about the natural world. As a woman, mother, and member of the Citizen Potawatomi, she also supports the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. 

In her New York Times-best-selling book, Braiding Sweetgrass, she explores these dichotomies to advocate for a harmonious and balanced relationship with the natural world, taking readers on a journey of realization and reflection.

Kimmerer's work is an attestation to the wisdom and knowledge that all living things—from plants to the smallest animals – offer gifts and lessons. Throughout Braiding Sweetgrass, she reflects on one central argument: expanding broader ecological awareness requires recognizing and honouring our interconnected relationship with the natural world. Only when we can understand the natural world and “hear their voices” can we truly understand the gifts it offers and learn to give back.

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• Milkweed Editions, 2015
• Paperback, 386 pages
• 5.5" × 8.5”
  
• New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Readers Pick
• #1 New York Times Bestseller
• Washington Post and Los Angeles Times Bestseller
  

Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, which has earned Kimmerer wide acclaim. As a writer and a scientist, her interests in restoration include not only restoration of ecological communities, but restoration of our relationships to land. She holds a BS in Botany from SUNY ESF, an MS and PhD in Botany from the University of Wisconsin and is the author of numerous scientific papers on plant ecology, bryophyte ecology, traditional knowledge and restoration ecology. She lives on an old farm in upstate New York, tending gardens both cultivated and wild.