Tewa Women United: Healing Foods Oasis
This ethnobotanic medicinal and edible public demonstration garden sits on a slope between Española City Hall and adjacent Valdez Park. The garden includes native tree, shrub, grass, perennial and edible species, as well as heirloom fruit trees, benches, shade structures, walkways, passive water harvesting, berms and swales and erosion control.
Beata Tsosie-Pena of Tewa Women United. Her vision is coming to life!
Many hands joined in for planting, mulching and tending.
First planting day, spring 2016
Swales collect and direct water to plant roots while preventing soil erosion.
Necessary hydration
A volunteer learning and work day
Many hands coming together to plant, spring 2016