{"id":16526,"date":"2017-03-23T18:33:34","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T18:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testv45.demowebsitelinks.com\/ColleenKeane\/?p=16526"},"modified":"2023-09-28T22:37:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T22:37:16","slug":"garden-at-the-ipcc-yields-more-than-fruits-vegetables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testv45.demowebsitelinks.com\/ColleenKeane\/2017\/03\/23\/garden-at-the-ipcc-yields-more-than-fruits-vegetables\/","title":{"rendered":"Garden at the IPCC yields more than fruits, vegetables"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAt the first Seasons of Growth Learning class held on March 12, several Albuquerque residents learned about the basics about composting and amending the soil while helping to <\/strong>develop the Resilience Garden.<\/strong><\/p>\n

BY COLLEEN KEANE
\n<\/strong>SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
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ALBUQUERQUE<\/strong> \u2013 The Resilience Garden on the grounds of the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center is no ordinary garden. It\u2019s a journey that takes you thousands of years back into the past.<\/p>\n

Then, leaves you off in the present with knowledge of traditional Pueblo farming, water systems and conservation techniques that survived despite colonizing efforts to wipe them out.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a clear story to tell,\u201d said Bettina Sandoval, Taos Pueblo, Cultural Education Specialist at the center.<\/p>\n

In four elongated plots, the Resilience Garden demonstrates how Pueblo people preserved their way of life.<\/p>\n

\u201cThroughout everything, the Pueblos have maintained their language, their culture, their farming,\u201d noted Sandoval who designed and built the garden with staff and volunteers.<\/p>\n

Stepping back into time, the first plot reflects the practice of foraging for fruits and vegetables before the Spanish invaded Pueblo lands and the U.S. set its sights on a Manifest Destiny.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea of the first area is to show the abundance of foods tribes had even before they started farming and gardening,\u201d said Sandoval, adding that in the mountainous terrain near her homelands, plums, chokecherries, and many other fruits and vegetables grow wild. \u201cWe still go and gather. We know where to get them,\u201d she remarked.<\/p>\n

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\nSeveral people gather for the Seasons of Growth Learning class on March 12 at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, located near the corner of Twelfth and Menaul in Albuquerque.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Walking along the path that weaves in and around the garden rows, Sandoval moved the story of Pueblo farming ahead in time. Pointing to the second row, waffle-looking designs emerge from indented mounds lined up next to each other.<\/p>\n

The waffling method was used early on by Zuni farmers, who have worked the high desert, southwestern lands for more than a thousand years, according to historical records.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf there wasn\u2019t any rain in a week, instead of flooding an entire field, the Zuni people realized it was better to concentrate the water. The raised edges keeps water around the plants instead of needlessly overflowing a plot of land,\u201d explained Sandoval.<\/p>\n

Following the path once again, Sandoval turned her attention to the third planting row.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not fully developed yet, but when it is, a portion of it will be walled to demonstrate the period of time, around the late 1200\u2019s, when Pueblo communities settled along the Rio Grande Valley.<\/p>\n

This phase also demonstrates how Pueblo farmers conserved the run-off from the flooding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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