Center for Cherokee Plants

One of the exciting projects under development is the Center for
Cherokee Plants. The Center will be a headquarters for growing
culturally significant Cherokee plants. The Center will consist of a
nursery and garden area for propagating and growing Cherokee
traditional vegetables, wild edible plants, plants significant as
Cherokee artisans' resources, and native plants for landscape
revegitation projects and a building to house the Cherokee Traditional
Crops Seed Bank. Public educational programs will be developed and held
at the Center on a regular basis. The Center stemmed from a seed bank
feasibility study lead by Kevin Welch. Funding for these projects,
secured by the FRTEP Agent, is from the Cherokee Preservation
Foundation with additional funders pending.