Native Roots Farm Foundation (NRFF) puts its mission of revitalizing and amplifying Indigenous ecological knowledge into practice through programming.
Our programs use art, food, and horticulture as tools to highlight specific native plants, educate participants about the relationships Indigenous communities have with the environment, and nurture relationships with plants in hands-on and engaging ways.
NRFF’s programs help rekindle the reciprocal relationships that Indigenous people have with plants. We prioritize outreach to members of local Native American communities, and everyone is encouraged to join, no matter their background.
We hope you’ll join us in the community!
Help us put down roots! We’ll be planting native perennials at our budding garden in Georgetown. Reach out to Ares (Ares@nativerootsde.org) for more information and to register as a volunteer. We hope to see you there and celebrate the Fall Equinox together.
On September 12th and 13th, from 10am-6pm, you can find us at the 48th Annual Nanticoke Indian Powwow at Hudson Fields in Milton, DE.
Come out and engage all of your senses as you connect with Mahchikpi (Lenape for Pawpaw). You’ll learn how Indigenous people have been in relationship with this native plant, the largest fruit native to North America, and get to enjoy free samples! Those who are interested in taking their relationships with Mahchikpi even further will have the opportunity to take seeds home to nurture their own tree.
We need you! We’d love your help to make Tehim (Lenape for Strawberry) Juice ahead of the Nanticoke Indian Powwow. If you’re interested joining us in Wilmington, DE to lend a hand, please let Ares (Ares@nativerootsde.org) know.
(Slots available 10am - Noon and 2-4pm)
We need you! We’d love your help to make Tehim (Lenape for Strawberry) Juice ahead of the Nanticoke Indian Powwow. If you’re interested joining us in Wilmington, DE to lend a hand, please let Ares (Ares@nativerootsde.org) know.
(Slots available 10am - Noon and 2-4pm)
Join us on at the Academy of Natural Sciences (in Philadelphia) for NRFF’s Cyanotype Workshop which accompanies the Botany of Nations exhibit. We’ll learn about Indigenous peoples’ relationships with select native plants and then create cyanotype (sun) prints with those plants.
A few free spots are available for members of the NRFF community. Reach out to Ares (Ares@nativerootsde.org) to sign up! General admission to the exhibit is included with the program.
Join us this Summer as we tend to the garden! Typical volunteer activities include weeding, pruning, and mulching. On hotter days, we process past harvests by grinding Corn and shelling Beans.
Join us this Summer as we tend to the garden! Typical volunteer activities include weeding, pruning, and mulching. On hotter days, we process past harvests by grinding Corn and shelling Beans.
Join us this Summer as we tend to the garden! Typical volunteer activities include weeding, pruning, and mulching. On hotter days, we process past harvests by grinding Corn and shelling Beans.
Join us at the Academy of Natural Sciences for Botany of Nations. We will create cyanotype sun prints with native plants and learn about Indigenous ecological knowledge and the relationships between local ecology, art, and Indigenous cultures. Participants will arrange native plants on light-sensitive paper, expose them to sunlight, and rinse them to create detailed blue silhouettes — or cyanotype prints.
Join us this Summer as we tend to the garden! Typical volunteer activities include weeding, pruning, and mulching. On hotter days, we process past harvests by grinding Corn and shelling Beans.
Join us this Summer as we tend to the garden! Typical volunteer activities include weeding, pruning, and mulching. On hotter days, we process past harvests by grinding Corn and shelling Beans.
Join us this Summer as we tend to the garden! Typical volunteer activities include weeding, pruning, and mulching. On hotter days, we process past harvests by grinding Corn and shelling Beans.
SAVE THE DATE: Join us in Georgetown, DE, at NRFF’s new, permanent home on June 11th from 10am - 12noon to help us plant native flowers and shrubs. This will be an exciting opportunity to support local pollinators and it’s also our first volunteer program in Georgetown!
SAVE THE DATE: Join us for the annual Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Powwow at the Cumberland County Fairgrounds
Join the East Coast Seedkeepers in Colorado for the annual GoldLab Symposium for “Indigenous Ecological Knowledge: Recognizing, Revitalizing, and Guiding Us Forward”
Celebrate Indigenous cultures with traditional dance, music, arts and crafts, food vendors, and kids’ art activities! In partnership with the Nanticoke Indian Association, this event celebrates Indigenous culture with traditional dance, music, arts and crafts, food vendors, and art activities for children. This Powwow is open to the public. Visitors of all ages and background welcome.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s annual spring conference Making Brooklyn Bloom is offered free to community gardeners and the broader public with exhibits, workshops, networking opportunities, and speakers focusing on sustainable horticulture.
At 11am and 1:30pm, NRFF will lead the program rainting with Native Plants.
Join us for Cooking with the Three Sisters: Ancestral Plants and Modern Techniques, a hands-on cooking class on Saturday, December 6th from 1-3pm at the Dover Public Library. Chef Joe Rocchi (Pamunkey) will lead participants in preparing three dishes from culturally meaningful varieties of Corn and Squash grown in The Three Sisters Garden. You’ll flex your culinary creativity, learn about the plants' significance in the Lenape and Nanticoke communities, and carry on culinary traditions based in sustainability and sovereignty.
We’ll see you at Museum of the City of New York for We Are Still Here! Lunaapeew/Lenape Celebration Day. We’ll uplift plants native to Lenapehoking; speak their names in their first language, Lenape; discuss the cultural importance of these plants; and then paint with inks made from the highlighted plants. Come out and let your creative juices flow!
NRFF’s own Courtney Streett is a featured speaker at the Ecological Landscape Alliance’s annual conference Regenerative Solutions of Resilient Landscapes. Join us at The Delaware Center for Horticulture for a day filled with learning.
Courtney will discuss how Indigenous people have been, continue to be, and will remain rooted to these lands that we now call the Americas. She will share how ecological knowledge has been extracted from Indigenous communities and commodified, why it's critically important for organizations like NRFF to exist, and what allies can do.
Behind every seed is a story. Join us for a hands-on and educational program highlighting two local, culturally meaningful Squash varieties and to grow your autonomy as a gardener. This program is led by Nate Kleinman of the Experimental Farm Network and Courtney Streett, NRFF’s President/Executive Director.
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER
New York area friends, IPDNYC (Indigenous Peoples Day NYC will be celebrated October 12th and 13th on Randall’s Island. Let’s honor and recognize Lenapehoking’s first people during this beautiful fall event.
At Native Roots Farm Foundation (NRFF), we are upholding and revitalizing our ancestors’ teachings by leading hands-on cultural programming, rematriating ancestral foods, and creating spaces for healing and community in The Three Sisters Garden and throughout the region.
We invite you to join us in honoring balance and building resilience for the next Seven Generations. Help us raise $10,000 during our annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day campaign, this weekend, to sustain and grow our programs and organization. Your support helps us strengthen food sovereignty, grow our impact, and create spaces of healing and cultural pride.
The first Pow Wow held in Prospect Park since 1972, and the second ever Lenape Pow Wow in New York City, this free, two-day public event welcomes the original Indigenous Lenape peoples who were forced to relocate across the continent back to their ancestral homelands to reunite and share their cultures with Brooklynites today. Join the weekend of family friendly fun, culture, art and learning with Indigenous dancers, drummers, and artisan craft and food vendors.
We look forward to seeing you at Hudson Fields in September!
Please contact the Nanticoke Indian Association with any questions.
It’s almost time for the Nanticoke Indian Powwow and your help is needed. If you enjoy flexing your culinary muscles, we could use your help preparing Tehim Juice for the powwow. We will be making the hydrating sweet treat on Thursday, September 4th in Wilmington, DE. Sign up now to lend a hand!
It’s almost time for the Nanticoke Indian Powwow and your help is needed. If you enjoy flexing your culinary muscles, we could use your help preparing Tehim Juice for the powwow. We will be making the hydrating sweet treat on Thursday, September 4th in Wilmington, DE. Sign up now to lend a hand!
We would love to welcome YOU to The Three Sisters Garden in Middletown, DE! Come slow down, be in community, and help us weed, harvest, and celebrate the Lenape and Nanticoke Corn, Beans, and Squash flourishing in their ancestral soils. Opportunities to join us include August 12th, 19th, and 26th from 9am-1pm. Sign up now to volunteer with NRFF – and we will be in touch!
We would love to welcome YOU to The Three Sisters Garden in Middletown, DE! Come slow down, be in community, and help us weed, harvest, and celebrate the Lenape and Nanticoke Corn, Beans, and Squash flourishing in their ancestral soils. Opportunities to join us include August 12th, 19th, and 26th from 9am-1pm. Sign up now to volunteer with NRFF – and we will be in touch!
We would love to welcome YOU to The Three Sisters Garden in Middletown, DE! Come slow down, be in community, and help us weed, harvest, and celebrate the Lenape and Nanticoke Corn, Beans, and Squash flourishing in their ancestral soils. Opportunities to join us include August 12th, 19th, and 26th from 9am-1pm. Sign up now to volunteer with NRFF – and we will be in touch!
Join us at the Brandywine Conservancy and Museum of Art for Creative Escape: Painting with Native Plants. There are *10* complimentary community tickets for the program. If you would like to reserve community tickets, email NRFF with (1) your name, (2) your email address, (3) your phone number, and (4) the number of tickets you would like.