The Native American Cultural Garden Workshop

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Native American Cultural Garden Workshop 2.19.2020

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Work collaboratively to develop concepts for a Native American Cultural Garden on the UNC campus.

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DATE: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 TIME: 10am-4pm AT: NC Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, NC

TIME 10:00 am 10:30 am

TOPIC Welcome, Introductions, Workshop Overview “Dreamwork” Collaborative small group work to: Contribute to the vision Generate and share “dream boards” Generate and sort garden priorities

12:00 pm Working lunch

Sharing from tribal communities

1:30 pm “Root Them Together”

Collaborative small group work to: Share preferred cultural programming

Share preferred uses and experiences 3:30 pm Review of workshop findings 4:00 pm Adjourn

With generous support from

Agenda

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From Seed to Tree

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SHADE

GATHERING PLACES

WALKING PATHS

SYMBOLIC FEATURES

SEASONAL PLANTINGS

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Gardens

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DREAMWORK Collaborative small group work to contribute to the garden vision and priorities

Garden Vision Discussion

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Guide: 1. Each small group (table) nominates a recorder charged with taking notes for the table and sharing their notes with the full

group.

2. Each small group reviews the proposed vision statement for the garden.

3. Each individual in each small group responds to the questions (below).

4. Each individual shares their responses and engages in discussion.

5. Each table shares its findings in a moderated discussion.

Vision Statement* “The Native American Cultural Garden is an outdoor community space that affirms Native identity via a connection with the natural world.� *adapted from Proposal to Establish a Native American Cultural Garden at UNC-Chapel Hill

Questions: 1. Are you familiar with the vision statement?

2. What does the statement mean to you (as a Student? Faculty?

Researcher? Stakeholder?)

3. If you could change anything about this vision statement, what would you change? Why?

DREAMWORK

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Garden Dream Board Guide: 1. Each individual selects a base (a sheet of paper) and symbolic materials 2. Each individual assembles a model representing an experience responding to the prompt (below) 3. Each individual gives their dream board a name and shares a 1-minute oral presentation of their model to the full group.* *These presentations will be video-recorded for internal use.

Prompt: Use the symbolic materials to describe a place where you’ve felt connected to your community, identity, and nature. When complete, describe the most important qualities of your place with the group.

DREAMWORK

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Garden Priorities

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Guide: 1. Each individual will review the existing garden priorities (below).

2. Using sticky notes, each individual will share their mission priorities by placing them on a poster with areas indicating priorities ranging from “Essential” to “Preferred” to “Optional”.

3. If individuals want to share additional priorities, they can mark and place additional sticky notes on the poster.

Garden Priorities*

*adapted from Proposal to Establish a Native American Cultural Garden at UNC-Chapel Hill

A conservation-oriented cultural garden that: Creates a gathering place to celebrate American Indian cultures.

Affirms American Indian identity, culture, indigenous ecological knowledge.

Supports American Indian students in adjusting to life on campus.

Serves as a teaching tool for the greater community.

Finally Please share your personal dream for the Native American Cultural Garden. Use a sheet of paper to complete this statement: “The Native American Cultural Garden will...”

DREAMWORK

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ROOT THEM TOGETHER Collaborative work to contribute to preferred garden uses and experiences.

Programming

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Guide: 1. At tables, small groups will discuss what programs, uses, and activities they would like to see in the Native American Cultural Garden in response to the prompts (below).

2. After a list is generated, each individual at the table will use sticky dots to indicate their top three (3) preferred programs in the garden.

The whole group will sort into stakeholder groups (students, faculty, community, etc.).

The stakeholder groups will walk around and add input via sticky notes to each table group’s work in response to the prompts (below).

Prompts (table): 1. What programs and uses would you like to see in the Native American Cultural Garden?

2. What programs and uses best reflect your cultural heritage?

Who do you envision using these programs and uses?

Prompts (stakeholder groups): 1. From your perspective, which programs and uses would your stakeholder group like to see?

2. From your perspective, are there additional programs and uses that could enhance the ones proposed by the small group?

ROOT THEM TOGETHER

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Experience Exercise

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Guide: 1. Each small group (table) reviews the case study document (printed sheets of images representing potential design experiences). Images will be presented showing a wide array of settings, environments, scales, and contexts.

2. Each individual uses sticky dots (color-coded) to vote for their most preferred uses and experiences.

3. If there are uses or experiences that are not represented, individuals can add them to the case study document.

The whole group will sort into stakeholder groups (students, faculty, community, etc.).

The stakeholder groups will walk around and add input via sticky notes to each table group’s work in response to the prompts (below).

Prompts (stakeholder groups): 1. From your perspective, which experiences would your stakeholder group like to see?

2. From your perspective, are there additional experiences that could enhance the ones proposed by the small group?

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ROOT THEM TOGETHER