FY2020-2021 A POTPOURRI OF ACTIVITIES
Not just another pretty plant | The Walk Through Time Garden was launched at the Center for New Mexico Archaeology in FY2021, providing an educational purpose for landscaping. Unlike most botanical gardens, it shows that beauty lies in the functions and historic roles of plants more than in color and form. Specialty perennials like yucca (basketry and fiber), sumac (beverages, dyes and basketry materials) and Apache plume (arrow shafts) grow alongside more familiar edibles such as currants, chokecherries and wild plums. This ambitious project will be a work in progress for years to come.
Left: The Walk Through Time Garden features terraces crafted by retired Office of Archaeological Studies archaeologist Vernon Foster (Navajo/Diné). These help spread and hold water harvested from the roof of the Center for New Mexico Archaeology, increasing the diversity of environments around the building for both cultivated and natural plantings. Photo by Saro Calewarts.
60 programs reaching 1,104 children and 1,157 adults
175 archaeomagnetic dating specimens, 1,787 measurements
5 programs delivered directly to Native American communities
128 Radiocarbon samples dated
1,200+ activity kits distributed statewide 20 new client projects 16
$50,000 exhibitions and education support $32,000 grants funded $139,000 total private support m useumfoundation.org
