Location: Pocket Beach, Seattle, WA unceded lands of the Coast Salish Peoples, specifically the Duwamish, Suquamish, Stillaguamish, and Muckleshoot People.

Record date: 4/20/2026

Release date: 10/1/26

Hosts: Amber Martin and Natasha Morisawa

Edited: https://www.studiosymbiotic.com/

Episode Description:

Amber and Natasha take a walk in an area shared by humans and plants to explore the topic of Plant Blindness, our inability to recognize or underappreciation of plants around us on an everyday basis. They discuss some of the interesting reasons why this is and how this becomes a problem for humans, environments, and the plants themselves. They draw a correlation to Nature Deficit Disorder and start to find ways we can become more conscious of plants. They offer entry ways and invitations to address individual plant blindness and ways to make living with plants in a more connected manner.

Keywords:

Plant Blindness

Trees

Nature Deficit Disorder

Plants are important

Biodiversity

Native Plants

Plant guides

Botanical gardens

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Episode Resources Links:

https://therevelator.org/all-the-plants-we-cannot-see/

https://www.wearepugetsound.org/places/myrtle-edwards

https://www.madrona.org/news/coast-salish-stories

https://www.communitycommons.org/entities/db5f4e4b-fec5-4276-9d4a-95757d93e237

https://kessiworld.com/coast-salish-people/

“In some Native languages the term for plants translates to “those who take care of us.”

― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants