The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World (Hardcover) Vine It forms thickets and grows

It forms thickets and grows on hillsides

Whether that landscape is in an urban

Remember when there were bugs on your windshield

Birds also love the fruit

When Oregon territory was opened for homesteading in the early 1800s

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World (Hardcover) Vine It forms thickets and growsFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world. As Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from