'More than just a serene space': Medicine garden planted at Fresno VA

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A caller medicine plot "to enactment the cultural, spiritual, and intelligence well-being of Native American Veterans" was blessed by local Native American elders connected Tuesday.

The VA says the plot astatine the VA Central California Health Care System volition supply a harmless and accessible sanctuary for Native American Veterans to link with their practice and volition diagnostic accepted plants specified arsenic lemongrass, rosemary, lavender, sweetgrass, and cedar that tin beryllium picked for healing rituals.

"This plot volition correspond much than conscionable a serene abstraction — it volition beryllium a surviving tribute to Native American healing practices and a awesome of our committedness to holistic attraction for Veterans," the VA said.

The task was made imaginable by a donation from the Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians designated for VA Mental Health Services.