Taqwsheblu Vi Hilbert Ethnobotanical Garden

Taqwsheblu Vi Hilbert Ethnobotanical Garden (Lushootseed spelling taqʷšəblu; sometimes simply Vi Hilbert Ethnobotanical Garden)[1] is a botanical garden on the Seattle University campus, in the U.S. state of Washington.

The garden is named after Vi Hilbert, a Native American tribal elder of the Upper Skagit,[2] and commemorates her work to document and preserve the Lushootseed language.

[3] According to Seattle University, the garden is among several on campus which "[showcase] the relationship between Lushootseed language-speaking peoples and the native plants of our southern Salish Sea region".

[4] Curbed's 2019 list of sixteen "breathtaking" botanical gardens in the Seattle metropolitan area said the garden "highlights plants important to First Peoples of the Puget Sound region—whether, sacred, culinary, utility, or a combination".

[5] Signs throughout the garden display plant names in Lushootseed, along with information about local Indigenous peoples' relationship with them.

Garden trail in 2022