Utah State University students create Indigenous garden with professor with Shoshone roots

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Utah State University students, led by professor Darren Parry, are creating an Indigenous garden.

The garden, located at Stokes Nature Center, showcases native plants from various tribes.

Parry emphasizes indigenous wisdom, aiming to educate students on sustainable land stewardship practices.

NIBLEY, Cache County — When Darren Parry was a child, he would walk Antelope Island with his grandmother, who was a Shoshone tribal elder. He recalled the lush landscape surrounded by water and the many indigenous plants that helped sustain life for his ancestral tribe, which is native to the surrounding areas.

That was back in the 1960s and '70s, and today, Parry is a Shoshone tribal elder himself. He is also a professor at Utah State University and the University of Utah, making i