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Elecampane patches around the edge of the garden help to attract native pollinators like bumblebees which are needed for pollination of certain vegetables like tomatoes, peppers and eggplants.

Bumblebee gathering pollen from an elcampane flower. This plant provides food for pollinators and the root can be used as a healing herb.

Elcampane flower.

Elcampane patch in the Raíces EcoCulture herbal gardens.

Bumblebees are attracted to elcampane, a flowering perrenial grown around the edges of the Raíces EcoCulture gardens. The root of this plant can also be used as a healing herb.

A variety of healing herbs from the Raíces EcoCulture garden, including stinging nettle, echninacea, elcampane, St. John's wort, mint, yarrow and chamomile.