How do plants help us understand our relationship to land and place? Join Maeve Bassett, applied ethnobotanist and education director at the MSU Beal Botanical Garden, for an immersive tour exploring the politics of maps and land through We Are This Land: Meditations on the Great American Experiment. 

This gallery tour is part of the ongoing Deep-Rooted collaboration with the MSU Beal Botanical Garden, where art and plants intertwine in a conversation about the extraordinary ways our natural world has influenced art and human societies throughout history. 

This event is offered in connection with We Are This Land: Meditations on the Great American Experiment. On view Aug. 22, 2026–Mar. 14, 2027, We Are This Land brings together artists who invite us to reflect on our history, consider our present, and imagine brighter futures.