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Cultivation of native medicinal plants—including elderberry, American ginseng, and passionflower—can support suburban rewilding while fostering respectful engagement with longstanding plant traditions. This session integrates ethnobotany, research, and field trials to provide practical, low-input strategies for establishing biodiverse, resilient plantings that enhance ecological function, community education, and human well-being. Holt is the commercial horticulture Extension agent with AL Cooperative Extension System and Auburn University. He is conducting doctoral research on growing Passiflora incarnata as a commercial herb crop and works with farmers on American elderberry field trials.