We start at the Roddick Gates and acknowledge the land together before paying homage to the one tonne carbon tree, a red Oak planted by the first class of graduating veterans in 1949. After this we stroll through the Medicinal and Herbal pollinator patch to sip lemon balm tisane and learn how pollinator species and native plants are critical to maintaining urban biodiversity. The tour circles through James Square to taste from the ecological quilt of nut and berry trees like Barberry, Kentucky coffee and Apple. We finish at the birch grove near the Roddick Gates that was planted as a buffer zone between downtown and the McGill grounds.