Saturday, September 12, 2026
1–3 pm
$38 for Members/$45 for Non-Members
Join Mecca Lewis for a guided tour that explores the lives of freedom seekers through the Arboretum's restored landscape. The tour will begin with a screening of the documentary film Rooted Wisdom: Nature’s Role in the Underground Railroad and continue on the trails, investigating the methods self-liberators used for concealment, nourishment, and evasion as they escaped enslavement.
Meet Your Instructor
Mecca Lewis is an artist and filmmaker exploring Black History. An ongoing collaborator with Beech Works and historian Anthony Cohen, Lewis is a contributor to the Rooted Wisdom podcast and worked on the Rooted Wisdom: Nature’s Role in the Underground Railroad documentary film.
