About Moss Field

MossField emerged from recognizing a disconnect: scientific databases document plants differently than people wish to learn about them. While botanical terminology is accurate, it doesn't address practical concerns like seed sourcing, pet safety, or traditional Indigenous nomenclature.

The initiative combines plant science with accessibility and respect for Indigenous knowledge systems. It frames Alberta's native plants as both biological specimens and meaningful connections to the territory and its stewards across millennia.

Rachel built Mossfield in Edmonton, Alberta, drawing from a lifetime of plant connection. Her earliest memories are in her Kokum's garden—weeding between rows, picking strawberries and peas, and eating most of them along the way. That same love of growing things continues today: her favorite times are at the start of each season, helping her mom with seeds and in her mom's garden, helping with planting, visiting greenhouses together and then simply sitting together as everything grows. There is just something so comforting and peaceful when you are tending to plants, indoors or outdoors.

For Rachel, a house without plants doesn't feel like home. Mossfield exists because she couldn't find one resource that combined what she wanted: Latin names and Alberta sourcing, edibility information, historical Indigenous stewardship, and Cree plant terminology, along with care instructions and when to start what throughout the year. So she built it—a tool for people who see plants as essential to how we live and belong.