Latifa Pelletier-Ahmed

Latifa Pelletier-Ahmed is a botanist, herbalist, educator, and artist, and is co-owner of ALCLA Native Plants a native plant nursery based in Treaty 7 Territory, near Carstairs, Alberta. ALCLA Native Plants provides genetically-diverse and sustainably sourced native plants and seeds for over 200 species of native wildflowers, grasses and shrubs. Latifa has been working with native plants for over 15 years, her expertise includes identification, sustainable collection, cultivation, and ethnobotany. She holds a BSc in Botany from the University of Calgary and an MSc in Herbal Medicine from Middlesex University, London, UK.