501(c)(3) Public Charity

Plant More Worry Less

We are supporting preservation efforts in Peru, and educating about what we have learned worldwide.

A stand of tall Huachuma columns on a lawn with a tiled roof beside them and mountains behind

Our mission

Planting Huachuma

The Sacred Valley has become the center of the world’s interest in this plant, and the cactus on those hillsides is a different species that carries far too little medicine for a ceremony. So what people drink there arrives by road from the regions of northern Peru where Huachuma grows wild, hundreds of kilometers away.

We are planting Huachuma in the valley itself, so that in time it can come from the ground it is used on.

Why We Plant

Huachuma grows across the Andes and has been used as medicine there for thousands of years. Most of what people drink still comes from wild stock in Peru.

A columnar cactus that is cut takes years to be replaced, so the useful thing to do is not complicated: plant more of it where it is being used, and start now.

Our Three Core Pillars

Dozens of young Huachuma cuttings standing in red earth across a terraced slope, with the cut bank rising behind them

Preservation

We support preservation efforts in Peru at our garden in Taray, where several hundred Huachuma are in the ground and the terraces will hold five thousand. We are actively looking for other projects to support.

A close view of a pale green Huachuma column showing its ribs, areoles and fine spines, another column out of focus behind

Education

We connect with leaders in the field and share what we know openly, in the podcast, in the resources and in Huachuma Wisdom. We consider ourselves students of this plant and of those who came before.

Three people standing together among rows of young Huachuma plants, the garden wall climbing the hill behind

Community

We are cultivating a worldwide community of people who love this plant, want to grow, and want to connect. Huachuma Wisdom is where it gathers, once a month, online.

In the Sacred Valley

The Taray Preservation Garden

A living sanctuary in the Sacred Valley of the Andes.

Several hundred cacti are already in the ground on a terraced hillside at Taray, and more go in as the terraces fill. Many of them carry a painted stone at the base with the name the plant was given.

The terraces at Taray between May and July 2026.

A person crouching to press soil around a small cactus set inside a ring of stones, a hoe lying on the ground beside them
Several people planting Huachuma cuttings across a cleared slope, with a reed fence and a green hillside behind
A person kneeling in the garden holding a cut Huachuma segment against their chest, planted cuttings around them

Enrolling now

Huachuma Wisdom

A community of people who care about this plant, meeting online once a month for six months. The next season begins on January 11, 2027.

Six live calls with a guest teacher each month, video of the whole 2026 season, and a member chat. A suggested donation of $108.

Huachuma Wisdom, lettered above a terracotta pot of three young cactus columns standing on a wooden table, a chakana above the words and another below

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