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

A drawing of three Huachuma columns on their ground, one branching from its base and the tallest in flower, the flower growing straight up and out from its side, their roots below

Planting Huachuma Our mission

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.

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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 we plant more of it where it is being used, starting now.

Our Work

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

A drawing of a Huachuma cutting planted in the ground, its first roots growing down into the soil

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.

The garden

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.

The podcast

A drawing of a Huachuma stem cut across: seven rounded ribs, the green flesh, the ring of vessels and the pale center

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

Huachuma Wisdom

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

Several people planting Huachuma cuttings across a cleared slope, with a reed fence and a green hillside behind

The Taray Preservation Garden In the Sacred Valley

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.

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A person crouching to press soil around a small cactus set inside a ring of stones, a hoe lying on the ground beside them — The terraces at Taray between May and July 2026.

A person kneeling in the garden holding a cut Huachuma segment against their chest, planted cuttings around them — The terraces at Taray between May and July 2026.

Wear Your Support

Shirts and sweatshirts, printed and shipped by Threadless.

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A pale green sweatshirt printed Plant More Worry Less in painted lettering among cacti and roses, with Huachuma Foundation beneath — Plant More Worry Less

A pale green t-shirt printed with the Unity design, a stag facing forward under a stepped diamond with a desert behind it — Unity

A charcoal t-shirt printed with the Clarity design, a faceted eagle stooping to a mountain lake above the word Clarity — Clarity

A pale blue t-shirt printed with a drawn group of Huachuma columns, the tallest carrying a wide white night flower — San Pedro Family

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

Huachuma Wisdom Enrolling now

January 11, 2027

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.

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