Forced by ongoing government persecution to leave their homeland in Burma, Karen refugees residing in Georgia continue each day the process of remembering and reaffirming their cultural traditions while seeking meaning and belonging in their new environment. Through engaging in interviews and gardening practices with the Karen people this project examines the anthropological phenomenon of the “landscape of the interior”, particularly as experienced from a transnational perspective. Recognizing the value of preserving genetic biodiversity alongside culturally situated knowledge, it aims to record- through the process of memory banking - ethnobotanical traditions of the Karen and their cultural relationship to the natural environment. One important product of this research is a compendium of plant species grown by Karen gardeners in Georgia. This compendium includes plant characteristics, methods of cultivation, uses, religious/cultural significance and photo documentation. Additionally, this project explores the role of ‘interior landscapes’ in shaping relationships with a new inhabited environment. This investigation seeks to benefit the Karen people and the community at large by encouraging the continuation of traditions — creating senses of ‘rootedness’ and preserving ethnobotanical knowledge and biodiversity. This research is approached with the belief that practices of remembrance and resilience are often the strongest means of combating forces of hegemony and oppression.