Floor to ceiling, the new Greenfoot Cannabis store is a mini-museum of Nisqually Tribal art.
The first thing a visitor sees is either the table or the wall. Either is worth the 15-minute drive to the Nisqually Indian Tribe’s reservation, where the store is located, directly across the street from the Red Wind Casino.
It’s really the wall that’s unlike anything ever seen in Thurston County. At first I thought it was a tapestry, a huge fiber-art project. Nope. All those variations of green, arranged vaguely as if to represent the Nisqually River, turn out to be alive: it’s crafted from dozens of species of local moss and other plants!
What kind of table is worth venturing out to see? Describing it as a mirror-grain, split cedar slab with a glass center panel is accurate but doesn’t really describe how beautiful it is. The photos with this story do a little better. But the table’s not for sale. Everyone asks, according to store manager Ashley McLean.
The Nisqually Tribal Council debated for years whether to get its Medicine Creek Enterprise Corp. involved in the marijuana business but decided last year that having its own retail store would improve access to alternative, non-addictive medicines and create jobs in the community. After extensively remodeling its storefront location, Greenfoot Cannabis opened its doors on December 18.
The store carries more than 1,200 different products, from 50-plus vendors, including a wide variety of flower, dabs, pre-rolls, topicals, vape pens, tinctures and edibles. There are CBD products to ingest or apply to skin, and cannabis to smoke, vape, eat or drink. Many products come in multiple sizes, so customers can try new products without committing to a large quantity. Products start at only $4.00.
Daily special discounts are advertised by day-of-the-week. For example, “Munchie Monday” offers 15-30% off solid edible products, Thirsty Thursday” offers 20% off drinks and tinctures. Online orders get 15% off every day.
McLean leads a group of nine staff, including two who are have Medical Marijuana Certification. She’s no newcomer to the business, having worked in the industry for the past four years and managed two other retail locations.
The staff caters to medical marijuana patients both with help selecting the right products for their individual situations and also by offering an additional eight percent (8.00%) price discount.
That front table? It’s supported, spiritually at least, by an eight-foot long miniature canoe, hand-carved by Reuben Wells Jr., a member of the Nisqually Indian Tribe, from a cedar log he collected from the river. The front counter is also of reclaimed wood but from a plank of English Walnut that’s nearly as gorgeous as the table it stands near. The ceiling is decorated with several canoe paddles, each unique (but not to scale with the under-table canoe!).
Those who know a little about the Nisqually people will recall that the name of their people in Lushootseed, their native language, is Squalli-Absch, which means “people of the grass.”
Greenfoot Cannabis offers a different kind of grass than the historical reference and another reason to consider doing business with the tribe.
The store is open every day from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm and can be reached on (360) 413-3017 or at GreenfootCannabis.com.
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