Urban Foraging Plant ID Hike - Saturday 3/14

Hi! I'm Nick Mann, and I talk about edible plants. Join me for a 2.5-hour hike where we'll identify, forage, and taste delicious and healthy weeds, harvesting from the wild abundance that grows across our urban Los Angeles landscape. With the recent rains, the weeds are ripe and ready for picking! I'll also point out any toxic lookalikes that we come across. This hike will mostly focus on edible nonnative plants, but there are sections where we will come across a lot of native species as well!

The hike is roughly 3-miles with 500 feet of elevation gain. Most of the elevation gain is in the first part, and that part also has the most plants to discuss, so we will take it nice and slow.

I often get asked about plant ID apps, and I actually want to encourage their use on this hike. While they're often incorrect, and you should never eat anything that you can't 100% identify, plant ID apps can be valuable tools in a balanced outdoor education.

Who am I: If you've seen my videos on YouTube and TikTok, then you know I love talking about edible plants! I'll talk about edible weeds, edible landscaping, edible trees.

When: Saturday, March 14, 2026 from 9:30AM to 12 noon. Please be on time for this one. The hike takes an hour 15 minutes without stops, and there's so much to stop and talk about along the way!

Where: The exact meeting point will be provided after RSVP, but we'll be hiking the Betty B. Dearing Trail, starting and ending at the Fryman Hiking Trail Parking Lot. It's a roughly 3-mile loop with about 500 feet of elevation gain up through TreePeople and back down again. The map pin is NOT accurate. I will reach out before the event to provide directions to the exact meeting point!

Cost: Pay what you can! I don't want money to be a barrier to outdoor education. At the same time, I have put years of study into learning how to safely identify wild edible plants, and I want to share as much of that knowledge as I can. I feel that $30/person is a good starting place. You're welcome to pay here on Eventbrite, but you don't have to. I'm not a fan of transaction fees. I accept anything, and payment on the day is fine with me--Venmo, PayPal, cash, etc. Thank you for the support!

Plants we might discuss:

Chickweed

Cleavers

Black mustard

Mallow

Nettle leaved goosefoot

Sow thistle

Firethorn

Toyon

Filaree/Stork's-bill

Horehound

Cliff aster

Nettles

Rooreh/Miners lettuce

Spurge (toxic)

Common groundsel (toxic)

Wild oats

Arroyo lupine (not edible)

Wild cucumber (not edible)

Curly dock

California sagebrush

California black walnut

Poison oak (toxic)

Coast live oak

Black sage

Brazilian peppertree

White sage

Hummingbird sage

California goosefoot

Bermuda buttercup

California buckwheat

Prickly lettuce

London rocket

Shepherds purse

Henbit

Canary island pine

Dandelion

Rosemary

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