Urban Foraging Walk
About this Event
**********We will convene in Herring Run Park, on Chesterfield Ave. opposite Cardenas! Please don't bother the residents at the street address Eventbrite required to list this gathering.**********
From spontaneous species to revered ethnic selections; from common landscaping ornamentals to alley & sidewalk weeds; from street trees to vegetable gardens: urban residential environments can host tremendous plant diversity.
Developing familiarity with plants in our bioregion, including urban settings, can expand and enrich our sense of community, connection, and belonging as we learn to recognize more neighbors making their homes alongside our own.
On these walks, we'll explore the diverse abundance of edible and medicinal plants flourishing in our urban environment. Sample some of the delicious and nutritious plants growing all around us and gain:
- identification tools and strategies,
- safety considerations from plant ID to contaminants to legality, and
- approaches to incorporate as you weave your place into the interspecies webs of relationship and reciprocity that have always operated all around us, longing for our awareness and participation.
Please bring your own harvest basket or bag, hand-pruners or shears if you have them, and note-taking materials if you'll want them. This is NOT primarily a collecting excursion but an educational one, but it doesn't hurt to have your materials in case, or for stopping to collect on your way home!
Accessibility and Promotions:
PlanAhead discount code is automatically applied for 12% discount until 48 hours before the event (June 25 at 12pm), after which tickets will be full-price at $28.
The first 6 participants to register on behalf of yourself and a friend using the "Bring a Friend!" ticket will receive 20% off full-price automatically.
Five reduced-price Scholarship tickets are available for racialized individuals, and five others for Seniors, Students, and others with intersecting low income and low wealth.
Email [email protected] to claim a Scholarship ticket!
Folks with the means to do so are welcomed and encouraged to purchase tickets for yourself or to gift at a higher pricing tier.
Follow this Organizer at Eventbrite if you'd like to receive notice when I post new events! I'm also available for collaborations and private bookings, and I look forward to sharing the gifts of the season with you.
Pictured above are some common wild plants that may be found in urban areas, and their approximate early June stages. They'll all be slightly further along in late June, so we will be checking developing fruits instead of flowers! Spiraling clockwise from red center:
Bee Balm (Monarda didyma) blooming
Black Nightshade (Solanum nigrum complex) in bloom
Linden (Tilia sp) blooming
[harvested] Kudzu (Pueraria lobata) tips
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) in bloom
The minimum requirement for this event to run is 7 registrants.
The rain date for this event will be Sunday, June 28 from 11am-1pm. I'll email registrants by 8pm the night before, if weather's looking iffy. Will make final call and email cancellation by 9am if necessary.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 25.75 to USD 57.33
