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Plant walks are an excellent learning opportunities for those with beginning to intermediate foraging skills, and for anyone wishing to increase their knowledge of the local flora. Our discussion will include information about identification, methods of harvest, preparation, and use. We will explore the area and chose around 20-25 edible, medicinal, or otherwise useful plants and mushrooms to focus on.
Kids under 12 are free with paid adult. Walks are almost never cancelled due to weather (one time in 16 years), so dress accordingly. We will be mostly on trails, no need to dress for bushwhacking. (I often am in shorts and even barefoot.)You may want to bring a notebook, camera, and water. No other gear is required.
When you get to the meeting area, look for a middle aged lady with a small, black dog. Currently scheduled walks:
8/30, noon-2:00, Grand Woods Park, Lansing, MI (Turn left in the park and go to the far end of the first parking lot)
8/30, 4:00-6:00, Millenium Park, Grand Rapids, MI (Meet at the pavillion on the Meadows (east) side of the park)
9/6, noon-2:00, Farmstead Park (aka Clinton River Park North), Sterling Heights, MI (Meet at the far end of the parking lot)
9/6, 4:00-6:00, Bishop Lake Beach, Brighton MI (Meet at the big wood carving near the walkway)
9/27, noon-2:00, Tantre Farm, Chelsea, MI (Meet out front)
10/4, noon-2:00, Wildwood Preserve Metropark, Toledo, OH (Meet at the first parking lot on the right, as soon as you come in)
10/4, 4:00-6:00, Oakwoods Metropark, New Boston, MI (Note- you need a metroparks pass. Meet by the bird cage in front of the nature center)
11/28, noon-2pm, Black Friday Plant Walk, Tantre Farm, Chelsea, MI (meet out front)
Plant walks are an excellent learning opportunities for those with beginning to intermediate foraging skills, and for anyone wishing to increase their knowledge of the local flora. Our discussion will include information about identification, methods of harvest, preparation, and use. We will explore the area and chose around 20-25 edible, medicinal, or otherwise useful plants and mushrooms to focus on.
Kids under 12 are free with paid adult. Walks are almost never cancelled due to weather (one time in 16 years), so dress accordingly. We will be mostly on trails, no need to dress for bushwhacking. (I often am in shorts and even barefoot.)You may want to bring a notebook, camera, and water. No other gear is required.
When you get to the meeting area, look for a middle aged lady with a small, black dog. Currently scheduled walks:
8/30, noon-2:00, Grand Woods Park, Lansing, MI (Turn left in the park and go to the far end of the first parking lot)
8/30, 4:00-6:00, Millenium Park, Grand Rapids, MI (Meet at the pavillion on the Meadows (east) side of the park)
9/6, noon-2:00, Farmstead Park (aka Clinton River Park North), Sterling Heights, MI (Meet at the far end of the parking lot)
9/6, 4:00-6:00, Bishop Lake Beach, Brighton MI (Meet at the big wood carving near the walkway)
9/27, noon-2:00, Tantre Farm, Chelsea, MI (Meet out front)
10/4, noon-2:00, Wildwood Preserve Metropark, Toledo, OH (Meet at the first parking lot on the right, as soon as you come in)
10/4, 4:00-6:00, Oakwoods Metropark, New Boston, MI (Note- you need a metroparks pass. Meet by the bird cage in front of the nature center)
11/28, noon-2pm, Black Friday Plant Walk, Tantre Farm, Chelsea, MI (meet out front)