Forage: Edible and Medicinal Plant Walk with Heather Houskeeper
June 21 • 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
We’re thrilled to launch our new program series: Design and Grow, Forage, and Create! In this three-part series, you’ll learn how to design and grow a sustainable garden, explore the world of medicinal plants, and discover how to create practical items using what you can grow or forage.
Participants may register for individual sessions or sign up for the full series. As a special bonus, participants who join all three programs will receive a Wildflower Guide by Lawrence Newcomb!
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Join herbalist Heather Houskeeper in exploring the wild edible and medicinal plants that inhabit our landscape. Meet plants that are easy to recognize, safe to work with, and inhabit your backyard, garden, and familiar wild places. Learn how to identify, ethically harvest, and prepare them as delicious meals and useful home remedies. Heather will share insights from over a decade of experience in working with wild edible and medicinal plants. Discover the nutritious and delicious wild plants that grow just outside your door!
This program will consist of a walk through the rolling fields of the Van Scott Nature Reserve. Our walk will be moderately challenging in nature. Please dress appropriately with sun protection and shoes for walking. Bring water and snacks as needed.
Event fee is $10 for Conservancy members and $15 for non-members. This program is best suited for adults.
Heather Houskeeper is an herbalist and forest therapy guide, long-distance hiker, and author. Heather “The Botanical Hiker” has professionally guided others into the natural world through seminars, workshops, and walks since 2010 and is the founder of the School of Plant and Place Connection, an in-person herbal medicine program in Milford, Pa. Heather has hiked thousands of miles, including the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine, studying and working with the plants for food and medicine. She is the author of three trail-inspired books about wild edible and medicinal plants and the Wild Food columnist for Dirt Magazine.