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Helping Kids and Adults Explore Nature
Foraging Courses
All in-person courses will be in the Greater Richmond Area. Wild Edible Plant Courses Kids 13 and up welcome to register with an adult attendee. Come learn wild edible plants available in Central Virginia from an experienced forager, Alison Meehan, who supplements her diet…
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Tracks and Roots: A Nature Awareness School for Kids and Adults
Jewelweed
Did you know that there is free, over-the-counter medicine waiting just outside your doorstep? Plants! We all probably learned that medicinal plants were used by people all over the world before modern medicine? Many of these herbs have fewer side affects than prescription pills…
Kids Fall in Love With Nature for Life Before Age Six
The squeal of excitement as my child finds a slug. The exhilaration on her face as she splashes through a stream. The exuberance as she climbs a steep mountain at a sprint, loaded down with two backpacks. These are the memories I will hold…
Common Violet
Violet (Violaceae Viola spp.) is a mild tasting and common plant in Central Virginia. You can collect the flowers and eat them raw or if you can collect 5 – 6 cups of them, you may want to try making violet jelly by following…