Elderberry (Adoxaceae Sambucus canadensis and Sambucus spp.) is an awesome plant for every wildcrafter to know! You may have heard of or even bought cough drops, cough syrup, or an immune booster made from elderberries. It actually does speed up the immune system and reduces inflammation, a common cause...
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Purple Dead Nettle
Purple Dead Nettle (Lamium purpureum) is a common weed in most yards in the United States. It is both edible and medicinal – and most people have no idea this powerful is right in their own backyards! With its ability to fight skin imperfections, It can improve the tone...
Lavender Rosemary Soap
Making homemade soap will bring you back in time. There’s nothing like the scent of freshly made, scented soap. There’s an art to it since you can use whatever herbs or combination of herbs you want! I first made soap as a kid with my mom. We made several...
Foraging Introduction
Location Pick a location that has not been sprayed with pesticides and that you are allowed to forage on. Most parks do not allow foraging, so your backyard is best or a friend’s yard if you have asked permission first. Identification Make sure you are 100% sure you have...
Indian Strawberry Salad
Indian strawberry (also called Mock strawberry), Rosaceae Potentilla indica, also Rosaceae Duchesnea indica is a super fun plant that sometimes even seasoned foragers dismiss. The thing about this small berry is some years, it has very little taste. But when the spring is dry, the fruit is quite sweet....
Spring Beauty
Spring Beauty is an amazing, quite common plant in the Eastern U.S. There are many different species of Spring Beauty, but the primary thing to look for is 5 white petals with pink streaking through them. Some species have larger leaves. The ones I find in my yard are...
Stuffed Dock Leaves
Dock is a fairly common, perennial weed introduced from Europe. Found in most states in the Unites States, you’ll also find it in New Zealand, Australia, and many other countries throughout the world. It’s in the buckwheat family, Polygonacea, and often called cushy-cows, butterdock, kettle dock, curly dock, and...
Field Garlic Hash Browns
I'm hooked on these delicious Field Garlic Hash Browns. So easy to make, be sure to make this crowd-pleaser before the heat of the spring and summer dries out all of the field garlic leaves! Also, be sure all leaves you collect smell strongly of garlic or onion! Wild...
Wild Garlic Butter
Have you ever been walking through the woods and smelled the strong scent of onion? Well, I have! We have several species of wild onion in the eastern U.S. The most important question is: does it smell strongly like onion or garlic? If so, you mostly likely have an...
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- Level 3 Foraging: Medicinal Plants and Mushrooms Course - Friday May 10, 2024 $125.00
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Level 1 Foraging: Plant ID and Foraging, Glen Allen – Saturday June 15, 2024
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Level 1 Foraging: Plant ID and Foraging, Glen Allen - Saturday May 25, 2024
$95.00Original price was: $95.00.$75.00Current price is: $75.00. - Fire-Starting Course - May 11, 2024 $125.00
- Level 1 Foraging: Plant ID and Foraging, Glen Allen - Saturday April 13, 2024 $95.00