Description

Get fresh air and exercise while meeting cool people and learning something new!

Learn 20+ wild edible plants plus wild mushrooms* (if we find any) that you can begin harvesting today, plus poisonous look-alikes! All plants covered in this course are common, wild plants available in Virginia – many of them plants you likely have in your yard or community at home.

Location: Forest Hill Park, Richmond, Virginia

Time: 10 – 2 p.m. (Ending time approximate) – Saturday, July 12, 2025

Kids 13 and up are welcome to register at 50% off with an adult attendee (please e-mail us at tracksandroots@gmail.com for the coupon code).

Instructors: Alison and/or David Meehan

Please be patient. Within a few days (I’m away from my computer in the woods a lot!), you will receive an e-mail with the course address, gear list if applicable, and other instructions!

Please contact us at tracksandroots@gmail.com for the quickest response for any inquiries.

Reviews “Alison (and staff) were knowledgeable and engaging. She showed us several edible and medicinal plants. She had lots of activities for the students, including making a salve, fire starting, and making acorn flour. It was a great hands-on program.” – Alysia

“What a meaningful and FUN experience—Allison was so knowledgeable and both students and adults learned so much, from how to make homemade salves to foraging for wild plants such as plantain, yarrow, violet, and spicebush. We will be repeat attendees, for sure! Thanks.” – Sarah “

Thank you so much for teaching my son and I about the edible plants! We appreciate your knowledge about which plants are edible and which are poisonous, as well as which ones have look-alikes. You are enjoyable to be around and easy to learn from!” – Jennifer and Cody

“I recently attended the ‘Wild edible plant course and was blown away by Alison’s and David’s knowledge. It was everything I was hoping for, and then more! I look forward to future courses!” – Tayler

“Thank you for doing this! We really enjoyed it. The kids are searching our yard, collecting edibles.” – Sabrina

“I really enjoyed the class yesterday – it was informative and fun! I plan on going to Deep Run and attempting to identify some plants and trees!” – Liz

“Thank you so much for a wonderful class yesterday. I enjoyed it very much. Going forward, I will be far more aware of my surroundings. – Suzanne

Please Note: We’ll send the address and other details out before the class, usually manually. 

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