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

Learn how to make beautiful survival baskets 100% from local, wild material – ones you can use inside your modern home or in a survival situation!

Why are baskets so important to survival? You can make traps for small game and fish, plus to collect all the nuts, berries, and tubers you need. You also might need one for collecting clay, carrying your clothing, and storing your food. 

2026 Pricing: $125

When: 10 – 2 – Wednesday and Thursday, April 8-9, 2026

Location: Glen Allen, VA 23059 (Address sent out after registration!)

Instructors: Alison 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! The auto-send confirmation often doesn’t work. 

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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