Saturday, April 13, 10 a.m. $65 ($45 for students and seniors) California Foraging skills! TRADITIONAL ACORN PROCESSING This Session is a complete lesson on the historical value of the ACORN in west coast native societies, along with some nutritional information. You will then go through the entire process of turning the raw acorn […]
Thursday, April 18, Noon. Lunchtime ETHNO-BOTANICAL WILD FOOD WALK Join us for a short walk where we explore the edible, medicinal, and other useful qualities of many of the plants found in the local environment. Both natives and non-natives will be seen. You'll learn about the historical uses of native plants […]
Saturday, April 20, 10 a.m. HEALING WITH NATIVE PLANTS WITH ENRIQUE VILLASENOR ETHNO-BOTANY SERIES: – part of our certification program. This is a rare opportunity to learn in the field with Enrique Villaseñor, associate of Dr. James Adams, and co-author of “Healing with Medicinal Plants of the West.” In this Session, we focus upon […]
Thursday, April 25, Noon LUNCHTIME CLAY WORKSHOP This is an excellent bushcraft skill that most ancient cultures have used. We have already collected the wild clay from local hills. Your job will be to clean and process the clay. We will process using the dry method. Then, you will moisten the clay and practice making […]
Saturday, April 27, 10 a.m. WILD FOOD FORAGING AND ETHNO-BOTANICAL WALK Join us for our outing where we explore the edible, medicinal, and other useful qualities of many of the plants found in the environment with many introduced plants. Both natives and non-natives will be seen. This will be leisurely and you […]
Friday,May 3, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., SURVIVAL SKILLS Class, Five Weeks, $65. One of the best deals in town! on-line class FIVE CONSECUTIVE FRIDAYS Sponsored by Pasadena City College. Call (626) 585-7608 for information and registration. Cost to college is $65. This course consists of five two-hour classes, on five consecutive Friday […]
Saturday, May 1, 10 a.m. WILD FOOD WALKABOUT In this class, we’ll walk about the watershed area in search of the seasonal plants. After our rains, we'll see lots of the greens that develop in winter and spring in California. Who knows? We might even see mushrooms, though mushrooms are very unpredictable. […]