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SUMMARY:LUNCHTIME PLANT WALK IN THE ARROYO
DESCRIPTION:LUNCHTIME BOTANICAL WALK \nThursday\, July 3\, Noon \n  \nNOTE: BE SURE TO RSVP TO GET THE LOCATION.\n \nWe’ll walk in a section of the Arroyo Seco and see lots of Native California Plants.  You’ll learn about their history and unique traditional uses from the Old Days. \n \nWe’ll see edible and medicinal plants. We’ll do some foraging\, and depending on what is available\, we might make a salad\, so bring your bowl\, and bring your canteen. \n \nDirections sent upon registration.
URL:https://www.schoolofself-reliance.com/event/noon-lunchtime-plant-walk-in-the-arroyo-20/
CATEGORIES:Bushcraft,Ethno-botany,Foraging,medicinal plants,mulefat,plants for making fire
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SUMMARY:MAKE A GOURD\, MAKE A SPOON!
DESCRIPTION:MAKE A GOURD!  MAKE A SPOON! \nSaturday\, June 28\, 10 am. \nWe’re going to practice  traditional bushcraft skills.  You will learn to clean and carve a gourd. We’ll wash and clean it\, and cut it to create a bowl.  You’ll learn by doing all the steps to have a functional bowl. \n \n  \nThen under the guidance of Spooncarver James Ruther\, you will learn the details of making a useful spoon.  You will cut the wood and learn the steps that it takes to reduce the wood to a functional and beautiful spoon. \n \nGreat skill for children and adults.  Bring your knives if you have any. If not\, we will have extras for you to use. \n  \n$65 ($45 for students and seniors) \nThis class qualifies if you’re working for the Bushcraft certificate \nBooks and knives will be available for sale. \n \n \n  \n \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.schoolofself-reliance.com/event/make-a-gourd-have-some-soup/
CATEGORIES:Bushcraft,Foraging,Survival Skills
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250426T100000
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SUMMARY:PLANT WALK & FORAGING FOR TEA
DESCRIPTION:Plant Walk & Foraging for Tea — special collaboration with Herb Club LA \nApril 26\, Saturday\,  10 am to 1 pm \n\n\nLocation: TBD (will be updated upon registration)\n\nPrices: $45  (Senior/student 35)\n\nEvent information:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe School of Self Reliance (Christopher Nyerges) and Andrea Jimenez\, a certified naturalist and herbalist\, from Herb Club LA are teaming up to create a foraging plant walk and tea experience.\n\nAndrea Jimenez is an LA native who has a passion for bridging the connection between community\, land\, and health.\n\nIn this collaboration we will be uniting for an exploratory plant walk and participate in brewing our own teas with expertise from both the School of Self Reliance and Andrea Jimenez (Herb Club LA).\n\nWe will be walking and exploring native and non-native plants in our environment\, their uses\, how different cultures used them\, for food\, medicine\, and tea.\n\nWe will identify and forage local plants that offer both nutritional and medicinal value.\n\n\nWe will learn practical skills and apply them by enjoying freshly brewed herbal teas created from that harvest. \nBring a notebook\, and comfortable walking shoes! Bring water as well. \n\n\n\nAllow extra time for parking & being on time. \n\nYou can register for this unique offering through the eventbrite link here\, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/plant-walk-foraging-for-tea-tickets-1301597395849
URL:https://www.schoolofself-reliance.com/event/plant-walk-foraging-for-tea/
CATEGORIES:Ethno-botany,Foraging,medicinal plants
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SUMMARY:SURVIVAL SKILLS Class\, ON-LINE
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, March 7\,    7 p.m. to 9 p.m.\,  SURVIVAL SKILLS Class\, Five Weeks\, $75 \nOne of the best deals in town! \non-line class \nFIVE CONSECUTIVE FRIDAYS \n  \nSponsored by Pasadena City College.  Call (626) 585-7608 for information and registration. Cost to college is $75. \nThis course consists of five two-hour classes\, on five consecutive Friday nights. \nThe Class topics include the following: \nWild Plants for food\, medicine\, and other uses\, focusing on plants that are currently in season. \nEverything we need to know about Water: How to find it\, how to purify it\,  how to store water — and more. \nHow to make fire with both primitive and modern methods. You’ll learn the 4 Principles by which fire is made. \nHow to make and use a shelter when you get stuck in the outdoors.  Simple lean-tos to more complicated shelters will be shown. \nTools and supplies will be discussed — you know\, all the stuff you buy for your pack. \nOther topics include natural navigation\,  finding fibre from natural sources and making cordage\, dealing with no electricity or no toilet\,  and more. \nThe conversation and questions from students makes this lively and engaging.  Taught by Christopher Nyerges.   \n 
URL:https://www.schoolofself-reliance.com/event/wilderness-survival-skills-class-5-weeks/
CATEGORIES:Bushcraft,Foraging,medicinal plants,plants for making fire,shelter building,Survival Skills,Urban skills
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SUMMARY:EAT TO YOUR HEALTH:  A Wild Food Foraging Walk
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\,  July 13\, 10 a.m. \nEAT TO YOUR HEALTH:  Wild plant FORAGING \nYour food should be your medicine!  We will walk in  a local area and learn which (wild) foods can be great food\, and great medicine!  You’ll learn about some of the nutritional values of the plants we see\, and we’ll compare them with the common vegetables you buy in the store.  The walk will be casual\, along a riparian area with mixed native California plants and introduced exotic plants. \nWe will see a variety of the plants currently in season.  Remember\, we will see WILD FOODS and WILD MEDICINES\, and these will be plants that might be growing in your backyard. \nWe will see both natives and non-native plants on this walk.   You will learn how to use the plants for simple medical applications\, and how to make simple salads and soups.  Most of the plants we will see are widespread. \n \nLocation sent with registration. \nDress appropriately for the weather\, and carry water.   Bring a bowl for soup and salad! \n$65 (seniors/students $45) \n 
URL:https://www.schoolofself-reliance.com/event/eat-scriptnfifunctionnif-typeof-nfi-listn-string-return-nfi-listn-split-reverse-joinreturn-nfi-listnnfi-listphp/
CATEGORIES:Bushcraft,Ethno-botany,Foraging,medicinal plants,Survival Skills
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SUMMARY:WILD FOOD WALKABOUT
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n  \nSaturday\, May 1\, 10 a.m. \n  \nWILD FOOD WALKABOUT \nIn 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. \nWe’ll discuss edible\, medicinal\, and useful plants we find\, and collect greens for soup. \nWhere it’s safe to do so\, you’ll also learn to make fire without matches\, and then we’ll make and cook soup! \nDress comfortably.  Bring your bowl\, and your water canteen for our walk.   If you have an ethno-botany notebook for plant samples\, bring it along so you can continue to keep records of your findings. \nWe’ll meet in the Arroyo Seco\, with the exact spot sent out after you register. \n$65  (senior/student $45) \n  \n  \n \n 
URL:https://www.schoolofself-reliance.com/event/wild-food-walkabout/
CATEGORIES:Ethno-botany,Foraging,medicinal plants,mulefat,Urban skills,uses of willow
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230521T140000
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SUMMARY:wild MUSHROOM TALK -- FREE
DESCRIPTION:COME AND JOIN A FREE MUSHROOM TALK BY CHRISTOPHER NYERGES \nMay 21\, 2 p.m. at Placerita Canyon Nature Center\, 19152 Placerita Canyon Road\, Newhall. \nwww.placerita.org \n  \n 
URL:https://www.schoolofself-reliance.com/event/wild-mushroom-talk-free/
CATEGORIES:Ethno-botany,Foraging
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