• LEARNING THE BASIC PLANT FAMILIES — a new class!

    LEARNING THE PATTERN METHOD OF IDENTIFYING PLANT FAMILIES Sunday, April 27, Noon   Taught by certified Herbalist Cash Robertson     This is a new class we will be offering. You will learn the specifics of how to identify key botanical Families, which is very important if  you plan to eat any wild foods. Utilizing […]

    $40.00 – $60.00
  • LUNCHTIME NATURALIST WALK

    LUNCHTIME  RIPARIAN PLANT WALK, Thursday,  December 11 at noon We’ll walk into the Upper Arroyo, north of JPL, and explore the chaparral and riparian plants, and you will see the highly versatile yucca plant. From the Windsor exit of the 210 freeway, drive north on Windsor until Ventura, where you will veer to the left, […]

    $30.00 – $45.00
  • SEASONAL SPRING FORAGING — wild foods and useful plants by the Season

    Saturday, March 21, 10 a.m. SPRING FORAGING, part of our ETHNO-BOTANY SERIES Spring is the time of peak leaf production, when the native and non-native plants are sprouting up everywhere. It’s typically still a bit cooler, and everything is greening up.  We’ll discuss what’s available now, and learn which are useful for food, and learn […]

    $45.00 – $65.00