LUNCHTIME NATURALIST & FORAGING WALK

Thursday, August 6, Noon FORAGING WALK Join us as we explore the landscape with a naturalist’s eyes. We’ll learn about plants used by generations of indigenous peoples.  We'll see the many plants used for generations of people for wild foods, medicines, and utility.  We'll see California native plants, and we'll...

PRIMITIVE & MODERN TECHNOLOGY: FIRE WORKSHOP

PRIMITIVE & MODERN TECHNOLOGY: FIRE WORKSHOP WE'LL BE COOKING TOO! October 31, 10 a.m. We will take a walk and you will see the woods that are used to make the most basic methods of fire-production: The bow and drill, and the hand drill.  You will also see flint and...

OJAI FALL HARVEST WORKSHOP

SATURDAY, October 24,9am   Join me and my special guest — renowned author-forager-survivalist-educator Christopher Nyerges — on Saturday, October 24, at Wheeler Gorge Visitor Center in Ojai for an all-outdoors Fall Harvest Workshop. This workshop is based on our many years of foraging and teaching and Christopher’s many books, including Foraging California and How to...