Friday 27 - FRIDAY FORAGING WALK

 

On Friday morning, I go on a foraging hike and exploration to gather wild food we'll be using to create various dishes for our weekend classes and workshop. I start the walk with a list of specific edible plants I intend to collect and fellow wild food hunters are welcome to join me. The forage is typically at one location but I may travel to a couple of other foraging locations, so be prepared to travel if necessary. I suggest you bring water, sunscreen, a foraging bag, as well as a gardening knife or pocket knife to harvest the plants. Please wear sensible hiking shoes and long sleeves and pants as there may be poison oak along the trails. This is a great way to learn about the seasonality of wild food and what’s available for beginners and advanced foragers.

 

Time: 10 A.M. (Walk is 2-3hrs)

Donation: $10.00 (Cash or Check at the outing)

LOCATION B - Hahamongna Park - (See map at bottom of the page)

 

Classes coming up in February:

 

Friday 3 – FRIDAY FORAGING WALK

 

Every Friday morning, I go on a foraging hike and exploration to gather wild food we'll be using to create various dishes for our weekend classes and workshop. I start the walk with a list of specific edible plants I intend to collect and fellow wild food hunters are welcome to join me. The forage is typically at one location but I may travel to a couple of other foraging locations, so be prepared to travel if necessary. I suggest you bring water, sunscreen, a foraging bag, as well as a gardening knife or pocket knife to harvest the plants. Please wear sensible hiking shoes and long sleeves and pants as there may be poison oak along the trails.  This is a great way to learn about the seasonality of wild food and what’s available for beginners and advanced foragers.

 

Time: 10 A.M. (Walk is 2-3hrs)

Donation: $10.00 (Cash or Check at the outing)

LOCATION B - Hahamongna Park - (See map at bottom of the page)

 

 

Sunday 5 - URBAN OUTDOOR SKILLS

Basic Trapping and Wild Food Gathering       

Should you ever find yourself lost in the wilderness or in an emergency situation, you may need more than edible plants, so let's take a fascinating journey to the past and learn proven methods of meat procurement our ancestors used. In this class, you will learn how to create traditional, proven and easy-to-make basic traps for critters of various sizes (rodents, quails, rabbits, etc...). We'll also go on a leisurely hike and collect wild edible plants. At the end of the class we'll have a little feast with the edible plants that we collected along with some dishes I've prepared beforehand using various preservation methods.

 

Time: From 10 A.M. to around 1 P.M.

Cost: $40.00

LOCATION B- Hahamongna Park - (See map at bottom of the page)

 

 

Friday 10 - FRIDAY FORAGING WALK

Every Friday morning, I go on a foraging hike and exploration to gather wild food we'll be using to create various dishes for our weekend classes and workshop. I start the walk with a list of specific edible plants I intend to collect and fellow wild food hunters are welcome to join me. The forage is typically at one location but I may travel to a couple of other foraging locations, so be prepared to travel if necessary. I suggest you bring water, sunscreen, a foraging bag, as well as a gardening knife or pocket knife to harvest the plants. Please wear sensible hiking shoes and long sleeves and pants as there may be poison oak along the trails.  This is a great way to learn about the seasonality of wild food and what’s available for beginners and advanced foragers.

 

Time: 10 A.M. (Walk is 2-3hrs)

Donation: $10.00 (Use Paypal or Cash/Check at the outing)

LOCATION B - Hahamongna Park - (See map at bottom of the page)

 

 

Saturday 11 - Hollywood Wild Food Hike and Food Samplings

Let's go to Hollywood! Join us for a light foraging walk where we identify winter foraging finds such as Mallow, Mustard Flowers, Nettles, Chickweed and Fennel.. After our hike, I'll share some of my gourmet wild food preserves and I think I can make fresh Dijon style mustard on location with wild mustard.

Bring water, sunscreen, a foraging bag, as well as a gardening knife or pocket knife to harvest the plants.

 

Time: From 10 A.M. to around 1 P.M.

Cost: $20.00

LOCATION: Bronson Canyon Park, Canyon Drive, Los Angeles, CA

 

 

Friday 17 – FRIDAY FORAGING WALK

Every Friday morning, I go on a foraging hike and exploration to gather wild food we'll be using to create various dishes for our weekend classes and workshop. I start the walk with a list of specific edible plants I intend to collect and fellow wild food hunters are welcome to join me. The forage is typically at one location but I may travel to a couple of other foraging locations, so be prepared to travel if necessary. I suggest you bring water, sunscreen, a foraging bag, as well as a gardening knife or pocket knife to harvest the plants. Please wear sensible hiking shoes and long sleeves and pants as there may be poison oak along the trails.  This is a great way to learn about the seasonality of wild food and what’s available for beginners and advanced foragers.

 

Time: 10 A.M. (Walk is 2-3hrs)

Donation: $10.00 (Use Paypal or Cash/Check at the outing)

LOCATION B - Hahamongna Park - (See map at bottom of the page)

 

 

Sunday 19 - Making Beers with Wild Foraged Plants

This is a wonderful workshop where you will learn to make beer at home using local aromatic or medicinal plants. During the worshop I will take you step by step through the process and we'll actually make beer. We'll also go on a foraging hike to collect the plants we will be using to make the beer (so you can take some home and make your own beer). We'll do a bit of beer and wild food samplings at the end of the class as well. Bring water, sunscreen, a foraging bag, as well as a gardening knife or pocket knife to harvest the plants. Please wear sensible hiking shoes and long sleeves and pants as there may be poison oak along the trails.

 

Time: 10 A.M. (Walk is 2-3hrs)

Cost: $40.00

LOCATION B - Hahamongna Park - (See map at bottom of the page)

 

 

Friday 24 – FRIDAY FORAGING WALK

Every Friday morning, I go on a foraging hike and exploration to gather wild food we'll be using to create various dishes for our weekend classes and workshop. I start the walk with a list of specific edible plants I intend to collect and fellow wild food hunters are welcome to join me. The forage is typically at one location but I may travel to a couple of other foraging locations, so be prepared to travel if necessary. I suggest you bring water, sunscreen, a foraging bag, as well as a gardening knife or pocket knife to harvest the plants. Please wear sensible hiking shoes and long sleeves and pants as there may be poison oak along the trails.  This is a great way to learn about the seasonality of wild food and what’s available for beginners and advanced foragers.

 

Time: 10 A.M. (Walk is 2-3hrs)

Donation: $10.00 (Cash or Check at the outing)

LOCATION B - Hahamongna Park - (See map at bottom of the page)

 

 

Sunday 26 - Canning Workshop

During this workshop you will learn how to preserve low acid foods (such as fruits and vegetables) using the water-bath methods. For the first part of the class we'll go on a foraging hike and collect some wild radish pods which we'll preserve through pickling. You'll get to make your own wild food pickle and take it home with you. I suggest you bring water, sunscreen, a foraging bag, as well as a gardening knife or pocket knife to harvest the plants.

 

Time: From 10 A.M. to around 1 P.M.

Donation $10 (Donation will go to the Master Food Preservers Program in Los Angeles)

LOCATION A - Orcas Park - (See map at bottom of the page)