At the edge of autumn, golden hues dance with purples and blues. Monarchs flit from bloom to bloom as Milkweed sheds her seed.
An abundance of edibles and medicinals ripen to offer their nourishing gifts to us, to the feathered & furred & creeping & crawling ones.
Join foraging expert Leda Meredith and herbalist Liz Neves for this unique, fun, and informative walk to discover the wild food and herbs that thrive in urban fields and forests.
Here’s what you will learn:
how to correctly identify plants
ethical harvesting practices
historical and current uses for edible and medicinal plants from a variety of cultural perspectives
the ways plants communicate their medicine to us
Space is limited.
Pre-registration required.
$40 suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds.
Children under 12 admitted free.
Mask-wearing encouraged when distancing is difficult (e.g, on tight paths or when crowding around to look at plants).
We’ll meet at the Grand Army Plaza entrance to Prospect Park.
Copies of Northeast Foraging, The Skillful Forager, and Northeast Medicinal Plants will be available for sale.
Leda Meredith is the author of seven books including Northeast Foraging: 120 Wild and Flavorful Edibles from Beach Plum to Wineberries (Timber Press) and The Skillful Forager: Essential Techniques for Responsible Foraging and Making the Most of Your Wild Edibles (Roost Books). A certified ethnobotanist, Leda has been an instructor at the New York Botanical Garden and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden for almost two decades. Currently a nomad beginning to put down roots in Costa Rica, she spent twenty one years in Brooklyn. Leda delights in that moment when a city dweller realizes that nature is not something they have to go on vacation to visit, but what they have been a vital part of all along.
Liz Neves is an herbalist, reiki and healing drum practitioner, dream guide, meditation instructor, and mama living and teaching in Lenapehoking (mainly Brooklyn, NY). She’s the author of Northeast Medicinal Plants: Identify, Harvest, and Use 111 Wild Herbs for Health and Wellness (Timber Press). Her classes are inspired by herbalism, earth-based spirituality, and ancient wisdom teachings. She has come to this path led by her experiences - of leaving the corporate world, of becoming a mother, of guidance from dreams. Liz believes we learn our greatest lessons directly from the natural world, from dreams, from the plants, and from our own internal guidance.
