Holiday Forest Fair

Chick of the Woods presents the 3rd Annual Holiday Forest Fair! This event is FREE and will be fun for you and all your forest-loving friends and family.

December 14, 2024
10am-4pm
Mustard Seed Garden Center
10,000 Great Plains Blvd, Chaska MN 55318

Activities:
10am – 4pm: Vendors, Demonstrations, Henna with Shark Shredder, Coloring Station, Food, Beverages
10am-1pm: Pictures with Santa ($5 with your camera)

Demonstrations (Topics Tentative and Times TBD):
Topic TBD – Sam Thayer
Topic TBD – Forager Chef
Black Walnut Demo – Black Walnut Daddy
Mushroom preservation and creating gift jars – Olena the Mushroom Lady
Mushroom cooking demo – Borealle
Making Tinctures – Shane Brown
Harvesting for Winter Tea – Earth Meets Body
Mushroom Identification – MN Mycological Society

Vendors:

Sam Thayer – Author of Forager’s Harvest
Forager Chef  – Author of The Forager Chef’s Book of Flora
Michael Karns – Author of Untamed Mushrooms and founder of Found Foods
Chick of the Woods – Foraging Classes, Mushroom Calendars
Elevated Spores – Mushroom Coffee
Shark Shredder – Artist and Henna
Gnarled by Nature – Minneapolis Lapidary Artist and Author of the book, The Underworld Prophecies
Morels and Memories – Morel Mushroom Hunt and Fundraiser for Alzheimer’s Disease
Black Walnut Daddy – Author of Nuts about Black Walnuts
Following Cairns – foraged tea blends, tinctures, salves
Matt’s Eye Ketchers – Metal Art Work
Matt’s Mushrooms and More – Foraged Foods
Pioneer Birchworks – Foraged and Nature-themed Jewelry
Glass Turtle Crochet – Whimsical and Mushroom Themed crocheted items
Lesbian Forager – Foraging Classes, Dried Plant and Fungi Earrings, Stickers and more
Rustic Hills Garden Co – Edible Landscaping
The Dabbler – Natural dyes, watercolors, and other foraged goodies
Earth Meets Body – Small batch herbal products
Kitschy Witchery – Oils and items using cedar berries
Shane Brown – mushroom items
K-Naturals – tallow products, skin care, salves, soap, herbs, teas, tinctures, greeting cards
MN Mycological Society – educational organization for the study of mushrooms
Waynes World Agates – agate art, jewelry, and more
Kately Bears – mushroom fairies artist
Cast n Camo – hunting and fishing podcast
Stephen Geffre – artist
Kilnworks by Kolleen – Pottery
Griebnik Mushroom Bags – mushroom bags
Sporesart – Mushroom spore art

Please contact Chick of the Woods if you or someone you know would be interested in vending or conducting a demonstration. *Must be nature-themed.*