Safely forage for edible plants and mushrooms! Mushrooms covered will include morel, oyster, and pheasant back and plants including stinging nettle, ramps, and fiddlehead ferns. The class will begin with a presentation, followed by a walk in the woods searching for edible species and ending with a light tasting of morel mushrooms. Foraging will be […]
This will be a fun and completely unique adventure for someone interested in foraging and tasting wild foraged food! We will begin the day with a discussion about foraging, safety, and learning how to find and identify morels and other forest fare, followed by a wild mushroom lunch. There will be time to scope out the […]
This is a workshop for the beginner mushroom forager interested in gaining confidence identifying common, springtime mushrooms. We will start the day indoors with a presentation discussing identification of the common, edible springtime mushrooms, including oysters, pheasant backs, and morels. We will also discuss foraging basics, safety, tips/tricks to successful foraging, and answer any questions. […]
The last mushroom hunt of the year with hopes of finding morels! This is a beginner level class learning about and searching for springtime mushrooms, including but not limited to morel, oyster, and pheasant back. We will also learn about tree identification and other edible plants while we are looking for mushrooms. The mushroom hunt […]
*This class will be a combination of indoors and outdoors and does not require any prior tree identification knowledge.* Learn how to identify Minnesota trees! Tree shape, coloring, bark patterns, habitat, leaves, and twigs all help conclude what kind of tree we are looking at. Mastering your tree identification skill is useful for many reasons, […]
This is an outdoor adventure for the beginner forager interested in becoming confident foraging common summertime mushrooms and edible berries. We will first take about one hour for intros and to discuss foraging basics, safety, tips/tricks to successful foraging, cover species of interest, and answer any questions. Then we will wander down the trail and […]
Wish you were confident enough to pick wild berries you find along the trail? Join Chick of the Woods for a walk in the woods, learning how to identify common wild berries. We may find raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, wild grapes, gooseberries and more. We will also make sure to point out the non-edible berries that […]
Join Chick of the Woods to learn how to safely forage wild berries in an urban park setting in Jordan. Starting with a discussion about wild berry foraging followed by a walk through the park looking for wild edible berries. Berries covered will include wild raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, choke cherries, gooseberries, wild grapes, and other […]
Become confident identifying common, edible summertime mushrooms including chanterelles, chicken of the woods, hedgehogs, and lobster mushrooms. We will also discuss foraging basics, safety, tips/tricks to successful foraging, and answer any questions. After our discussion we will have a brief cooking demo and light tasting of seasonal wild mushrooms. This may include gluten and dairy, […]
Learn to forage safely for common, edible summer mushrooms, plants, and berries with Chick of the Woods. The class will begin with a presentation, followed by a walk in the woods searching for edible species and ending with a light tasting of wild, summer mushrooms. Class will be within 10 minutes of Jordan and we […]
Bring your mom, grandma, daughter, sisters, aunties, nieces, girlfriends, or just yourself to this "Chicks Only" day! Even though no guys are allowed, we will be searching for fungis. We might even find an Old Man of the Woods. Besides having a ton of fun, you will learn the basics of mushroom hunting while gaining […]
*This class will be a combination of indoors and outdoors and does not require any prior tree identification knowledge.* Learn how to identify Minnesota trees during the most gorgeous time of year! Tree shape, coloring, bark patterns, habitat, leaves, and twigs all help conclude what kind of tree we are looking at. Mastering your tree […]
