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Intro to Foraging for Adults May 12th 7pm Matanuska River Park

Join masterful forager Michele Harmeling on a 90 minute eye-opening walk through the woods. On your walk, you’ll be observing many of Alaska’s edible spring plants with other like-minded wannabe foragers. You’re going to be surprised at all the local edible plants in our area!

You’ll also be talking about sustainable foraging, the proper way to collect plants, tools for foraging, books to carry with you, and where to forage locally. You’ll also pick up tips and tricks on drying and using your harvest.

Our Intro to Foraging Walk is a rain or shine event so be sure to dress for the weather! Please wear shoes or hiking boots you can get dirty, and bring a notebook and a camera to help you identify plants later on. Dogs are not the best foraging partners, so we ask you to leave your dog at home.

Did you know Alaska is home hundreds of edible, and medicinal plants? True story! On this walk, we’ll only scratch the surface of the useable wild plants growing near us. There’s just no way 90 minutes will cover every useable plant in the Matanuska Valley.

The location for our Intro to Foraging Walk tentatively planned for the Matanuska River Park. We will be meeting at the School District Parking lot at 7pm.

There are limited spots available so please grab a friend and come out foraging with us.

This class is focused on adults students and won’t be geared towards kids. If you are going to bring a child they will need a ticket for the class as well.

Please be sure to enter a good phone number and email address so we can contact you if our location changes. See you out foraging!!