$30 – $60 sliding scale, children pay their age, see details below.
This is the third of three events taught by John Kallas in Eugene, Oregon over Friday, May 22 and Saturday, May 23, 2026. For this hands-on outdoor event, learn about the edible plants found in pacific northwest forests in late May. Discover wild foods that have passed, the ones available now, and the ones to anticipate as the seasons progress. Learn the many ways they can be used as food, what to avoid, and how to know. Explore one of the more beautiful forests in Eugene’s own backyard. Good for beginning to advanced foragers. This is the last of our three wild food events in the Eugene area for 2026. Enrollment Limited! – Advanced registration reserves you a place in the workshop. Walk-ons may be turned away if our size limit is reached. When registering by mail, assume a workshop is open unless you see a “FULL” notice posted here.
— Prepare for the weather.
— Any remaining registration materials that you need to hand in.
— Comfortable walking, hiking shoes or boots. No flip flops.
— Money if you want to buy John’s books ($25-30 each [sliding scale] list price is $28). We accept cash, check, or credit card (If service is available at the Spencer’s Butte area, $1 extra each book for CC fee). Edible Wild Plants, Volumes 1 and 2 are available after each workshop to look at or buy.
Meet at the Spencer Butte Trailhead parking area off of S Willamette St. From downtown Eugene take Patterson St south, turn right on 24th Ave, turn left on Willamette St and go about 4 more miles. There will be a small green sign to your left marking the entrance to Spencer Butte park. We’ll meet in the parking lot. For a google map to the site, go HERE.
Sliding Scale Economics
Due to hard economic times for some, sliding scales are offered to support individual financial circumstances. We ask participants to pay what they feel they can afford within the range offered for each workshop. You decide what to pay using an honest assessment of your individual circumstances. We do not ask anyone to explain their very personal decision. The high end is a very reasonable price for these quality workshops for those who are doing well in this economy. Groups must contact us for circumstance-specific rates. Rendezvous have their own rates.
Discounts
$5 Discounts are available on our Registration Form for adult family members that attend together, persons identifying as indigenous, full time college students and scout leaders. Children (17 and under) must be accompanied by their parent(s). Children under 7 are free. Children 7 and above pay their age. No more than 2 children allowed per adult. Classrooms and teachers with students are not eligible for these discounts and must contact us for circumstance-specific rates. Rendezvous have their own rates.
Refund & Transfer Policies
If you cannot attend a workshop you registered for, and you contact us immediately, or at the latest, the last weekday before the event, you are entitled to a transfer or refund minus a $5 processing fee. If you do not show up the day of a workshop you registered for, you forfeit the full amount paid.
Registration
Download the REGISTRATION and WAIVER Forms. Print and fill out these forms and mail them with payment to: Wild Food Adventures, 422 SE 49th Ave, Portland, OR 97215. If there is space and your are a walk-on, bring the forms and payment with you. While you can register many times throughout the year, only a single waiver form is required per person per year (Jan 1 – Dec 31) for all our day events. Multi-day Rendezvous require an additional waiver.