Gift Certificates for One and All. Wild Food Adventures offers roughly 27 wild food workshops and two Rendezvous each year in North Western Oregon. Events typically run from March through October. Any of these events can be gifted at anytime to anyone. Note that minors must be accompanied by an adult at any Wild Food […]
Portland, Oregon. FREE. Enjoy an entertaining and educational slide presentation and lecture about Wild Foods of the Pacific Northwest. This presentation covers some of the plants and animals you will come across while traversing different habitats of the Pacific Northwest. From valleys to mountains, oceans to swamps; there are lots of things to eat out there. There will […]
Portland, Oregon. $30 - $60 sliding scale, children pay their age, see details. Make a choice between attending this or the 9am-noon workshop. We'll explore several areas on Sauvie Island to inspect this spring's early green delectables near the Vernal Equinox. See and sample from plants you pass by everyday. The earlier you start in […]
Portland, Oregon. $25 - $60 sliding scale, children pay their age, see details. In a walk through several habitats around Mt Tabor Park, learn essentials of wild food use and study, the best books, resources, and field guides. Be a successful forager early on, sample plants, get expert advice. This core workshop provides a deeper […]
Portland, Oregon. $30 - $60 sliding scale, children pay their age, see details. Choose either this morning session or the afternoon one from 1-4pm on the registration form. Learn about the edible plants found in deep pacific northwest forests. Spring is when wildflowers are blooming and wild greens are ripe for picking. See plants like […]
Portland, Oregon. $30 - $60 sliding scale, children pay their age, see details. Choose either this afternoon session or the morning one from 9am-noon on the registration form. Learn about the edible plants found in deep pacific northwest forests. Spring is when wildflowers are blooming and wild greens are ripe for picking. See plants like […]
Gresham, Oregon. $30 - $60 sliding scale, children pay their age, see details below. Come join us to learn about trees, shrubs, and herbs of North America that are found at Oxbow Regional Park off the Sandy River Gorge. Find a diversity of edible wild plants including edible ferns, elderberries, Solomon's seal, fairly bells, nettles, […]
Portland, Oregon. $30 - $60 sliding scale, children pay their age, see details. Learn at one of Portland's favorite walkways and bike trails meandering along side of and often crossing Johnson creek with quaint bridges. This is a spring workshop that is different from Part 2 in August. This area is complete with many spring […]
Reidsville, North Carolina. $165 Adults, $100 Children (12 & Under) for Full Event. Price includes Meals, Lodging, Seminars and Workshops. Join the second longest running annual wild food event in North America. Held every Spring since it's inception in 1968, this event provides education and experience finding, processing, and feasting on edible wild plants and […]
Garibaldi, Oregon. $35 - $60 sliding scale, children pay their age, see details. Dr. Kallas will lead an expedition to the Pacific coast where participants will learn about, identify, and gather samples of wild sea vegetables and seashore edibles during low tide. Find sea vegetables including nori, kombu, sea lettuce, fucus, alaria, laminaria, and more. […]
Portland, Oregon. $30 - $60 sliding scale, children pay their age, see details. Learn about the edible plants in our wild food teaching, research, and demonstration gardens. See a great diversity of both native and non-native edibles all in the same place. Many sustainably return year after year. The land is managed and designed to […]
Portland, Oregon. $30 - $60 sliding scale, children pay their age, see details. We'll bushwhack through Portland's urban neighborhoods to find some of Spring's best and diverse delectables. See and sample from plants you pass by everyday. You will later find most of this abundance in your own neighborhood. What to Bring — Prepare for […]
Oregon City, Oregon. $30 - $60 sliding scale, children pay their age, see details. Join us as we meander through a variety of habitats similar to those traversed by the Lewis & Clark expedition on their way to the Pacific coast. Most of these plants can be found in your own local forests, fields, and […]
Vancouver, WA. $30 - $60 sliding scale, children pay their age, see details. Visit one of the many beautiful greenways snaking through Vancouver. Learn plants you pass by everyday. Most of these plants can be found in your own neighborhoods, fields, and local woodlands. See plants like sumac, cherry, rose, saskatoon, black haw, cascara, wild […]
Portland, Oregon. $30 - $60 sliding scale, children pay their age, see details. Join us to learn about wild fruits and other edible plant parts found in northwest forests. Summer is when many wild fruits are ripe for picking. See and learn about plants like huckleberry, salmonberry, oregon grape, milkweed, elderberry, gooseberry, wild current, salal, […]
Portland, Oregon. $30 - $60 sliding scale, children pay their age, see details. Visit Portland's only fennel forest, complete with plenty of salsify, wild carrot, chicory, wild sweet pea, mint, Oregon grape, elderberry, black mustard and much more. See and sample plants you pass by everyday. Most of these plants can be found in your […]
This 22nd Annual Pacific Shores Rendezvous is an intensive on the role and use of wild harvested seavegetables, shellfish, and coastal edible wild plants in everyday life, recreational foraging, re-connecting with nature, self-reliance and survival. Click here to see video. Rockaway, Oregon. $415, Early registration discounts are listed below. A multi-day, hands-on wild food adventure […]
Netarts, Oregon. $35 - $60 sliding scale, children pay their age, see details. Netarts, Oregon. Learn how to find, dig, transport, clean, and prepare butter, steamer, and gaper clams during one of the lowest tides this year. Learn gathering regulations, limits and the modern tools used to dig them. The times we meet are dictated […]
Garibaldi, Oregon. $35 - $60 sliding scale, children pay their age, see details. Dr. Kallas will lead an expedition to the Pacific coast where participants will learn about, identify, and gather samples of wild sea vegetables and seashore edibles during low tide. Find sea vegetables including nori, kombu, sea lettuce, fucus, alaria, laminaria, and more. […]
Silverton, Oregon. This 22nd Annual GingerRoot Rendezvous is an intensive on the role and use of edible wild plants in everyday life, recreational foraging, re-connecting with nature, self-reliance, and survival. Silverton, Oregon. $415, Early registration discounts are listed below. A multi-day, hands-on wild food adventure and teach-in, learning natural wonders in the context of current […]
Hug Point, Oregon. $35 - $60 sliding scale, children pay their age, see details. Hug Point, Arch Cape, Oregon. Learn how to find, harvest, transport, clean, and prepare Oregon mussels, barnacles, and other edible wild plants during one of the lowest tides in 2025. Learn gathering regulations, limits and the modern tools used to gather […]
Lincoln City, Oregon. $35 - $60 sliding scale, children pay their age, see details. We will have gobs of fun and gather some of the tastiest clams you’ll eat. Learn how to find, dig, transport, clean, and prepare mahogany and soft shell clams during one of the lowest tides this year. Learn gathering regulations, limits […]
Portland, Oregon. $30 - $60 sliding scale, children pay their age, see details. We'll investigate wild foods from marshes, fields, and woods -- including arrowhead (known as wapato), wocas, elderberry, Oregon grape, blackberry, wild peas, and many other plants. Sauvie Island was originally named Wappatoe Island by the Lewis and Clark expedition for its abundance […]
Portland, Oregon. $35 - $60 sliding scale, children pay their age, see details. This workshop covers many of the plants seen in the books: Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods From Dirt to Plate, and Wild Food Foraging to Feasting by John Kallas. Visit an organic farm and make a delectable wild gourmet salad on the […]
Hug Point, Oregon. $35 - $60 sliding scale, children pay their age, see details. Hug Point, Arch Cape, Oregon. Learn how to find, harvest, transport, clean, and prepare Oregon mussels, barnacles, and other edible wild plants during one of the lowest tides in 2025. Learn gathering regulations, limits and the modern tools used to gather […]
