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SUMMARY:Nature Wonder Wild Food Weekend
DESCRIPTION:Cairo\, West Virginia. Join the longest running annual wild food event in North America. Held every Fall since it’s inception in 1968\, this event provides education and experience finding\, processing\, and feasting on edible wild plants and other forageables in a beautiful park setting in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Founded by Edelene Wood\, the long running president of the National Wild Foods Association\, this event was inspired by followers of Euell Gibbons. Nature Wonder Weekend is open to anyone from beginning to advanced foragers. Past keynote speakers have included Euell Gibbons\, Dr. John Kallas of Wild Food Adventures\, Dr. Peter Gail of Goosefoot Acres\, Samuel Thayer of Forager’s Harvest\, Mike Krebill\, Edelene Wood\, Bill Faust\, John Tomikel and Doug Elliot\, among many others.\n\nParticipants offering wild foods they’ve made to other participants at the Saturday Wild Food Feast. \nFor a 2026 informational brochure complete with printable registration form\, go HERE.\nEach year park rangers and local wild food enthusiasts help teach and facilitate the weekend. There are usually one to three outside wild food instructors who speak or teach at the event. Dr. Kallas teaches at this event about once every 5 years. He is NOT attending this year. This event is listed here to help spread the word to people who check this web site. Links are provided.\n\nOne of the group cabins you can rent with other attendees\, or you can stay in the hotel-like lodge while you are there. \nLocation\nNorth Bend State Park has been the home of Nature Wonder Weekend since the beginning. The lodge and cabins are surrounded by Eastern woodland forests\, miles and miles of hiking trails\, a lake\, a duck pond and the winding North Fork of the Hughes River. North Bend has a 305 acre recreational lake. It is a great fishing area. The Park also offers an outdoor pool\, tennis courts\, and picnic areas. The Park is about 25 miles East of Parkersburg\, West Virginia. It can be reached via State Route 14 from Cairo\, or State Route 5 from Harrisville. \nContact & Notification\nWhile we post the Nature Wonder Weekend here at our Wild Food Adventures web site\, you must contact them for information and updates. I believe they have an e-mail list you can get on.  Contact the WV Dept of Natural Resources to get details:\nCall 304-558-2754 or contact Amy Larch at Amy.J.Larch@wv.gov or Julia Greathouse at Julia.L.Greathouse@wv.gov \nFor a report on the Wild Food Weekend\, go here: \n\nAdventures in West Virginia – The Nature Wonder Wild Food Weekend\, by John Kallas\, published November 1\, 2000 – Wild Food Adventurer Newsletter – Volume 5\, Number 4
URL:https://wildfoodadventures.com/workshop/nature-wonder-wild-food-weekend/
LOCATION:North Bend State Park\, 202 North Bend Park Road\, Cairo\, WV\, 26337\, United States
CATEGORIES:Rendezvous Workshops,The National Wild Food Association,WV Dept of Natural Resources
ORGANIZER;CN="The National Wild Food Association & the WV Dept of Natural Resources":MAILTO:Amy.J.Larch@wv.gov
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SUMMARY:Georgia Wild Foods Weekend
DESCRIPTION:Clarksville\, Georgia.\n$245 / Person for the full event. Price includes Meals\, Lodging\, Seminars and Workshops. \nJoin other foragers at the second annual Georgia Wild Foods Weekend. It will be held every fall in the peach state. This event provides education\, experience\, and camaraderie finding\, processing\, and feasting on edible wild plants and other foragables in a beautiful park-like setting in the hills of Georgia.  It is open to anyone from beginning to advanced foragers. The theme changes every year. The event requires advanced registration. Lodging is available. \n\nLake Ekklesia at Christian Camp. \nOn a fall weekend people from all over the deep south will take into the woods and fields of Georgia to learn about edible wild plants\, meet other foragers\, and celebrate fall’s bounty. After an introduction to some of the plants to be collected\, participants will join small groups led by experienced foragers to collect wild foods. Each year the Georgia Wild Foods Weekend hosts a featured speaker and other experienced foragers. The climax of the weekend will be a wild feast composed of collected foods prepared by the participants. The Sunday program will feature a variety of outdoor activities.  \n\nThere is a lot of nature to discover at the camp. \nContact – Information – Registration\nContact: Anne-Marie Bilella or Michelle Withrow\, gawildfoods@gmail.com\, 762-228-1563.\nRegistration: FORM\nCamp Location: 531 Christian Camp Ln\, Clarkesville\, GA 30523. Here is a Google MAP\nFacebook: VISIT \nInstructors\nEach year many local wild food experts and enthusiasts help teach and facilitate the weekend. There may be several outside wild food instructors who speak or teach at the event. Dr. Kallas has not taught at this event so far. He is NOT attending this year. This event is listed here to help spread the word to people who check this web site. There are different guest speakers each year. \nLocation\, Accommodations\, and Meals\nLodging is available in dormitory style bunk-bed cabins. Bath and shower facilities are available in each cabin. Each person is provided with a twin bed. It is up to you to bring a blanket\, sheets\, pillow\, a bath towel\, hand towel\, wash cloth\, and toiletries. There are facilities for men\, women\, family\, and friends. Camping is not permitted on the center grounds. No pets. Parents are responsible for the supervision and safety of their children during the weekend. Staff at the camp prepare all meals except the Saturday evening feast. \nThe camp provides standard meals with the exception of the Wild Feast on Saturday. Most participants will share in the processing and preparation of wild foods for that Saturday feast. \nThere typically is a favorite wild dish contest\, and a wild spirits contest. Crafts and classes vary. All these events happen in addition to foraging experiences and the Saturday Wild Feast. \nYou will need comfortable shoes and clothes appropriate for outdoor weather.
URL:https://wildfoodadventures.com/workshop/georgia-wild-food-weekend/
LOCATION:North Georgia Christian Camp\, 531 Christian Camp Ln\, Clarkesville\, GA\, 30523\, United States
CATEGORIES:Rendezvous Workshops
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