Introduction to Wild Foods

Wild Food Adventures 422 SE 49th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

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 […]

Sea Vegetables and Other Seashore Edibles of the Pacific Coast

Parking area south of Lumbermans Memorial Park 206 American Ave, Garabaldi, OR, United States

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. […]

Wild Foods of Northwest Forests, 9am-Noon

Forest Park Germantown Road, Portland, OR, United States

THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL. You can get on a waiting list by emailing your registration & waiver to mail@wildfoodadventures.com as jpgs or pdfs. Write "WAITING" on the form. 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 […]

Wild Foods of Northwest Forests, 1-4pm

Forest Park Germantown Road, Portland, OR, United States

THIS WORKSHOP IS FULL. You can get on a waiting list by emailing your registration & waiver to mail@wildfoodadventures.com as jpgs or pdfs. Write "WAITING" on the form. 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 […]

Wild Foods of Oxbow’s Old Growth Forest, 1-4pm

Oxbow Park 3010 SE Oxbow Parkway, Gresham, OR, United States

Gresham, Oregon. $35 - $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, […]

Wild Foods of the Springwater Corridor – Part 1

Springwater Corridor 4515 SE Johnson Creek Blvd, Portland

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 […]

Neighborhood Foraging of Spring Greens and Vegetables

Wild Food Adventures 422 SE 49th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

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 […]

Butter, Steamer and Gaper Clam Dig

Tillamook Safeway Parking Lot Safeway, 1815 4th St., Tillamook, OR, United States

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 […]

Mussels, Barnacles and Coastal Wild Foods

Hug Point State Recreation Site Beach Access Rd, Arch Cape

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 2024. Learn gathering regulations, limits and the modern tools used to gather […]

Sea Vegetables and Other Seashore Edibles of the Pacific Coast

Parking area south of Lumbermans Memorial Park 206 American Ave, Garabaldi, OR, United States

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. […]

Wild Foods of Vancouver Greenways

Salmon Creek Trail, Vancouver 13851 NW 36th Ave, Vancouver, WA, United States

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 […]

Wild Foods of The Oregon Trail

Oregon City 485 Warner Milne Rd, Oregon City, United States

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 […]

Jessup Bluff’s Fennel Forest

Jessup Bluff 3105 N Willamette Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

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 […]

Mahogany & Softshell Clam Dig

Siletz Bay Park 5289 S U.S. 101, Lincoln City, United States

THIS WORKSHOP IS CANCELLED, we are no longer taking registrations.    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 […]

Sea Vegetables and Other Seashore Edibles of the Pacific Coast

Parking area south of Lumbermans Memorial Park 206 American Ave, Garabaldi, OR, United States

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. […]

Wild Fruits of Northwest Forests – Part 1, 9am-Noon

Hoyt Arboretum Visitors Center 4000 SW Fairview Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

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, […]

Wapato Island Wild Food Expedition

Sauvie island Sam's Cracker Barrel Grocery, 15005 NW Sauvie Island Rd, Portland, Or, OR, United States

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 […]

Mussels, Barnacles and Coastal Wild Foods

Hug Point State Recreation Site Beach Access Rd, Arch Cape

Due to the current troubles with Ocean biotoxins, this workshop has been cancelled. See our August 4th workshop for the last clamming workshop of the year. 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 […]

Farm to Table Wild Food Salad

Cully Organic Neighborhood Farm 5520 NE Killingsworth St, Portland, OR, United States

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 […]

Wild Foods of Sellwood & Oaks Parks, SE Portland

Sellwood 7722 SE 7th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Portland, Oregon. $30 - $60 sliding scale, children pay their age, see details. We'll wander through Sellwood and Oaks Parks natural areas to find some of Fall's best and diverse delectables. See and sample from plants you pass by everyday. We might see black and red hawthorn, native and large rose hips, red and yellow […]

Butter, Steamer and Gaper Clam Dig

Tillamook Safeway Parking Lot Safeway, 1815 4th St., Tillamook, OR, United States

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 […]

Wild Foods of the Springwater Corridor – Part 2

Springwater Corridor 4515 SE Johnson Creek Blvd, Portland

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 nature trail has many tributaries which we will explore for wild edibles. This area is complete with cattail, butternut, […]

Smores From Marshmallow Plants

Wild Food Adventures 422 SE 49th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Portland, Oregon. $30 - $60 sliding scale, children pay their age, see details. Get hands-on experience digging and processing marshmallow (Althaea officinalis) root into marshmallow, an original ingredient of the traditional confection. In the 1700s marshmallow root was a major ingredient of marshmallows. In the early 1800s, the recipe had gum arabic replace most of […]

Neighborhood Foraging – Fall Harvest of Fruits, Nuts and Vegetables

Overlook Park 3713 N Overlook Blvd, Portland

Portland, Oregon. $30 - $60 sliding scale, children pay their age, see details. We'll bushwhack through typical urban neighborhoods to find some of Fall's best and diverse delectables - nuts, fruits, and greens. Wild as well as landscaped edibles will be covered. Some eating may occur. You will later find most of this abundance in […]

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Midwest Wild Harvest Festival

The Wisconsin Badger Camp 11815 Munz Ln, Prairie du Chien, WI, United States

Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. $100 - $200 for Full Event. For Options Visit Web Site. This multi-day, hands-on wild food event provides education and experience finding, processing, and consuming edible wild plants and other foragables in a beautiful camp setting. Founded by wild food author and teacher Sam Thayer and now run independently by his […]

Nature Wonder Wild Food Weekend

North Bend State Park 202 North Bend Park Road, Cairo, WV, United States

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, […]