These are in-person classes in Colorado. I’ll be adding more, so please check back, or join the Colorado foragers email list to receive an alert. Kids are always welcome at any class that says “hosted by WFG,” but please purchase a ticket for each child (except infants). No dogs, thanks so much. Hope to see you!
AUGUST 2024:
Hosted by Wild Food Girl:
Breckenridge Backcountry Foraging – Sunday, August 4, 2024 (9:00 am – 3:00 pm) This 6-hour, hands-on class will take place in the Breckenridge backcountry high up in French Gulch. It will be a day of plant and mushroom walks and foraging, along with food preparation to create one or more wild dishes. Mushrooms can be variable, so hopefully there is fruitful fungi. If not, there are lots of great plants to learn in this serene mountain setting. It should be awesome no matter what! Hosted by WFG. ($130) – SOLD OUT
Foothills Foraging – Thursday, August 15, 2024 (9:00 am – 3:00 pm) This 6-hour, hands-on class will take place in the foothills above Littleton, Colorado, at a gorgeous private camping retreat with outdoor kitchen. We will learn the local plants of this habitat, and how to forage and use them. We will also do two special hands-on activities–processing wild pine nuts, and making mustard with wild seeds–and learn where, when, and how to forage these ingredients so you can apply your learning in the field. Hosted by WFG. ($130) – SOLD OUT
OTHER APPEARANCES:
Edible Foraging + Cooking – Saturday, August 17, 2024 (9:00 am – 12:00 pm) Edible wild plants are the best kind of food—free, organic, and delicious. What edible plants can be found in Breckenridge? Join WFG for a walk and talk on edible wild plants in the area—including identification, harvest, use, and sustainability—followed by hands-on food preparation and a tasting back at the Arts District. Hosted by Breck Create ($75 non-members/$57 members)
September 2024:
Hosted by Wild Food Girl:
Making Mustard with Wild Seeds – Saturday, September 14, 2024 (9:00-11:30 am) Did you know that wild mustards grow all around us? In this class we will learn about the wild world of edible mustards, then process the seeds of a common local weed, field pennycress (Thlaspi arvense), into a batch of honey mustard to sample. We will also experiment with other mustard seeds, both wild and cultivated, to understand how mustards are made, and to sample the variety of wild mustard seeds out there. If there’s time left, we’ll do a plant walk! Hosted by WFG. ($60)
OTHER APPEARANCES:
Forest to Field Festival – September 5-8, 2024 – Held in Hotchkiss, CO at Big B’s Delicious Orchard, Forest to Field is an immersive weekend festival of camping and classes including ancestral skills, animal tending, herbalism, foraging, medicine and craft making, sustainable living, and more. I’ll be leading plant walks and hands-on sessions where we process and sample wild pine nuts (pinyons). Hosted by Rooted Apothecary. ($444 adult ticket)
