Foraging for Wild Spring Edibles

This will be a hands-on foraging walk & wild pesto making adventure with Annie-Sophie from the Green Farmacy.

Come explore & nibble greens around the land while learning identification and benefits of spring edibles we’ll harvest to make wild herbal pesto together!

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”

There is an abundance of wild, free food, that doubles as medicine, growing all around us! In this hands-on workshop, we will get to know early spring edible plants that can be found growing locally. We’ll discuss how to identify them as well as how to work with them for food and/or medicine.

We will take a walk around the land focusing on wild edible & medicinal plants that emerge in early spring.

As we nibble our way around, we will be harvesting the plants we meet to make & taste a wild pesto together! Some wild spring edibles we may meet and explore include:

purple dead nettle, Lamium purpureum

violet, Viola spp.

chickweed, Stellaria media

dandelion, Taraxacum officinale

nettle, Urtica dioica

bittercress, Cardamine hirsuta

ground ivy, Glechoma hederacea

onion grass, Allium vineale

peppergrass, Lepidium virginicum

garlic mustard, Alliaria petiolata

henbit, Lamium amplexicaule

What to bring:

A notebook and writing utensil if you use them.

A harvest basket or bag if you have one; there may be an abundance of plants for participants to take home:)

Any snacks you may want to enjoy with the pesto such as crackers, veggies, etc. Limited snacks will be provided, though may not cater to a wide range of dietary restrictions/preferences

A small container in case there is enough pesto for folks to take a sample home

I look forward to sharing the magic gifts of plants with you, & reveling in spring’s beauty & wonder together!

💫 For First-Time Visitors

• No prior experience is needed.
• Please arrive 15 minutes early to settle in.
• You are welcome to walk the grounds or explore our crystal shop before the circle begins.

📍 Directions

• Address: 15406 Riding Stable Rd. (property is at the end of a ½ mile driveway into the woods).
• You will cross a small stream—drive slowly (under 10 MPH) to keep dust down.
• Please be mindful of our neighbors and do not stop to interact with horses along the way.

💖 Energy Exchange

To help keep this gathering accessible, we invite an offering of $15–$25. If you feel called to contribute in another way, please reach out in advance.

With love and gratitude