Intro to Foraging
Saturday, July 13, 2024
10:00am to 1:00pm
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Join our guest teacher Genevieve Olivier to learn about common useful plants and mushrooms that grow right in your back yard. Genevieve is an artist and forager in Parkland County. She is an Anishinaabe/Ojibway woman residing in Parkland County with roots and teachings from her home community of Fort William First Nation, in Thunder Bay Ontario. All of the information shared is in the spirit of land-based teaching that promotes learning about what is around us, taking only what we need, and giving thanks for our harvest.
There will be a printed handout of a variety of local plants and fungi packet for each participant. Everyone will gather and have a short discussion on what we may be able to find that is in the foraging packet. We will walk together and discuss what we are seeing. Small groups and solo walkers can then head out to see what they find. We will return and lay out what we have found and give the group an opportunity to see in person what can be found in our own backyards. We will end with a sharing of snacks circle and some hot foraged tea. This is a beginner level and low impact, slow walk on mostly flat or small incline terrain.
Opening smudge will be at 10:15am firm before beginning.
Chickakoo Lake Recreation Area
1128 Township Rd 534
Onoway, AB, T0E 1V0