Discover the wild plants that inhabit our landscape. Learn how to identify, sustainably harvest, and prepare these plants to weave them into meals and home remedies. Many are easy to recognize, safe to work with, and inhabit your favorite trails, backyards, and even more urban areas. Heather will share her tips and tricks from more than fifteen years of working with wild edible and medicinal plants.This walk will be easy-moderate in nature with many stops along the way to meet and discuss the plants. To document your experience, please bring a notebook/pen for note-taking.
Heather Houskeeper "The Botanical Hiker" is an herbalist and forest therapy guide, long-distance hiker, and author. Heather has professionally guided others into the natural world through seminars, workshops, and walks since 2010 and is the founder of the School of Plant and Place Connection, an in-person herbal medicine school located in Milford, Pa. Heather has hiked thousands of miles, including the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine, studying and working with the plants for food and medicine. She is the author of three trail-inspired books about wild edible and medicinal plants and the Wild Food columnist for Dirt Magazine. Learn more about Heather at: www.thebotanicalhiker.com and www.schoolofplantandplaceconnection.com
Location: Lacawac Sanctuary - Visitor Center
94 Sanctuary Rd
Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania 18436