A workshop in Juneau will offer participants the chance to learn about, gather, and prepare wild edible plants on April 25. The event is organized by Sarah Lewis, a professor with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, and Corinne Conlon, a Southeast Alaska foraging expert and author.
The workshop will run from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., starting with an outdoor session where attendees will forage for edible plants in the Juneau area. Organizers say that participants should be prepared for moderate hiking in wet and cold conditions as they look for nettles, fireweed shoots, devil’s club shoots, violets, and other emerging buds.
After the outdoor portion concludes at 3 p.m., participants will move to Chapel by the Lake at 11024 Auke Lake Way in Juneau from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. There they will use their harvested plants to create and share a meal.
The cost of participation is $80. Youths under age sixteen may attend if accompanied by an adult. Registration can be completed online or through https://bit.ly/JuneauWildWalk.
Accommodation requests related to disabilities should be made five business days before the event by contacting Alda Norris at amnorris2@alaska.edu or calling 907-474-7120. Language access services are available free of charge upon request.
The program is supported by funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
