Upcoming Public Events
Check out our list of upcoming public forages, tastings and wild food picnics!
September
September features a wide variety of delicious wild nuts, berries and mushrooms. Beach plums, paw paws, fox grapes, riverside grapes, cranberries, hickory nuts, crab apples, autumn olives, cow parsnip seeds, spicebush berries, chokecherries, wild pears, dogwood fruit, sassafras leaves, and crabapples are all ripe for the taking. Hen of the woods/maitake, hericium/lion’s mane, beefsteak polypores, oyster mushrooms, lobster mushrooms, hedgehog mushrooms, blewits, honey mushrooms, shrimp of the woods and a large array of gilled mushrooms – russulas, brittle gills, etc make for excellent mushroom hunting.
Foraging Walk: Fungi, Wild Fruits and Nuts
When: 10:00am – 12:00pm
Cost: $50/person
October
October offers a delightful mix of unique fungi, fruits, nuts and herbs. Many mushrooms are at their peak from cooler nights including Maitake/Hen of the Woods, Lion’s Mane, Cauliflower Mushrooms, Matsutake, Hedgehogs, Honey Mushrooms, Blewits, Oysters and a premium selection of chanterelles and boletes. Fruits like crab apples, autumn olives, persimmons, cranberries and paw-paws are perfect for picking. And, a myriad of tasty nuts like hickory, black walnut, acorns and hazelnuts will keep your bags full.
Foraging Walk: Fungi, Trees, Fruits and Nuts
When: 10:00am – 12:00pm
Cost: $50/person
October 10 – Waltham, MA*
Foraging Walk and Tasting: Fall Fungi, Trees, Fruits and Nuts* (SOLD OUT)
When: 10:00am – 1:00pm
Cost: $65/person
October 17 – Framingham*
Foraging Walk: Fall Fungi, Trees, Fruits and Nuts* (SOLD OUT)
When: 10:00am – 12:00pm
Cost: $50/person
October 24 – Lynn, MA*
Foraging Walk and Wild Food Picnic: Fungi, Trees, Fruits and Nuts* (SOLD OUT)
When: 10:00am – 1:00pm
Cost: $75/person
October 25 – Newton, MA*
Foraging Walk: Fungi, Trees, Fruits and Nuts* (SOLD OUT)
When: 10:00am – 12:00pm
Cost: $50/person
November
November brings many wild spring edibles back into the fold including: Multi-flora rose hips, cleavers, garlic mustard, wintercress, bittercress, sorrels, spring onion/crow’s garlic/field garlic, wild horseradish roots, sunchokes and various edible sea weeds. The last of the fall fungi race to fruit before a hard ground frost leaves them dormant for the upcoming winter months. Many medicinal mushrooms stick around during colder months, including Turkey Tail, Birch Polypore and Chaga in addition to Enoki, Winter Chanterelles and Wood Ear Fungus.
Foraging Walk: Late Fall Fruits, Tubers, Roots and Nuts
When: 10:00am – 12:00pm
Cost: $50/person