Edible Wild Plants Certificate Course
- All levels
- 16 and older
- $830
- 10S404 Knoch Knolls Rd, Naperville, IL
- 60 hours over 10 sessions
Apr 30th
5:30–7pm CDT
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What you'll learn in this gardening class:
Learn over 200 edible wild plants that grow in our bioregion through classroom, field and home study, but most importantly by eating or preparing recipes with them every class! You will receive an Edible Wild Plants Recipe book containing all of the recipes prepared by the instructor and students throughout the course and a printed certificate recognizing your accomplishment.
There are so many reasons to learn how to identify edible wild plants:
- Interest in foraging for increased personal and economic resilience
- Connecting with nature
- Expanding your knowledge of edible plants for landscaping, permaculture, or ecological restoration
- Wilderness survival
- To expand or prepare for herbal studies
- Leading plant walks to share and help build resilient community
During the edible wild plants certificate course you will learn 20-25 plants every class using live or dried specimens, photos, and drawings. By the end of the course you will have learned how to identify 200+ plants.
Every morning you will take a plant identification exam of the 20-25 plants that you learned the class prior. When the exam time has ended, Pat (your instructor) will review the test, let you know the answers, and host Q&A time.
Lunch time will always include wild edible foods and beverages prepared by the instructor and students. Each student is expected to prepare one recipe a season and to present their recipe at lunch time, making every class a veritable celebration!
After lunch, a guided plant identification walk will be taken, rain or shine, where you can practice finding the plants you just learned in the classroom in the wild. Students who presented recipes will identify their plant on the walk and teach fellow students about it. Always dress appropriately for the weather and bring a change of shoes!
Basic plant identification skills are required to take this class.
- A short quiz must be taken to determine plant id proficiency or participants can provide documentation of a plant id class or other evidence of knowledge, or enroll in our pre-course Plant ID Class.
In order to receive the certificate, only 1 class may be missed and the test must be made up. No make up classes can be offered.
Refund Policy
A full refund less a 5% non refundable registration fee will be given for any classes that the school cancels.
- For 2-3 hour classes a full refund less 5% cancellation fee will be given if a cancellation request is made up to 3 business days prior to the class.
- A refund less 5% cancellation fee for full day or weekend courses will be offered up to 6 business days prior.
If you have registered for the class, do not show up, and do not communicate your absence prior to the class, then you will be charged the full class fee. Instructors are compensated for teaching so it is important that we respect their preparation and teaching time.
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Naperville, Suburbs
10S404 Knoch Knolls Rd
At McDonald Farm
Naperville, Illinois 60565 Naperville, Suburbs
10S404 Knoch Knolls Rd
At McDonald Farm
Naperville, Illinois 60565
We are located on The Conservation Foundation's McDonald Farm in south Naperville. There is a long driveway on the north side of Knoch Knolls Road a 1/2 mile from Ring Road. Entrance to the parking area is to the right of the driveway just before the driveway circles.
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