Central Park Group Foraging Tour

Embark on a fascinating journey through Central Park's abundant wild foods of mid-spring. Join our expert guide as you discover a diverse array of edible treasures, from spicy mustard greens to tender cattail shoots. Delve into the world of foraging and unlock the culinary potential of nature's bounty.

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Provider	Vetted Local Provider (4.4-star rating across 186 reviews)
Location	Central Park - At E 106th St
Price	$650 for up to 15 people; $15 per person thereafter (see price details)
Duration	Up to 2 hours
Group Size	Up to 35 people
Materials	None required

Central Park provides a great window into the world of wild foods of mid-spring. It's the peak of the season for wild salad greens, and we'll be finding great quantities of renewable ingredients: Spicy mustard greens, such as garlicky garlic mustard, hot hedge mustard, and even hotter poor man's pepper, will abound on lawns or under trees anywhere, and lemony sheep sorrel thrives in sunny places.

Offset their flavors in a salad with milder-tasting greens such as violet leaves, lamb's-quarters, Asiatic dayflower, and chickweed, also quite abundant. With the inclusion of tender, cucumber-flavored cattail shoots, you'll have the best salad you've ever eaten.

Wild mushrooms, if present, will provide a gourmet side dish. We could find fairy ring mush.

Please Note:

Participants should be dressed for the weather, and be aware of very bad subway service.
Trains are often canceled due to track work.
No sandals (there are mosquitoes, thorns and poison ivy).
Everyone should have plastic bags for veggies and herbs, paper bags for mushrooms, which spoil in plastic, containers for berries from late spring through fall, water and lunch, and extra layers when it's cold.
Digging implements and pocket knives are optional.
Please bring plastic bags for vegetables and herbs, paper bags for mushrooms, drinking water, and a pen (to sign in).
Dogs are permitted. Children are encouraged to attend.
There's no smoking whatsoever at any time.

$650 for up to 15 people
$15 per person thereafter

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