Sunken Meadow State Park Group Foraging Tour

Embark on an unforgettable foraging adventure at Sunken Meadow State Park, where the seashore offers a bounty of edible treasures. From the pungent sea rocket to the savory rockweed, discover a diverse array of wild plants and seaweeds along the coastline. Join us and explore the rich culinary possibilities hidden within nature's embrace.

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Location	New York - Btwn park's bathhouse & Parking Field#1
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

The seashore is always a special place for edible wild plants. Early spring is no exception, and Sunken Meadow Park exemplifies the best of the habitat. In addition to the beach habitat and adjacent thickets, it's got cultivated areas, wetlands, and woodland trails.

The most spectacular find in the sand within sight of the ocean, sea rocket is a pungent, succulent mustard found nowhere else, and it's as healthy as it is tasty.

In the LI sound itself, we're sure to find rockweed, which is an excellent ingredient in soups and Japanese dishes, although you can also prepare it like kale chips. Rockweed tastes so good, you'll love it even if you're a jazz fan! It's also a great source of iodine and other minerals, so herbalists used it for thyroid problems for centuries. If the cause was iodine deficiency, it would be effective.

We'll probably also find sea lettuce, great sautéed with garlic in olive oil, or added to soups. You can even candy this seaweed. We could also find Irish moss, one of the best thickeners of soups and beverages.

In thickets away from the water, we'll come across the northern bayberry (our native version of bay leaves), sour sheep sorrel, and yarrow. We should also find, field garlic, poor man's pepper, and mullein growing along the edges of trails or in fields.

If there has been sufficient rain beforehand, there could be choice gourmet mushrooms such as dryad's saddle, which, marinated and baked, makes an outstanding meat substitute. Savory fairy ring mushrooms may also be around.

You can't get better early spring foraging than this!

Meeting place:

This 2-hour foraging tour of Sunken Meadow Park at the benches between the Sunken Meadow Park Bath House and Parking Field #1, in Kings Park, NY.

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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