May 11th
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"Wildman" Steve Brill
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"Wildman" Steve Brill is an expert forager who has been sharing his wisdom through books, an app, and various presentations since 1982. His hands-on program aims to educate people about the environment, reconnect with nature, and enjoy the abundance of edible and medicinal wild plants and mushrooms.
24 classes have spots left
Massapequa Preserve (Kids 12 & Under)
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ Massapequa LIRR station, Sunrise Hwy., Massapequa, NY
Here's a suburban park with many varied habitats that's going to be loaded with mid-spring shoots and greens. We'll be looking for those wild foods that thrive once the growing season has been developing for several months. This is "Wildman's" second exploration of this park, so there should still be some surprises, with one exception: Last year, one of the experienced participants continued exploring when the rest of the group turned back, and...
Sat, May 11th, 12–3pm EDT
(3 hours)
Massapequa Preserve (Teens/Adults)
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ Massapequa LIRR station, Sunrise Hwy., Massapequa, NY
Here's a suburban park with many varied habitats that's going to be loaded with mid-spring shoots and greens. We'll be looking for those wild foods that thrive once the growing season has been developing for several months. This is "Wildman's" second exploration of this park, so there should still be some surprises, with one exception: Last year, one of the experienced participants continued exploring when the rest of the group turned back, and...
Sat, May 11th, 12–3pm EDT
(3 hours)
Belmont Lake State Park (Teens/Adults)
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ 625 Belmont Ave, North Babylon, NY
Discover the hidden treasures of nature in late fall at a scenic location near North Babylon, NY. Uncover the delicious autumn olive berries, lemon-flavored sorrel, and seafood-flavored oyster mushrooms. Join us for a unique foraging experience that will awaken your taste buds and connect you with the bounties of the wild.
Sun, Aug 25th, 11am–2:30pm EDT
(3 hours & 30 minutes)
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Belmont Lake State Park (Kids 12 & Under)
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ 625 Belmont Ave, North Babylon, NY
Discover the hidden delights of a little-known park and embark on a three-hour foraging adventure, unearthing a variety of wild foods. From lemony sheep sorrel to spicy hairy bittercress, this unique tour offers a chance to explore the flavors of nature. Join us for an unforgettable culinary experience amidst the beauty of Belmont Lake State Park.
Sun, Aug 25th, 11am–2:30pm EDT
(3 hours & 30 minutes)
Morningside Park (Teens/ Adults)
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ Morningside Dr, New York, NY
Discover the incredible array of edible and medicinal plants that can be found in Morningside Park during this unique foraging experience led by renowned forager "Wildman" Steve Brill. Uncover the hidden wonders of nature and learn how to incorporate these wild greens into your meals. Join us for an unforgettable adventure!
$20
Hunt for Wild Persimmons in Prospect Park
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ Prospect Park - Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
We will collect the growing edible wild roots sych as Burdock, Sassafras, ginkgo trees, and Sechuan pepper. Various roots thrive in the park late in the season: Burdock root, an expensive detoxifying herb sold in health food stores, abounds in cultivated areas throughout the park. The leaves are all but decayed, yet you can still use the remnants to locate the massive taproots. Try using them to make Burdock Pickles. Wild carrots are a spectacularly...
$10
Forest Park Trail
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ Union Turnpike & Park Ln, New York, NY
This is one of the best places in the world for early spring foraging, with a wide selection of wild herbs, greens, roots, and even some cold-weather mushrooms. Habitats include miles of mature forest, as well as the trail edges, and the disturbed, overgrown, and cultivated habitats that provide homes for all sorts of diverse species. Burdock, a root vegetable prized in East Asia and served in Japanese restaurants, grows in view of the baseball...
$20
Idlewild Park
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ 149th Ave, New York, NY
This park, with its fields, trails, and cultivated areas characteristic of the near-seashore environment, is great for mid-summer foraging. The most spectacular plant, which is common throughout the park, is the wineberry. This invasive, Asian raspberry is way tastier than anything for sale. Another berry that may be ripening already is the dewberry. This is a wild blackberry that trails along the ground, so tasty, it will make you want to throw...
$20
Oakland Lake in Alley Pond Park
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ Alley Pond Park, Queens, NY
You will learn how this large wetland park offers vast foraging opportunities, even as winter approaches. We begin with a small, young woodland. It contains large quantities of field garlic, with leaves like chives and bulbs like onions or garlic. There's also garlic mustard, a garlic-flavored mustard green with a taproot that tastes like horseradish. Nearby grows sassafras, with a root you can use for tea, as a sweet seasoning, or...
$20
The Queensway (Teens/Adults)
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ Woodhaven Blvd, New York, NY
In conjunction with Friends of The Queensway, this tour explores a long-abandoned RR line that runs through Forest Park, and it's one of the best places for foragering in mid-spring. The secondary growth forest, trail edges, and thickets overflow with wild plants. We’ll explore adjacent trails in Forest Park itself as well. This is the season for shoots, greens, and flowers. On the embankment off Forest Park Dr., above...
$10
Cunningham Park (Kids 12 & Under)
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ 19600 Union Tpke, Fresh Meadows, NY
This underappreciated urban park has enough habitat variety and plant species to keep foragers busy for days. We'll highlight those species in season as summer fades into fall, in conjunction with The Down to Earth Farmer's Market. The event begins with a wild demo at the market, before we set off into the woods, thickets, and fields that make up the park. The park is a great place for wild fruit, and plenty of species are ripe at...
$5
Cunningham Park (Teens/Adults)
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ 19600 Union Tpke, Fresh Meadows, NY
This underappreciated urban park has enough habitat variety and plant species to keep foragers busy for days. We'll highlight those species in season as summer fades into fall, in conjunction with The Down to Earth Farmer's Market. The event begins with a wild demo at the market, before we set off into the woods, thickets, and fields that make up the park. The park is a great place for wild fruit, and plenty of species are ripe at...
$10
Sheldrake Lake (Teens/Adults)
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ 685 Weaver St, Larchmont, NY
The 17-year-old foraging expert had been co-leading tours with her dad, "Wildman" Steve Brill, since she was 9. "I'm glad to be rid of her," exclaimed her grumpy father. "She finds all the plants and mushrooms faster than I do, she bosses me around, and she steals all my jokes!" Sheldrake Lake is great for early spring foraging. Right out of the parking lot, the group will collect garlic mustard, a nutritious, tasty, invasive, garlicky green with...
$20
Crawbuckie Park (Teens/Adults)
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ Near Beach Rd & Sandy Dr, Ossining, NY
This woodland will be loaded with shoots, greens, and roots of early spring. Common, renewable woodland greens we may find include, garlic mustard, field garlic, violets, goutweed, Solomon's seal, false Solomon's seal, Japanese knotweed, and stinging nettles. Shoots will be coming up too. We may find sour-flavored Japanese knotweed, savory day-lilies, and pungent ramps. Roots are in season as well. We could find burdock, wild carrots, and common...
$20
Crawbuckie Park (Kids 12 & Under)
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ Near Beach Rd & Sandy Dr, Ossining, NY
This woodland will be loaded with shoots, greens, and roots of early spring. Common, renewable woodland greens we may find include, garlic mustard, field garlic, violets, goutweed, Solomon's seal, false Solomon's seal, Japanese knotweed, and stinging nettles. Shoots will be coming up too. We may find sour-flavored Japanese knotweed, savory day-lilies, and pungent ramps. Roots are in season as well. We could find burdock, wild carrots, and common...
$10
Teatown Lake Reservation (Kids 12 & Under)
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NY
Teatown is a rich natural area full of edible and medicinal wild plants and mushrooms. The trails that encircle the lake guarantee an abundance of many common late summer herbs, greens, berries, and fungi. Here's what we can expect: Leafy greens such as poor man's pepper, wood sorrel, sheep sorrel, purslane, lamb's-quarters, and Asiatic dayflower are more than likely. Garlic mustard seeds...
$20
Teatown Lake Reservation (Teens/Adults)
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NY
Teatown is a rich natural area full of edible and medicinal wild plants and mushrooms. The trails that encircle the lake guarantee an abundance of many common late summer herbs, greens, berries, and fungi. Here's what we can expect: Leafy greens such as poor man's pepper, wood sorrel, sheep sorrel, purslane, lamb's-quarters, and Asiatic dayflower are more than likely. Garlic mustard seeds...
$20
The Bedford Post Inn (Teens/Adults)
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ 954 Old Post Rd., New York, NY
The immediate grounds of this beautiful Inn, owned by actor Richard Gere, the adjacent forest, and the nearby roadsides promise large quantities of wild foods at the beginning of summer. We'll start with the plants growing in the grass near the upper parking lot, including Asiatic dayflowers, garlic mustard, poor man's pepper, and bitter dock. Then we'll head into the woods, where we'll collect indigenous species such as greenbrier, sassafras and...
$20
Nature Study Woods Park (Kids 12 & Under)
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ Flandreau Ave & Webster Ave, New Rochelle, NY
This vast, wooded park is fantastic for foraging in mid-spring, and naturalist and foraging expert Violet Brill, America's First Lady of Foraging, no shrinking Violet, will show you what to eat, and how to harvest everything safely and ecologically during the course of this 2.5 hour tour. May 26, 2019 Shoots will be at their best now. The growing tips of greenbrier, along with the developing young leaves, widespread throughout the woods, have a...
$20
Nature Study Woods Park (Teens/Adults)
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ Flandreau Ave & Webster Ave, New Rochelle, NY
This vast, wooded park is fantastic for foraging in mid-spring, and naturalist and foraging expert Violet Brill, America's First Lady of Foraging, no shrinking Violet, will show you what to eat, and how to harvest everything safely and ecologically during the course of this 2.5 hour tour. May 26, 2019 Shoots will be at their best now. The growing tips of greenbrier, along with the developing young leaves, widespread throughout the woods, have a...
$20
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