Saturday Jul 16th, 11:45am - 3:45pm Eastern Time
Foraging expert Steve Brill has shared his foraging wisdom at schools, museums, parks departments, environmental organizations, and with scout troops since 1982. He’s written three books and an app, stars in a DVD and maintains a website.
His History with Foraging
As part of his exercise regime, he was bicycling past a local park in Queens, New York City, where he lived, when he saw some ethnic Greek women, dressed in traditional black garb, collecting something. He stopped and asked what they were doing but couldn't understand a word of what they were saying. It was all Greek to him. He came home with a bag of wild grape leaves, which he readily stuffed. They were delicious. When he returned to the same park in the fall, the trees were festooned with fox grapes, the wild forerunner of Concord grapes, and they're scrumptious too. He got books on the subject and began learning all the wild food he could find. He had so much fun foraging, he thought other people might enjoy it too, and that led to his foraging tours.
The purpose of his hands-on program is to learn about the environment and get back in touch with nature. By studying foraging and nature, we enjoy our renewable resources and reaffirm our commitment to preserving and rebuilding our ecological riches. All the tours and presentations feature a great diversity and abundance of common, renewable, seasonal edible and medicinal wild plants or mushrooms.
Note: All tours are open to people of all ages, plus well-behaved dogs.
Notes:
If you can't attend the class you signed up for, please call or email "Wildman" Steve Brill a day before the start of the class. No-call/no-show creates an inconvenience to all participants since we can’t tell if absentees are having transportation issues, and this delays the start of the tour/class.
Kindly note that price posted is our suggested donation only.
5/29/2022
Anonymous
Hi, The class was cancelled and no information on refunds provided.
Kindly see to it that the relevant charges of my VISA card get reversed.
Thank you, Michael STREITZ
5/16/2022
Josh S.
Very family friendly and warm, educational
5/2/2022
Elia T.
Steve is a real treat! His knowledge and way to teach are exemplar
5/2/2022
cathy b.
This was a glorious experience! Steve is so knowledgable, patient, nice, all around great. I cant imagine there is a person on earth who wouldn’t be happy spending a few hours foraging and learning with him.
4/17/2022
Anonymous
Wildman Steve is great. Super informative class and fun way to spend a beautiful Saturday afternoon. I'll be returning to this class and the Central Park offering. The only negative mark was the size of the class. Too big for full engagement with the material and instructor. I would limit the number to 20 max. 10 would be even better.
12/11/2021
Jeff T.
Great class with wild man Steve and his daughter! I learned a lot and am surprised there is so much food to eat in prospect park! I took lots of notes and look forward to learning more!
12/5/2021
Anonymous
Amazing experience. Me and my friends had a great time learning from Steve and his sweet (and very smart and knowledgeable!) Daughter!
11/21/2021
Peter S.
I used my one day off to do this class with a handful of friends. After coming across the city to meet at the designated location and time and waiting for 30 minutes, we found out that the instructor had cancelled the course and no one had been notified. Complete waste of time and money.
11/14/2021
Ion S.
I need a refund because the class was cancelled. Additionally, I was not notified of this cancellation until I was at the location of the class.
10/25/2021
Jason W.
I wasn't into foraging at first and was brought to this by my wife. However, both Wildman Steve Brill and Violet were a delight and their passion for foraging is so pure and infectious. I would recommend this to anyone!
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