Decolonize Your Garden What does a low-input, local, nutrient-rich food supply look like? How can we provide for local wildlife (bumblebees, butterflies, birds, and others) while supporting ourselves? In cases where we have underutilized areas of European lawn grasses (which historically are a display of wealth), how can we transition […]
Edible plants
SAVE THE DATE! Breaking Bread with Wildlife: Edible Native Plants for Your Garden Registration now open! Native plants can be restored into our gardens and natural areas. Can they be restored deeply into our culture by using them for food and medicine? Join native plant grower Rachel Mackow as she […]
Jared Rosenbaum, co-owner of Wild Ridge Plants, and Johann Rinkens of Fields Without Fences will offer a program on native plants and permaculture here at Wild Ridge. Explore the intersection of permaculture design, perennial agriculture, ecological restoration, and native flora with botanist Jared Rosenbaum of Wild Ridge Plants and farmer […]
Explore the summer landscape for wild foods including berries, wild spices, and tea herbs with Rachel Mackow. This gentle-paced hike will traverse the preserve’s trails as we learn about safe and ethical foraging, cook methods, and storage of wild foods. Register: http://schiffnaturepreserve.com/calendar.cfm or (973) 543-6004
Did you know that wild ginger makes an excellent tea? That Solomon’s seal shoots are an asparagus-like vegetable? Can you identify different wild greens in the forest, including the bicolored Virginia Waterleaf? Explore the diverse mesic forest of Musconetcong Gorge while encountering the edible and medicinal uses of the many […]
Wild Ridge Plants is participating in this annual celebration of Warren County’s open space and preservation program. We’ll sell a selection of our plants, and Jared will offer a wild edible & medicinal plant hike in the afternoon. The day also includes food, music, free paddling intro, wildlife demos, […]
Join us on an evening walk through Duke Farms’ community garden in search of edible and medicinal weeds. Summer heat brings forth abundant weeds in our cultivated areas – gardens, lawns, and path edges. We’ll discuss plant identification and resources. We’ll also cover safe and optimal harvesting for great tasting, […]
The natural world can appear to an array of just green … but what if you had to rely on the wild for food or medicine? Learn how identify and prepare common edible plants and see whether bounty exists between sidewalk cracks and along woodland trails. The program will highlight […]
Discover the food and health uses of native plants with botanist Jared Rosenbaum of Wild Ridge Plants. Jared will cover edible native spices, greens, and fruits, and herbal medicines, including wild leek, Solomon’s seal, wood nettle, elderberry and others. Integrating wildcrafting, ecological restoration ethnobotany, and permaculture, Jared will present a […]
Join Rachel Mackow from Wild Ridge Plants for a tour of Ralph Stover State Park spring edible and medicinal plants. Requested program donation: $5 per participant. Registration required Contact: Katie Martens 610-982-0161 kmartens@pa.gov IMPORTANT note about directions: using the park name on a GPS will lead you to the wrong […]