Did you know many invasive plants make fantastic foods and medicines? That many of the weeds painstakingly pulled from your garden are in fact edible and more nutritious than what you can buy in a store? During this walk, we will learn about common introduced and native plants, how to identify them by family, and their edible, medicinal, or poisonous properties. You will never look at the world around you the same after this walk! The whole family can learn about the edible plants that grow in your backyard. Many plants that we try to banish from our gardens and yards are delicious, nutritious and pernicious.
Join Ethnobiologist Hayden Stebbins at Trout Brook Valley Preserve in Weston, CT for a walk to see the world in a way most people have only recently forgotten. Hayden Stebbins graduated from Cornell with a BS in Science of Natural and Environmental Systems, Schumacher College with an MS in Sustainable Horticulture and Food Production, shadowed Marc Williams (editor of Botany in a Day), and completed The Eclectic School of Herbal Medicine's clinical herbalism program. He teaches about plants, fungi, and foraging, and is starting an edible and medicinal tree and shrub nursery in Brooktondale, NY and helps out with the herbal company Suntrap.co.
Learn more about Hayden at haydensharvest.com.
Dress: Sturdy shoes, protections from deer ticks which are present at this time of year, sunscreen and insect repellent.
Parking: Preserve parking lot is located on Bradley Road, Weston, CT.
Length: Approximately 1 1/2 hours.