The Women’s Outdoor Club is excited to announce the following event:
Summer Edible Plant Walk
When: 9:00 AM until 1:00 PM, August 24th, 2024.
Where: We will meet at the Millarville General Store at 9:00 AM and will drive to our location West of Turner Valley, AB from there. Please see the link here to view the google maps location for Millarville General Store, located at 101 Millarville Landing, Millarville, AB.
Event Details:: Join CFGA’s Women’s Outdoor Club for an exciting Summer Edible Plant Walk! Our group will be hosted by Julie Walker from Full Circle Adventures, who will introduce us to over a dozen edible, native plants, and non-native plant species; we will also learn the basics of plant identification through smell, touch, taste, and plant growth patterns. Julie will also share historic stories of the plants we are seeing, which will help us connect with each plant and the landscape in which it lives. Methods of ethical foraging and understanding plant relationships are a critical part of this outing.
During this event we will learn:
- Easy methods to identify plants
- What a healthy plant community is (Ethical foraging)
- Edible plant parts in the current season (Ethical foraging)
- A few local toxic plants to avoid, and more!
What to bring: comfortable shoes suitable for uneven ground, day pack with personal water bottle and snacks, a “Go Mug” to enjoy a hot tea sample, personal medical items (i.e. inhaler, EpiPen, etc.), sunscreen/hat, and 2 small paper bags. Please remember to dress for the weather – long pants are preferred for this event
Once you have registered, you will be required to submit a completed Waiver and Medical Information Form as per your participation.
For more information regarding this event, please email [email protected] or Britney Szakacs.