Way of the Gatherers
food, fiber, & medicine plants
of the Mid-Atlantic Piedmont
a 3-month mentorship
Spring 2020, Baltimore County, MD
Spinning Dogbane
w/ Drop Spindle
& other wild fibers
Sunday, Dec 29
12pm- 3:30pm
OHerbals Apothecary, Baltimore MD
Spring Plant Walks
12pm- 4pm
Sunday, March 22 @Parkville MD
Sunday, Apr 5 @Hereford MD
Saturday, Apr 25 @Phoenix MD
Saturday, May 16 @Hunt Valley MD
Sunday, May 3 @Fox Haven Farm & Learning Center
Sunday, May 31 @TBA
Saturday, June 20 @ TBA
Yucca
wild fiber & soap
Sunday, April 12
12pm- 4:30pm
OHerbals Apothecary, Baltimore, MD
Summer Plant Walk
Sunday, August 22
3pm- 6:30pm
@ Charlottesville, VA (Monticello area)
food, fiber, medicine
Botany 101
A 1-Day Immersion for Beginners
Sunday, April 19
9am- 4pm
OHerbals Apothecary, Baltimore MD
Wild Greens of Early Spring
Plant Walk
Sun, March 22
12pm- 4pm
@ Parkville, MD
As the ground warms a tiny explosion of green things emerges as the first harbingers of Spring. After a long Winter, these are the year's first tender edible greens and medicines. Looking to the ground and the swelling buds of trees, we'll pay special attention to greens like garlic pennycress, bittercress, violets, chickweed, dandelion, & garlic mustard, as well as redbud and maple flowers.
Each walk is $20 per person.
To register email Victoria at
Bring: plenty of water, snacks, a notebook or camera for taking notes if desired, and please dress according to the weather.
Spring Ephemerals
Plant Walk
Sun, April 5
12pm- 4pm
@Hereford, MD
In April in the river bottoms of the Mid-Atlantic Piedmont, the realm of the fairies comes alive. We'll learn and celebrate the Spring ephemerals, fast blooming plants which emerge in early Spring and are quickly gone for another year of dormancy. Learn about why many of these are sensitive species for human harvest. We might see spring beauties, trout lily, toothwort, anemonies, sweet cicely, and perhaps the infamous false hellebore.
Each walk is $20 per person.
To register email Victoria at
Bring: plenty of water, snacks, a notebook or camera for taking notes if desired, and please dress according to the weather.
Spring Woodlands & Riverbottom
Plant Walk
Sat, April 25
12pm- 4pm
@ Phoenix, MD
We'll explore the woods of Spring, to delight in black haw flowers, stinging nettles, and the stalks or flowers of garlic mustard and other wild greens. We'll check to see if any early signs of shoots have begun amidst the bamboo, and hopefully also make it to the riverbottom to see what it stirring beneath the maples & willow.
Each walk is $20 per person.
To register email Victoria at
Bring: plenty of water, snacks, a notebook or camera for taking notes if desired, and please dress according to the weather.
Spring Plant Walk
@Fox Haven Farm & Learning Center
Sunday, May 3
12pm- 4pm
@Jefferson, MD
Spring is an exciting time which heralds the emergence of tender wild edible shoots, like pokeweed and milkweed, an abundance of edible flowers, like black locust, violets, dandelion, and wild rose, and edible and medicinal wild greens and herbs. The edges, meadows, fields, and even forests are alive with color and greenery.
We'll walk the mid-Spring landscape, learning to notice, smell, taste, and harvest some of these magical plants. We'll also practice some simple botany and plant taxonomy, and learn how to understand plants in their wider ecological contexts. Meaning, "why do certain plants grow where they do?", "what is the life cycle of these plants?", and "how can we harvest and tend them in a way that is harmonious to their life cycles?". Bring a basket if you might like to gather some edible flowers or shoots to bring home.
Registration for this walk is through Fox Haven Farm (click link to redirect to Fox Haven's website)
Bring: plenty of water, snacks, a notebook or camera for taking notes if desired, and please dress according to the weather.
Photo by John Kelbel.
Shoots & Flowers
Spring Plant Walk
Sat, May 16
12pm- 4pm
@Hunt Valley, MD
Mid May in the Piedmont, tender edible shoots, like milkweed and pokeweed, are on the rise. Edible flowers like black locust and wild roses cascade from the trees and shrub layers. And low growing herbs like yarrow, chicory, & wild carrot are starting to transition to their tall Summertime forms. We'll take a look at everything that's in bloom, tender for eating, and alive with medicine and magic.
Each walk is $20 per person.
To register email Victoria at
Bring: plenty of water, snacks, a notebook or camera for taking notes if desired, and please dress according to the weather.
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Spinning Dogbane
w/ Drop Spindle
& other wild fibers
Sunday, Dec 29
12pm- 3:30pm
OHerbals Apothecary, Baltimore MD