Explore the botany, natural history and flavors of several local wild edible plants at Edible Midwest Natives on Wednesday, June 18 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in the Mansion Carriage House.
Heidi Leuszler, the owner and head chef of Berries and Flour in Champaign, will focus on native plants that are harvestable at the time of class. Those could include spicebush, common milkweed, nettles, sweet Cicely, black raspberry, American persimmon, common prickly ash and violets.
Students will learn ethical and sustainable foraging practices, look at different types of harvesting gear, and take a short walk into the woods to find, identify and forage edible parts from selected species. Students will then clean, process and eat what was foraged, and will go home with a handful of recipes, samples and plants (resources permitting).
$65/person. Register at
https://allerton.illinois.edu/events/edible-midwest-natives/ by June 4. All sales are final.
If you will need disability-related accommodations in order to participate, please email
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You may also like the following events from Allerton Park and Retreat Center:
- This Friday, 30th May, 12:00 pm, Basket Weaving: The Bees Knees in Cisco
- This Saturday, 31st May, 09:00 am, Rats, Bats, & Mice of Illinois in Cisco
- Next Wednesday, 4th June, 05:00 pm, Intro to Mosaic Art (May and June) in Cisco
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Workshops in Monticello,
Food & Drink events in Monticello.
