Summer Foraging Walk, 13 June | Event in Otto | AllEvents

Summer Foraging Walk

Mainspring Conservation Trust

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Fri, 13 Jun, 2025 at 05:30 pm

2 hours

Tessentee Bottomland Preserve

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Date & Location

Fri, 13 Jun, 2025 at 05:30 pm to 07:30 pm (EDT)

Tessentee Bottomland Preserve

2249 Hickory Knoll Rd, Franklin, NC 28734-5241, North Carolina, Otto, United States

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Summer Foraging Walk
A ticket purchase is required to attend this event. RSVPing on Facebook does not guarantee you a ticket. Head to our website to secure your spot: https://www.mainspringconserves.org/events/spring-foraging-hike/

Learn about the edible and medicinal plants and mushrooms that live alongside us!

Join forager, farmer, chef, and Jackson County local Julie Fox Jones of Wildkitchen Supply for this gentle walk along the trails at Tessentee Bottomland Preserve. As we ramble, we will meet and learn about the edible plants and mushrooms that we encounter along the way. We’ll discuss identification techniques, cooking methods, foraging ethics, and medicinal preparations, leaving time to admire the non-edible plants and mushrooms as well! This event is open to foragers, nature lovers, hikers, and chefs of all knowledge and skill levels.

We’ll meet in the parking lot of Tessentee Bottomland Preserve just before 5:30pm on Friday, June 13th. The walk will take about two hours, and is over surfaces of varying grades, widths, and substrates. Trails at Tessentee are rated as easy or easy-moderate, but are natural surface paths that involve stepping over roots and rocks. We will be back at the trailhead by sunset. We suggest bringing water, a snack, layers, sturdy hiking shoes, and any naturalist tools you may want such as a notebook or a hand lens. Please note that we will not be harvesting anything during this walk, and foraging on Mainspring Conservation Trust properties is by permission only.

Tickets are $30 per person. Space is limited, so head to our ticket purchase page to secure your spot ( https://mainspringconserves.networkforgood.com/events/86587-summer-foraging-walk, this link will take you to a different website), then grab your notebook and prepare for a fun evening of learning about the edible biodiversity that can be found here in the mountains!

This event is weather dependent. Please leave pets at home. Email Skye at c2NhaG9vbiB8IG1haW5zcHJpbmdjb25zZXJ2ZXMgISBvcmc= with any questions.


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Tessentee Bottomland Preserve, 2249 Hickory Knoll Rd, Franklin, NC 28734-5241, United States,Otto, North Carolina

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Summer Foraging Walk, 13 June | Event in Otto | AllEvents
Summer Foraging Walk
Fri, 13 Jun, 2025 at 05:30 pm