Eat the Neighborhood with David Odd

Events all Saturday, June 14:
1:30 PM Presentation at Riverside Public Library (free) Use link below to sign up at the library.
2:30 PM Foraging Walk ($35 per person) - Meet in front of Riverside Public Library
5:30 PM Meal at Chew Chew ($40 per person) - 33 E. Burlington St. Use links below to sign up for walk or meal or both!

Dave Odd, Chicagoland's only professional full-time forager, will give a hands-on presentation of edible and medicinal wild plants and mushrooms that you can find right in your own backyard. Dave has been a wildlife educator and forager since his formative years and can now identify over 3000 edible and medicinal wild plants and mushrooms. He has provided foraged goods to over two dozen Michelin starred restaurants, worked with celebrity chefs, fed Martha Stewart, and has been featured on The Discovery Channel, WTTW, NPR, The Washington Post, Chicago Magazine, and much more. Dave has been giving his approachable Eat the Neighborhood Foraging Tours for the public since 2010.

Registration is required, https://riversidelibrary.libcal.com/event/14231310

Purchase tickets for the walk, meal or the combined walk and meal at Odd Produce. ( https://www.oddproduce.com/events/2025/6/14/riverside-il-eat-the-neighborhood-foraging-talk-walk-and-dinner-at-the-riverside-public-library-amp-the-chew-chew)

You may also like the following events from Olmsted Society of Riverside:

• This Saturday, 3rd May, 01:00 pm, 2025 Landscape Workday (Indian Gardens, Garlic Mustard Pull) in Lyons
• This July, 26th July, 01:00 pm, 2025 Landscape Workday (Harrington Park) in Riverside
• This July, 27th July, 01:00 pm, Vintage Baseball Game in Riverside

Also check out other Food & Drink events in Riverside.