About This Event

Humans have been highly attuned to and directly sustained by the Earth for millenia. This direct, sensory connection with the animate landscape is our human birthright. Experience direct relationship with the sensuous earth through shinrin yoku (forest bathing), foraging, and wildlife tracking. Join Maria Wesserle and Kirsten Welge to awaken your senses and relate to the land and its inhabitants as a part of an interconnected, resilient earth.

This urban workshop will include a sensory meditation, identification of edible plants and mushrooms on the land, and animal track and sign identification. We will close with local wild-foraged tea.

Suggested age 14 and up (those under 18 should be accompanied by an adult.)

The exact location for this event will be sent to you in an email. It will be in the city of Minneapolis.

Accessibility: this event will be held on and off trail and may require bushwhacking and walking over uneven ground, logs, and other obstacles. Total distance traveled will be about 1.5 miles.

Sliding scale $40 - $60.

For more details, please email info@fourseasonforaging.com or call 612-440-5958.

About the Instructors

Maria Wesserle is a forager and certified wildlife tracker. Her business, Four Season Foraging, is devoted to creating a space where people can learn to interact with urban and rural wild places in meaningful and sustainable ways.

Kirsten Welge is a certified wildlife tracker and nature & forest therapy guide. She shares shinrin yoku and wildlife tracking around the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota through Natural Awareness LLC.

Registration

Space is limited to better encourage participatory learning. Please register before Saturday, July 29th, 10am.