Intro to Foraging: Session #3 - Early Summer Harvest: Desert & Riparian - May 10
Buds, Beans, Flowers, Riparian area
with bioregional herbalist & forager, John Slattery
near Tucson, AZ
May 10, 2025
Workshop fee - $195
Early Bird - $149
*Limited Space Available
Mexican elder flowers
The Sonoran desert abounds with wild plant food!
Learn the seasons, learn the plants. This is the path of the forager. Spending time in nature is our best way to learn. Under the guidance of an experienced forager, one can dramatically increase their learning curve.
As the days grow long and hot we enter into the dry summer of the Sonoran desert. This is a ripening time for a great number of wild foods including cactus buds, fruits, seeds, and beans.
Closer to the water sources, delectable summer greens will be arriving as well.
Join us for an exploration of these powerfully nutritious foods within the educational and healing environment of Mother Nature.
John Slattery
I arrived in the Sonoran Desert over 20 years ago at a time when very few were thinking of how to live off the desert in a harmonious way. I was called to walk the plant path and was solely married to this way of life for many years. I have since raised my daughter on wild plant foods and have shared this knowledge with 100s, if not 1,000s of people through my classes, apprenticeships, and books.
The act of foraging is easy. It’s the work that leads up to it, the discipline and restraint initially involved, that gives the forager the gift of insight and the confidence to do so gracefully, productively, and honorably.
Cattail pollen
Learn in great detail about the major and minor food plants of the Sonoran desert in the early summer. Turn this full day of hands-on learning into a lifetime investment for future knowledge gathering and wild food foraging!
Watercress
In this 3rd session of the season, we’ll explore more of the early summer harvest that’s available to us with cholla buds, bean trees, water-loving plants, and other herbs and edible seeds available.
We’ll explore wild fermentation and you’ll get to taste some unique preparations made from desert plants like ocotillo soda and more!
This workshop takes place in the field, near Tucson, at about 2500-3000’ elevation.
We’ll start the day at 6a to get out when it’s still cool which greatly improves how our bodies adapt to the heat of the day and allows us to wrap up by 2:30p with a full day under our belts.
Full Registration for one individual for Saturday, May 10, 2025
For those coming in from out of town, lodging is available in Tucson and dispersed camping is available nearby for those interested in camping. Additional information will be provided upon registration.
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Bioregional Herbalist & Forager
Tucson, AZ
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