Come learn about the plants and animals that are thriving in your local food system.
LOCATION
Sligo Dennis Avenue Local Park
10200 Sligo Creek Pkwy, Silver spring MD
**Please note that Sligo Creek Pkwy is closed on weekends so you will not be able to drive into the Sligo Dennis parking lot. Find a nice place to park your car along nearby residential streets. There are ample parking options. We’re going to meet near the basketball courts and the public bathroom.**
Nature is abundant with food, medicine & more, yet we have forgotten our ancient ways of working with the diversity of life growing all around us. Learning about wild foods takes some time and focus but in the process we are rewarded with greater health, happiness, resilience and connection to the natural world. In this walk we will cover topics such as:
-Identification of plants and mushrooms
-How to harvest sustainably and prepare different wild edible foods throughout the seasons
-Basics of botany, mycology, field herbalism and medicinal preparations
-Planting & propagation techniques
-Agroforestry principles & practices
-Temperate ecology and more
Instructor Bio: Bodhi Vasilopoulos is the founder of Nature’s Love & Wisdom. He is a passionate forest gardener, herbalist, naturalist, and teacher. His teaching explores the intersection of foraging, agroforestry and food systems with ecology, activism, and cultural transformation. He offers immersive, educational workshops, retreats, and courses. In addition, he helps manage Forested, a regenerative food forest farm and education center working to expand forest agriculture in Washington, DC, and Maryland. He serves as a sitting Council Member on the Montgomery County Food Council. He holds a BS in environmental science and engineering, multiple technical certifications, and a decade of experience working with the land, applying his skills and knowledge towards service to life on Earth.
Register to attend this event (free for all Co-op Members) here.
