Café Botanica: Everything’s Coming up Rosehips ~ Wild Fruits, Flowers, and Greens

Summertime is the time of berries, fruit, and flowers, galore! Between June and September, we can experience waves of biocultural bounty on the landscapes of Southern Vermont, treating us to an experience of truly being able to “eat the landscape.” Café Botanica #3 will review 25 wild plant species that you can harvest to compliment your farm-and-garden diets of fresh produce! This workshop will mostly be about identifying edible fruits and berries (the right ones!), flowers and summer greens. We will include knowledge of recipes for nutritious meals, medicinal teas, and some herbal bodycare, to become one with all of the beauty and abundance around us. We’ll feature native species, such as nannyberry, wild plum, sumac, elder, ground cherries, hopniss, and milkweed, as well as newcomer species like purslane. Dr. Jessica Dolan’s Café Botanica Ethnobotany Workshop is a four-part series on wild edible and medicinal plants of the Eastern Woodland landscapes of Southern Vermont. Each session will provide plant identification for 25 species, seasonality, sustainable harvesting tips, caretaking of plant community regeneration, uses, resources for learning, and fun! We will sample foods, teas and other confections made out of featured species, including products made by Windham County wildcrafters and food producers. Space is limited and advance registration is required. Please head to BEEC.org to register early and ensure your spot.