In and Around the Garden

Join Author Alicia Funk on a seasonal discovery of the uses of plants native to our region—seen through photographs and a walk through Soil Born Farms & Elderberry Farms and tasted through a sampling of wild treats. Learn how to prepare fresh and locally available native, wild plants in this interactive program that includes highlights from her book, Living Wild—Gardening, Cooking and Healing with Native Plants of California.

WHEN: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 10:00am – 1:00pm

WHERE: Soil Born Farms American River Ranch, 2140 Chase Drive in Rancho Cordova

Itinerary:

10-11:  Seasonal Cooking with Native Edibles
11-12:  Tasting of Edibles: Prepare Oak Nut Flour & Manzanita Sugar to Take Home
12-12:30:  Growing Drought Tolerant Natives, Chris Lewis, Elderberry Farms Native Plant Nursery
12:30-1:  Native Plant Walk at the Farm

For fee and registration information go to Wild Edibles registration or phone 916 868-6399.

Elderberry Farms Native Plant Nursery, 2140 Chase Drive, Rancho Cordova, along the American River Parkway at Soil Born Farms’ American River Ranch