Photo by Lindsey Flicker
About This Event
Plants are among our oldest ancestors, and like good elders, they are full of stories and wisdom. Join Maria Wesserle of Four Season Foraging and Owen Marciano of Nonna Terra as we explore plants as elders, teachers, and guides, helping us connect to our past as we envision bright new futures.
This workshop is an opportunity to practice plant identification and to learn about the history of colonization through one plant’s stories. Through a mixture of foraging, research, and discussion, we will grapple with the weight of these histories so that we can dream forward together.
This event will take place outdoors at Anam Cara in south Minneapolis. We will have access to an indoor space in the event of rain.
Accessibility: This event will be held on even and sloped ground with short grass, as well as on a paved trail. Total distance traveled will be around half a mile.
Sliding scale $20 - $50. No one turned away for lack of funds. For details, please email Owen at ohmarciano@gmail.com.
About the Facilitators
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.
Owen Marciano
of Nonna Terra is a queer & trans artist and Tarot reader of Sicilian descent/dissent, working to reclaim his relationship to land and to his ancestry through traditional crafts like embroidery and sculpture. He has made a lifelong commitment to work toward the end of oppression and violence, and is perpetually curious about the impact of colonization on our bodies and our planet.
Registration
Space is limited to better encourage participatory learning. Please register before Friday, June 21st, 2pm.
Three price levels are listed for adults: Sustainer at $50, Intermediate at $35, and Budget at $20. Payment is self-selected. Please pay as much as you can, and keep in mind that the sliding scale model is meant for folks who are often underrepresented at foraging events, including people of low wealth, BIPOC folks, and people in the LGBTQ+ community.
Suggested age 14 and up. You must be 18 to register. People age 17 and under are welcome as long as they are accompanied by an adult; that adult should register on their behalf. Kids 12 and under attend for free; those 13 and over are full price.
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