2-day Fundementals
Edible & Medicinal Plants Bay Area, CA

Fundamentals This 2-day Course teaches the fundamental skills required for the core study of Edible and Medicinal Plants. Through the expertise of Trackers Wilders Guild instructors we begin with the basics of identification, safety and taxonomy. We then cover ethics of gathering with the goal of intensifying harvest for future generations. Finally we address the basic principles of herbology and how wild foods can contribute to both the health of your body and community.

Identification, Safety and Taxonomy

Good identification involves understanding the different plant families. We also address how it pays to know the toxic and poisonous plants of your area and how to avoid their look alikes in the beginning stages of learning.

Preserving and Ethics of Harvesting

Gathering does not end with the plant in your collection bag. For edible and medicinal plants to become a practical skill you need to be able to preserve your harvest with abundance and quality. You also need to be able to gather in such a way to insure the regeneration of our natural resources in the future.

Health for the Body and Community

Not only do wild plants nourish us, they can also offer many medicinal benefits. This is not limited to western red cedar boosting our immune system or oregon grape reducing parasites, it is also good medicine for a village that lives by wild foods. The Wilders Guild offers their holistic view of healthly living for both the individual and community.

More Edible & Medicinal Plants Programs

Guild Fundamental Workshops are designed to give you the foundations and basics of a core Guild study. They are 2-days total. Check out our other core programs for different options...

$25 Taster Edible & Medicinal Plants 3-hour introduction
Field Intensive Edible & Medicinal Plants 4-day overnight expedition
Weekend Immersion Edible and Medicinal Immersion, 1-weekend at month for 9-months of immersive study

More from the Wilders Guild

This is one of 3-core study tracks of the Wilders Guild curriculum. Other tracks include...

• Homesteading Crafts
• Way of the Wilder: Generative Ecological Relationships

Long Term Immersion

The Way of the Wilder 3-weekends per month Combine all the Wilders immersion programs to create full 3-weekend per month program.

Trackers Village: Residential Wilderness Living Program 7-days a week Live in a primitive and traditional village for one 1-year.