2026 Calendar of Events
Walks
Click Event Title for Registration Info/Tickets and Location
March 29 1 p.m. Foraging Walk at Sacred Fire Farm w/ Nancy Herold
We'll do a walkabount on their farm near Bourbon MO, then enjoy a gourmet wild food salad afterwards.
​April 11 9:00 a.m.
Foraging Program/Walk at the Andy Dalton Shooting Range, Bois d' Arc Conservation Area
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April 19
Foraging Walk at Wild Arts Learning Center. We'll learn edible plants on a mosey from Cina's place to the James River, then make a gourmet wild foraged salad afterwards.
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May​ 9, August 1, Oct. 3
​​​Plant & Fungi Walks w/ Bo Brown and author/myco-educator Mike Snyder from Wildwise Botanicals
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June 18 4 p.m.
Foraging Walk at the Springfield Botanical Center
April 26, July 26, Oct. 25​
2 pm Seasonal Foraging Walks at Busiek State Forest w/ Springfield Area Herb Society. For registration info, call Joan Bass: (417) 725-5134​
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​​Dogwood Canyon
Weekly 11 am foraging walks and 1:30 pm stone-age wilderness skills demonstrations
Free with admission, see their calendar of events for more info.
​​March: 7, 13, 20, 22, 29.
April: 1, 10, 17, 24, 29.
May: 3, 12, 20, 27, 31
June: 3, 10, 16 , 20, 24
July: 5, 10, 15, 19, 29
August: 5, 12 ,19, 26, 30
September: 2, 6, 18, 20, 30
October: 7, 14, 19, 23, 28
November: 1, 7, 15, 20, 22
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Programs
​​Food Preservation Intensive at Wild Arts Learning Center
​April 12 - SOLD OUT
Foraging walk/wild fermentation program at Powell Gardens
We'll do a 9:30 am foraging walk around the grounds, followed by a lunch of a foraged wild greens/watercress salad. At 1 pm we'll do a wild yeast lacto-fermentation workshop where everyone takes home a jar of mostly foraged wild goodies to ferment at home. Discounted if you take both classes.
June 12, 4:30 pm
Foraging Program at the Van Buren Public Library Details TBA
​November 19th
Foraging program at the Springfield Botanical Center Details TBA
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Events
April 3-4
Mid-Missouri Homesteading Expo Lowell Mohler Assembly Hall 2001 Clarendon Rd, Sedalia, MO
This free homesteading event features quality vendors, hands-on demos, and knowledgeable speakers.
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May 9th 3:30pm
Foraging Walk at the Ozark Riverways Foundation Rendezvous on the Ridge at Rock Candy Mountain. The 5th year of this fundraiser event featuring speakers, vendors, authors, workshops and demonstrations.
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June 13 10:30 p.m
Master Naturalist Conference at Washington University, St. Louis I'll do a foraging program as a guest speaker at this weekend-long event.
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August 14th
Forage and Ferments Event at Dogwood Canyon Details TBA
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​Sept. 3-4
Webster County Fairgrounds
Sept 11-13
Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin
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Sept. 23-26
Bois d' Arc Primitive Skills Camp & Knap-In at Hulston Mill Historic Park near Greenfield MO
​​​​​​October 10-11
WOW Outdoor School at Roaring River State Park
I'll teach 4-hour block classes Saturday and Sunday on foraging, friction fire, stone tools & cordage, and birding by ear. Check out their class catalogue at the link and sign up early, classes often fill up.
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