One person’s weeds are the ingredients of Mark “Merriwether” Vorderbruggen’s gourmet salad! Join The Woodlands Township Environmental Services Department for a virtual adventure in wild dining at the next Walk in the Woods Nature Lecture.
Learn to identify, cultivate, harvest and prepare the bounty of the forest with Mr. Vorderbruggen, a lifelong forager recognized for his knowledge of the historical, medicinal and culinary uses of local plants.
Walk in the Woods Nature Lecture Series:
When: Thursday, March 9, 2017
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Where: L.G.I. Lecture Hall at McCullough Junior High School,
3800 S. Panther Creek Drive
Save The Date: Spring programming for Walk in the Woods Nature Lecture Series will conclude on Thursday, April 6, 2017, with Coexisting with Wildlife featuring Hendrik Volschenk, Game Warden with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
A free program of The Woodlands Township Environmental Services Department, the Walk in the Woods Nature Lecture Series is sponsored by The Woodlands G.R.E.E.N., Waste Management and Nature’s Way Resources.
A depression era food source. During the late 1920’s and early 1930’s in Central Illinois, I remember my mother harvesting tender dandelion leaves and preparing them as a salad or a side dish. Also, my siblings and I frequently foraged nearby timber areas for seasonal berries.