Early Spring Foraging & Wild Tea | March 15 | 10:30-12:30
As the temperatures increase and the days grow longer, let’s meander the trails at Woodard Bay Conservation Area to learn about what new shoots are prized local edibles! This in-field class will include lots of plant identification as well as information about honorable harvesting and ways to be a sustainability-minded forager. We’ll also get to enjoy some wild tea made from local plants!
This workshop will be led by naturalists Ryan Johnson and Licia Sahagun of Firecraft Northwest.
Please bring a thermos or mug if you’d like to partake in some tea!
NOTE - because this is a Department of Natural Resources location that does not allow foraging at this site, we will not be foraging items to take home, but rather using real-life demonstrations for plant identification and bring in plants harvested from other locations for tea.
Accessibility notes:
We will walk slowly along the flat, 1.6 mile trail, taking a break halfway through (at picnic tables) to enjoy tea.
There is no bathroom at the trailhead, but there is a pit toiled 0.8 miles in near the shelter
There is 1 designated accessible space in the paved parking lot
More information about the trail conditions are here; we will be sticking to the wide, flat, packed-gravel trail
Let us know if you ever have questions about outing accessibility!
A Discover Pass is required to park at this trailhead.
Saturday, March 15, 2025
10:30 AM 12:30 PM
Woodard Bay Conservation Area
Woodard Bay Road Northeast
Olympia, WA, 98506
As the temperatures increase and the days grow longer, let’s meander the trails at Woodard Bay Conservation Area to learn about what new shoots are prized local edibles! This in-field class will include lots of plant identification as well as information about honorable harvesting and ways to be a sustainability-minded forager. We’ll also get to enjoy some wild tea made from local plants!
This workshop will be led by naturalists Ryan Johnson and Licia Sahagun of Firecraft Northwest.
Please bring a thermos or mug if you’d like to partake in some tea!
NOTE - because this is a Department of Natural Resources location that does not allow foraging at this site, we will not be foraging items to take home, but rather using real-life demonstrations for plant identification and bring in plants harvested from other locations for tea.
Accessibility notes:
We will walk slowly along the flat, 1.6 mile trail, taking a break halfway through (at picnic tables) to enjoy tea.
There is no bathroom at the trailhead, but there is a pit toiled 0.8 miles in near the shelter
There is 1 designated accessible space in the paved parking lot
More information about the trail conditions are here; we will be sticking to the wide, flat, packed-gravel trail
Let us know if you ever have questions about outing accessibility!
A Discover Pass is required to park at this trailhead.
Saturday, March 15, 2025
10:30 AM 12:30 PM
Woodard Bay Conservation Area
Woodard Bay Road Northeast
Olympia, WA, 98506
As the temperatures increase and the days grow longer, let’s meander the trails at Woodard Bay Conservation Area to learn about what new shoots are prized local edibles! This in-field class will include lots of plant identification as well as information about honorable harvesting and ways to be a sustainability-minded forager. We’ll also get to enjoy some wild tea made from local plants!
This workshop will be led by naturalists Ryan Johnson and Licia Sahagun of Firecraft Northwest.
Please bring a thermos or mug if you’d like to partake in some tea!
NOTE - because this is a Department of Natural Resources location that does not allow foraging at this site, we will not be foraging items to take home, but rather using real-life demonstrations for plant identification and bring in plants harvested from other locations for tea.
Accessibility notes:
We will walk slowly along the flat, 1.6 mile trail, taking a break halfway through (at picnic tables) to enjoy tea.
There is no bathroom at the trailhead, but there is a pit toiled 0.8 miles in near the shelter
There is 1 designated accessible space in the paved parking lot
More information about the trail conditions are here; we will be sticking to the wide, flat, packed-gravel trail
Let us know if you ever have questions about outing accessibility!
A Discover Pass is required to park at this trailhead.
Saturday, March 15, 2025
10:30 AM 12:30 PM
Woodard Bay Conservation Area
Woodard Bay Road Northeast
Olympia, WA, 98506