Join me for a springtime plant walk focused on edible and medicinal herbs in Golden Gate Park.
Email List for Future Walks
2025
2025 Dates:
Saturday 3/22, 11a-12:30p
Saturday 3/29, 11a-12:30p
Saturday 4/5, 11a-12:30p
Monday 4/7, 5:30p-6:45p
Monday 4/14, 5:30p-6:45p
Additional details: The walk will be about a mile with multiple stops along the way. Please come prepared with comfortable shoes and water.
Meeting Place: We will meet on the west side of Golden Gate Park near 45th and Lincoln. Exact location to be shared via email after registration.
Cost: $0-$20, donation/pay what you can
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No. While we will be covering medicinal and edible aspects of plants along the walk, and how to identify them, we will not be harvesting.
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While there will be similarities in route and plants covered, each walk will be slightly different as the plants continue to grow and blossom through early spring.
If you’re interested in seeing how plants shift over time, I recommend joining for more than one walk!
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This walk is focused on edible and medicinal springtime plants growing in Golden Gate Park. Each walk is slightly different, but you can expect to learn:
a little history of the park and the land
identification and edible & medicinal qualities of: nettle, rooreh (winter purslane), chickweed, cleavers, oxalis, three-cornered leek, nasturtium
Of course, there are many more plants! Depending on the growing cycle and time available on the walk, we may also explore: oat, dandelion, plantain, eucalyptus, wild radish, wild mustard, blackberry, tea tree, red root, fennel, yarrow, wormwood, california poppy, borage, or hawthorn.