Invite Melissa Sokulski to Lead a Walk for Your Group or You and Your Friends!

Do you wonder what is growing in your own backyard? How about those weeds you pull from your garden…maybe they’re edible!

Melissa can lead you and your friends on a tour of your area, yard, or garden. She’ll help you identify edible plants, show you how to harvest them and suggest some great uses and recipes!

Cost: $150 for 1 1/2 hour walk and talk, plus travel fee. ($50 per additional half hour)

Wild Edible Walks in Pittsburgh, PA!

Join us at Frick Environmental Center for our first Wild Edible Walk of the year. This is part of Frick’s Earth Day Celebration, which will be held on Saturday, April 18, 2009 from 11 am to 4 pm.

Where: Frick Environmental Center, Pittsburgh, PA
When: Saturday, April 18, 2009, 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Cost: Free (The city is paying for this one!)
No pre-registration necessary, but arrive early, space will be limited.

Wild Edible Walks in The ‘Burgh!

Join herbalists Melissa and David Sokulski, of The Birch Center for Health, for a wild edible walk.

We’ll learn which wild plants (weeds) are edible, and discuss how to use them. Wild plants often have more nutritional value than even organically grown food.

Where: South Side River Trail, by the river under Birmingham Bridge, Pittsburgh, PA.
Cost: $5 per walk, kids under 10 free
Register: Call (412) 381-0116
When: Sunday, April 26, 11 am - 12 pm
and Sunday, May 17, 11 am - 12 pm
For more information: visit our website or call: (412) 381-0116.

Talk: Wild Edibles in the ‘Burgh

Join herbalists Melissa and Dave Sokulski at the East End Food Coop for a talk about common wild edibles you’ll find around Pittsburgh. Learn to identify, harvest and use these wild plants.

When: Thursday, May 28, 2009
Where: East End Food Coop, Pittsburgh, PA
Cost: Free, open to all
Register by calling the Coop: (412) 242-3598

Wild Edible Workshop

Join herbalists Melissa and David Sokulski for this new wild edible workshop!

We’ll start with discussion about wild edibles, then take a walk around Frick Park identifing many different wild edibles which grow everywhere in the city.

We’ll return to the house for wild edible vinegar making and recipe demonstrations and sampling!

We’ll all make garlic mustard vinegar to take home, and we’ll get to sample:

• Garlic Mustard Pesto
• Red Clover Apple Cookies
• Plantain Leaf Crisps
• Wild Green Smoothie
• Red Clover iced tea
• Dandelion Wine
• Lemony Ginger Burdock Juice

Each participant will also receive material with all the recipes and plant identification information.
Please join us! Space is limited, so register today.

When: Saturday, May 30, 2009, 10 am - 1 pm
Where: Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, PA (location given upon registration)
Cost: $35
Pre-registration required: (412) 381-0116