Upcoming Classes & Events with Leda
Photo: Stefano Giovannini
Want a foraging tour, food preservation or locavore workshop for you and your friends, or for your local organization? Please contact me to figure out the details!
Urban Foraging in Prospect Park, Brookyn
1 - 3 p.m. 6 April, 2013
Learn about the wild edible and medicinal fruits, vegetables, and herbs growing all around you in the city! You’ll learn how to safely identify the plants and how to use them.
Foraging Field Trip for Torrey Botanical Society in Prospect Park, Brooklyn
1–3 p.m. 7 April, 2013
Learn about the wild edible and medicinal fruits, vegetables, and herbs growing all around you in the city! You’ll learn how to safely identify the plants, how to harvest them sustainably, and the tastiest ways to prepare them.
Edible Landscaping at the NY Botanical Garden
10 a.m. - 1 p.m. April 30, 2013
Edibles can serve multiple purposes. Not only are they delicious, but they create attractive ornamental plants. Landscaping with these ornamentals can be as simple as growing a tomato in a hanging basket, or as complex as a yard full of fruit and nut trees. Learn which edibles to use in your landscape, whether an apartment terrace or a country home.
Integrating Herbs Into Your Garden at the NY Botanical Garden
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. April 30, 2013
Herbs are low maintenance plants that suit many environments. They offer a huge selection in terms of color, scent, and form. The focus is on using herbs and learning how they can be incorporated into a variety of planting schemes. Be prepared to go out on the grounds, weather permitting.
Urban Foraging for Green Edge NYC in Prospect Park
9:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. May 4, 2013
Learn about the wild edible and medicinal fruits, vegetables, and herbs growing all around you in the city! You’ll learn how to safely identify the plants, how to harvest them sustainably, and the tastiest ways to prepare them.
Urban Foraging for Slow Food NYC in Prospect Park, Brooklyn
5 May, 2013
Learn about the wild edible and medicinal fruits, vegetables, and herbs growing all around you in the city! You’ll learn how to safely identify the plants, how to harvest them sustainably, and the tastiest ways to prepare them. Afterward we’ll head over to Flatbush Farm for some Cinco de Mayo music, drinks, and snacks.
Ethnobotany of our Native Flora at the NY Botanical Garden
10 a.m. - 12 p.m. May 7 & 14, 2013
From spicebush to wild ginger, sassafras to trillium, our region is rich in culinary and medicinal plants largely negelcted in contemporary use. Learn the historical use of these plants by native Americans, the Shakers, and other settlers. Plant identification and uses as well as sustainable harvesting techniques will be covered. Dress for the weather.
Edible Weeds of the Northeast at the NY Botanical Garden
10 a.m. - 12 p.m. May 11,2013
Many weeds are both ecological menaces and surprisingly delicious. Garlic mustard is one such example. Find the sweet side of these problematic plants by taking them from the natural areas they are invading to your kitchen table. Learn how to identify weedy plant species and how to collect and prepare them to take advantage of their culinary possibilities.
Veggies and Herbs for Containers at the NY Botanical Garden’s Manhattan Center
12:45 - 2:45 p.m. May 18, 2013
Learn how to grow garden-fresh vegetables and herbs year-round in containers. Discover which varieties do best in containers and how to care for them. Special attention is paid to those varieties that not only taste great but are also attractive, including varieties that have interesting or unusual blooms and foliage.
Foraging Tour & Tasting for Millstone Farm, CT
1 - 4 p.m. May 19, 2013
Join wild edible and medicinal plant expert, Leda Meredith, on a foraging tour of Millstone’s 75 acres. Learn how to identify the area’s most common wild edibles, as well as tips for foraging safely and with minimal impact to the natural environment. After exploring the property, we’ll gather at the farmhouse for tastes of Leda’s favorite recipes made with wild edibles and a discussion on how to incorporate foraged foods into your cooking.
Herbs: Historic Impact and Contemporary Uses at the NY Botanical Garden
10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. August 7 & 14, 2013
Learn to recognize the principal families of useful plants and to identify herbs. Investigate the physical properties of herbs and their roles within traditional cultures. The ceremonial uses of herbs and their practical applications as medicinals, aromatics, dyes, and detergents, are discussed. Herbs and herbalism literature is surveyed. Tours of the Garden grounds are incorporated into the instruction. Please bring lunch.
Growing Veggies and Herbs in Containers at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
10 a.m. - 1 p.m. July 21, 2013 Plant your fall garden now!
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2 - 5 p.m. July 21, 2013 Taking care of your late summer and fall crops, planning for next season, bringing edibles indoors for the winter.
Edible and Medicinal Native Plants of the Northeast at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
2 - 5 p.m. August 10, 2013 We’ll head out to BBG’s amazing, recently expanded Native Flora Garden to learn how to identify and use the edible and medicinal plants indigenous to our region.