Each week, The Times applauds an organization, activity or individual in our community with a special photo gallery.
Eat up!
Steve "Wildman" Brill, a naturalist who has studied edible plants in the wild, mugs for the camera as he goofs around with onion grass in Larchmont Sunday, Nov. 16. Check out this week's applauds
Exploring the great outdoors
Steve "Wildman" Brill, a naturalist who has studied edible plants in the wild, led a walking tour along the stretch of the Leatherstocking Trail in Larchmont Sunday, Nov. 16.
Sibel Catto, 9, of Mamaroneck uses a loupe to peer at a piece of a "turkey tail" mushroom, a non-toxic fungus.
Ruby Chen of Manhattan takes notes on the medicinal uses of local plants.
Chen leans in for a closer look at a poison ivy stem that maintains its toxic properties despite the lack of leaves held by Brill
Brill goofs around with onion grass.
Nature enthusiasts follow Brill along the trail.
Non-toxic fungi that grows on tree trunks.
Sibel Catto, 9, of Mamaroneck, makes a face after she tasted a piece of raw onion grass.
A blue heron wades into a creek that flows along the Leatherstocking Trail.