Clark Botanic Garden
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Continual 45-minute foraging tours will be part of The Clark Botanic Garden's annual EcoFest. We'll look for the many herbs, greens, and flowers that come up in mid-spring as we tour the garden. We'll find common blue violet leaves and flowers, great in soups, stews and drinks. We'll look for chickweed, which tastes like corn-on-the-cob; and pokeweed, a delicious wild green you have to boil for it to be safe.
We'll be looking for sour curly dock greens and flower stalks, spicy garlic mustard leaves and flowers, and jewelweed, a poison ivy preventative and cure for mosquito bites. |
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The plant gets its name because its leaves repel water, creating spheres that look like glistening jewels. |
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Burdock root is one of the few wild root vegetables that remains in season throughout the warm weather. Add razor-thin slices to soups or rice. |
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If it has rained enough beforehand, we may find large quantities of wine-cap stropharia mushrooms coming up from wood chips, as we did on a previous tour. They're great cooked down (they release lots of liquid) with a dash of a light oil, nutmeg, fennel, wine, and salt.
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The series of 45-minute walking tour begins at the Clark Botanic Garden, 193 I. U. Willets Rd. in Albertson, LI, at 1 PM, Saturday, May 2. The last tour ends at 4:15 PM. On Sunday, May 10 AM, the first tour begina at 11 AM, and the last tour ends at 3:15 PM.
The tours, which are part of EcoFest, are free. Call (516) 484-8600 for further information. No reservations are necessary. |
