Join University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service Professor Sarah Lewis and Southeast Alaska foraging expert and author Corinne Conlon to sustainably gather local, wild, edible plants and learn about their uses in cooking. 1-7 p.m. Saturday, April 25, 2026. $80.
Foraging walk: 1-3 p.m., Auke Recreation Area wild areas (expect moderate wilderness hiking up and down slopes, and wet, cold conditions).
Wild kitchen time: 4-7 p.m., Chapel by the Lake, 11024 Auke Lake Way, Juneau.
Wild edibles we’ll likely find and cook with: nettles, fireweed shoots, devil’s club shoots, violets and other emerging buds and shoots. Weʼll make several dishes for dinner and enjoy them together. Youth under 16 may only attend with an adult. For more information, contact Sarah Lewis at sarah.lewis@alaska.edu or 907-455-2010.
Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Alda Norris at amnorris2@alaska.edu or 907-474-7120. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to individuals with limited English proficiency upon request to amnorris2@alaska.edu.
The University of Alaska (http://www.alaska.edu/alaska) is an equal opportunity/equal access employer and educational institution. The university is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination (http://www.alaska.edu/nondiscrimination) against individuals on the basis of any legally protected status.
This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Price:
$80.00