Edible and Medicinal Plant Walks

Dates: negotiable
Thursdays: 9:30am to 11:30am 

As the flora grows, we will study it.  There is much wisdom locked up in the natural world.  The more time spent, getting to know our surrounding vegetation, the more our health and vitality will benefit.

This is a study group that is passionate about the flora and fauna in our local surroundings.  We will meet regularly to study a variety of ecosystems, in a variety of places.  The focus is around learning the edible and medicinal qualities of the plants through using all of our senses. We will make medicine and cook wild food dishes together.

Bring any field guides you may have or any other relevant botanical works. Also bring a notebook in which to catalogue your findings.

Learning is augmented by doing it in collaboration with other people, so I look forward to spending time, and learning with everyone.

Dates and Times are under construction, so please comment or e-mail regarding a date and time that works for you.

License Free Fishing and Fishing Rod construction: July 13 6am to noon

Date: July 13
Time: 6am to noon

These ponds are stocked with rainbow trout. There are many picnic tables, and fires are permitted, as are dogs. Wide, paved pathways surround the ponds. This may be a busy place this weekend, so an early start will be beneficial.
If you would like to try your luck at fishing with your own pole, bring a green flexible stick, about your own height. Also bring some line and a hook.
We will take a look at rope making, but it will not be a reliable fishing line, so we are not going to count on it. We can also make a few hooks, and give those a try.
With any luck, we will catch a fish with our primitive fishing rod. Lets hope we can make some strong effective line!!
Bring food, water, sunscreen, sun hat, sun glasses, and fishing gear. All regulations are applied for this license free fishing weekend. Please take a look at the regulations http://www.albertaregulations.ca/fishingregs/

Spring Green Edibles: Identification and Tasting

If you own field guides or interesting books on botanicals, please bring them with you. This is a study, not an instructional, so we will be learning from everyone. If you would like to sample any of the greens, it is on your own accord, and identification must be certain.

Social

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A home in Canmore has been offered as a gathering place.  This is a good opportunity for people to come and get to know each other better, while bringing their ideas about what they would like to do with the group.

We would like to do some experimenting with wild food, so if you have any recipes or even better, a wild food dish to bring along, please do so. There is a fire pit to do some cooking, so bring along a snack, or some bannock mix (we can add some wild greens). For a recipe see cook-out