Sugar Grove Nature Center presents The Front Yard Forager Monday, June 16, 2014 6:00-8:00 p.m. Learn to take control of your food by entering into the fun and delicious world of urban foraging. Did you know that roughly 9 out of 10 weeds in your yard and garden can be made into delicious meals? And most yard and garden weeds pack a much greater nutritional punch than store-bought vegetables or even the veggies grown in your own garden! This workshop makes foraging easy, accessible, and fun for everyone, even in the middle of the city or suburbia. Participants will learn: • The beneﬁts of urban foraging • How to identify the most readily available edible weeds • Nutritional information • Plant lore • Field precautions and ethics • Cooking tips About the Presenter and Author, Melany Vorass Herrera After 20+ years working in environmental policy, Melany Vorass Herrera retired to pursue her greatest loves: plants, eating, writing and teaching. With a degree in environmental studies, a permaculture design certiﬁcate from Oregon State University, and the experience of being an avid forager all her life, Melany teaches urban foraging workshops to a wide variety of audiences. Several of her articles on this subject have been published in magazines, and she’s given many presentations at national and international conferences. She and her husband tend an urban farm, complete with goats, chickens and bees, in the heart of Seattle. Her new book, The Front Yard Forager, (Mountaineers Books, August, 2013) brings foraging right to your own yard and garden, and will be available for purchase and signing. Website: frontyardforager.com • Facebook: facebook.com/frontyardforager Fee: $3/person members $5/person non-members Registration required. Please email [email protected] or call 309-874-2174 Sugar Grove Nature Center is located in beautiful, historic Funks Grove 4532 N 725 East Rd. McLean, IL 61754 • 309.874.2174 • [email protected] For a map and directions, visit our website at sugargrovenaturecenter.org.

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Sugar Grove Nature Centerpresents

The Front Yard ForagerMonday, June 16, 2014

6:00-8:00 p.m.Learn to take control of your food by entering into the fun and delicious world of urban foraging. Did you know that roughly 9 out of 10 weeds in your yard and garden can be made into delicious meals? And most yard and garden weeds pack a much greater nutritional punch than store-bought vegetables or even the veggies grown in your own garden! This workshop makes foraging easy, accessible, and fun for everyone, even in the middle of the city or suburbia.

Participants will learn:

• The benefits of urban foraging

• How to identify the most readily

available edible weeds

• Nutritional information

• Plant lore

• Field precautions and ethics

• Cooking tips

About the Presenter and Author, Melany Vorass HerreraAfter 20+ years working in environmental policy, Melany Vorass Herrera retired to pursue her greatest loves: plants, eating, writing and teaching. With a degree in environmental studies, a permaculture design certificate from Oregon State University, and the experience of being an avid forager all her life, Melany teaches urban foraging workshops to a wide variety of audiences. Several of her articles on this subject have been published in magazines, and she’s given many presentations at national and international conferences. She and her husband tend an urban farm, complete with goats, chickens and bees, in the heart of Seattle. Her new book, The Front Yard Forager, (Mountaineers Books, August, 2013) brings foraging right to your own yard and garden, and will be available for purchase and signing.

Website: frontyardforager.com • Facebook: facebook.com/frontyardforager

Fee: $3/person members $5/person non-members Registration required. Please email [email protected] or call 309-874-2174

Sugar Grove Nature Center is located in beautiful, historic Funks Grove

4532 N 725 East Rd. McLean, IL 61754 • 309.874.2174 • [email protected] a map and directions, visit our website at sugargrovenaturecenter.org.