Urban Foraging in Landschaftspark Herzberge

Dive head-first into summer as you learn about the delicious wild edible plants you can find all over Berlin with an expert local foraging guide!

KEY FACTS

• Distance & duration: 3 km walking, 4 hours from start to closing, break times along the way
• Language: Our community language is English, German plant names can also be provided upon request
• Difficulty: Easy – walking on marked paths / roads, flat terrain, relaxed pace.
• Price: 45€ / 35€
• Group size: Limited to 15 people (Dandelion bookings not RSVP count!)

Note: you MUST register via Dandelion to join the tour.

FORAGING SEASON IS HERE!
As spring gives way to summer, foraging season is in full swing! This is a special time of year: a time of abundance, of bursting wild flavors in every park and street corner. The diversity of edible plants that surround us in Berlin is extraordinary, and there's no better time to dive into foraging - because once you know what to look for, there is wild food everywhere!

Join Simka (they/them) for a spring wander through Landschaftspark Herzberge, where we will get acquainted with a delicious range of common, beginner-friendly herbs and flowers abundant in Berlin in the early spring – no experience necessary.

This park is a hidden treasure of Berlin. With wildflower meadows, grazing sheep, fruit trees and tangled forest, it provides an idyllic landscape for a spring wander, and excellent clean areas to forage.

Here you will learn which plants explode with flavor in sauces, pestos, and side dishes, such as tangy sorrel, artichoke-like burdock, or earthy nettles – and which ones you can use for extraordinary salads, desserts and drinks, like crunchy black locust blossom, pine tips and sweet elderflower.

In a friendly, informal setting, we'll talk about how to make everything from herby wild pesto, to exquisitely floral fermented soda, to immune-boosting tinctures, to funky noodles with the world's most expensive vegetable (which grows as a weed all over Berlin!). Throughout the afternoon, you'll hear practical tips on plant identification, explanations of each species' culinary and medicinal uses, insights into their surrounding folklore, and loads of relevant recipes.

Please be aware, due to the nature protection rules in this park, we won't be harvesting actively during this workshop. That doesn't mean we won't get to nibble along the way, however!

With a big focus on keeping yourself – and the land and its other inhabitants – safe while foraging, you'll discover how to get confident enough to bring your own harvest home, and come away with loads of ideas for how to prepare your finds.

SECURE YOUR SPOT & GET YOUR TICKET HERE:
https://dandelion.events/e/o2su3

You must register & buy your ticket via Dandelion to secure your spot!

These tours tend to sell out quickly, so registering early is advised.

Once you are registered, you will receive an email with all details on what to bring and the exact meeting location.

A note on pricing & philosophy from Simka:
It's a deep value of mine that this learning – which radically connects us with ourselves, the land, and one another – should be accessible for everyone, which is why I'm keeping my tours as low-price as I possibly can. This spring, I'm trying out a new system to uphold this financial accessibility while keeping it sustainable for myself.

There are now two ticket levels: Full price and Concession. Please choose the concession level only if you aren't able to afford the full price ticket.
If the concession level is also not accessible for you, I really see you and I still want you to come foraging with me! I'll be offering a fully donation-based community tour once a month throughout the season. Please join my Telegram group or send me an email to get updates on future Community tours!

My intention with all of this is to earn a living wage while widening the reach of financial accessibility to more folks than I was able to with my previous sliding-scale model. Thanks for being with me in navigating through the challenges of capitalism with justice, honesty and compassion!