Tegeler See Foraging Day Trip and Forest Picnic

Celebrate the coming summer with a day trip to Tegeler Forest, where you'll get to know the edible wild delicacies of the season and spend the day soaking in the incredible nature of the area.

KEY FACTS

• Distance & duration: ~7 km walking, 6 hours from start to closing, many 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: Sliding scale 60€ / 45€ including foraged picnic
• Group size: Limited to 12 people (Dandelion bookings not RSVP count)

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

WHY SHOULD YOU GO?
It's that wonderful time of year when it's warm but not too hot, the green places are still lush and the rich abundance of edible wild plants is soaring!

Join Simka (they/them) for a day trip to Tegeler See and its surrounding forest, where we will soak in the nature and get well acquainted with a delicious range of common, beginner-friendly herbs and flowers abundant in Berlin in the spring and early summer – no experience necessary.

Together we'll explore the lush greenery and learn the basics of how to find, identify, harvest, and prepare the wild plants that are currently in season. Once you learn these plants, you can't unsee them, and you'll quickly be finding delicious food where ever you go!

You'll learn which plants will explode with flavor in sauces and pestos, such as earthly nettles and parsley-like ground elder; how to make a refreshing soda brimming with wild forest flavors; which flowers to use for syrups, jams, cordials & baking; which plants to use for incredible pickles and ferments that will last you all summer long, like wild leek bulbils and Japanese knotweed stems; which leaves to throw into a salad for bunches of flavor and nutrition; and much, much more!

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.

The day will also include a picnic lunch at the side of the lake, where we'll enjoy homemade foraged snacks made by Simka, including wild vegan sushi!

During our hike, we'll also pay a visit to Dicke Marie, an 800-year-old oak tree and the oldest tree in Berlin. Plus we'll pass the Wildgehege, where we'll get to delight over the adorable wild boar piglets and other wild animals from close up.

During the day, you'll have plenty of time to unwind, explore, and absorb the beautiful surroundings, and to take a dip in the lake if you'd like to. Our tour will end at a cafe on the lakeside, where we can relax together and enjoy a delicious ice cream at the waterside before returning to the city.

SECURE YOUR SPOT & GET YOUR TICKET HERE:
https://dandelion.events/e/q713f

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

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!