Schedule of Upcoming Classes
Below is the schedule of all of Fork in the Path’s upcoming classes in California.
Our classes are popular and fill up quickly. See a FULL class that you want to take? Join the waitlist. If a class DOESN’T say “Full,” it is still enrolling; space is updated daily.
The average group size is 10-25 people to encourage community building and maximize learning. Sign up by yourself, with an adventure buddy, or a loved one.
If you’d like to arrange for a private class for your family, friends, school, or corporate group, contact us.
Mar Sonoma Mushroom Foraging classes
Learn to safely forage for gourmet wild mushrooms!
Dates: Mar 1, 7, 8 (FULL), 14 (FULL), 15
Wild Feast: A Cooking Class + Dinner with Chef Chad Hyatt (Berkeley)
Join us for a fun, delicious, and fully participatory wild seasonal foods cooking class and feast with entertaining chef, Chad Hyatt. Come hungry!
March Mussel Foraging (Sonoma Coast near Bodega Bay)
Join us for a mussel foraging adventure and tasting near Bodega Bay, California, led by Ricardo Romero Gianoli and Ryn Sullivan. Take home mussels to share with family and friends. CA fishing license required.
Offered Mar 14, 15, 27, 28 (ENROLLING)
FULL Basket Weaving - Threadless Coiled Pine Needle Basketry
Learn the process of creating a threadless coiled pine needle basket from start to finish. FULL join the waitlist here.
Edible & Medicinal Plant Walk Jenner/Bodega Bay
Join botanist Autumn on the Sonoma Coast between Bodega Bay and Jenner and learn about edible and medicinal spring plants of the Sonoma Coast. ENROLLING
FULL Pickling & Fermentation Workshop (Berkeley)
Got an abundance of veggies or mushrooms and need ideas for what to do with them? Learn the art of fermentation and preservation in our hands-on workshop.
Spring Herbal Gift Making - Berkeley
Join herbalist Liz for a fun workshop processing spring plants into salves and lip balm, such as cleavers, chickweed, plantain, marigold, pine resin, and more. Take home a 1oz salve and a .5 lip balm.
Edible & Medicinal Plant Walk (near Berkeley)
Join botanist Lia in beautiful Tilden Park and learn about edible and medicinal spring plants in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area region. ENROLLING
Sunrise Urchin (Uni) Foraging (Sonoma Coast)
Sunrise urchin foraging! Learn how to forage for sea urchin, or “uni.” Requires a CA fishing license.
Class offered: Sat April 18th 6am (bring headlamps- pre dawn!) OR Sun April 19th 6:30am
Mushroom Foraging Sierra Nevada (Morels & Porcini target) April Dates
Join us in the mountains to look for morels and spring porcini. Learn about Sierra Nevada ecology and the layers of new life forming beneath our feet that ultimately lead to the regrowth and resilience of the mountain forests after fire.
Teachers and Teaching Schedule
May 17, 18 - Thea Chesney + Carrie Staller (FULL)
May 31, June 1 Christopher O'Maelmacasa + Ricardo Romero Gianoli (limited spots left)
June 7, 8 Alan Rockefeller + Carrie Staller (June 7 full, June 8- 1 spot left)
June 14, 15 Christopher O'Maelmacasa + Ryath Beauchene (limited spots left)
Edible & Medicinal Plants of Nevada City
Walk through the forest with expert naturalist Thea and learn to forage spring plants in the Nevada City region. We will cover tree, plant, and mushroom identification, symbiotic forest partnerships, poisonous, edible, and medicinal trees, plants, and mushrooms. Two dates: Sat April 18th or Sun April 19th
Mussel Foraging (Sonoma Coast near Bodega Bay)
Join us for a mussel foraging adventure and tasting near Bodega Bay, California, led by Ricardo Romero Gianoli and Ryn Sullivan. Take home mussels to share with family and friends. CA fishing license required.
Offered April 22, 23 (Enrolling)
Edible & Medicinal Plant Walk Jenner/Bodega Bay
Join botanist Autumn on the Sonoma Coast between Bodega Bay and Jenner and learn about edible and medicinal spring plants of the Sonoma Coast. ENROLLING
Wild Feast: A Cooking Class + Dinner with Chef Tim Shaw - Berkeley
Join us in Berkeley from 3-6:30pm for a fun, delicious, and fully participatory wild food cooking class with entertaining chef, Tim Shaw. If you've never had the chance to experience Tim's food and teaching, you will be SO glad you came to this! And if you have, you already know how much fun - and how incredibly delicious this is going to be.
FULL Edible & Medicinal Plant Walk (near Berkeley)
Learn edible and medicinal spring plants in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area region. We’ll be on private property harvesting yummy spring greens.
FULL Mushroom Cultivation - Outdoor Species
FULL join the waitlist here
Learn outdoor mushroom cultivation techniques that can be applied to species like lion’s mane, turkey tail, blewits, oysters, psilocybe, & more!
Foraging Wild Sea Urchin (Uni) to Restore Balance (Sonoma Coast)
Learn how to forage for sea urchin, or “uni.” Requires a CA fishing license. Class offered:
Feb 28, Mar 1 - FULL
Fri Feb 27th, Mon Mar 2 - ENROLLING
Feb Sonoma Mushroom Foraging class
Learn to safely forage for gourmet wild mushrooms!
Feb 28 Enrolling
Plants of the East Bay: A 4 Season Immersion
This plant-centered program invites us to connect deeply to place, witnessing the seasonal rhythms of the land by returning to the same trails four times throughout the year and observing the cycles of emergence, growth, decay, and renewal. ENROLLING.
FULL Mussel Foraging (Sonoma Coast near Bodega Bay)
Join us for a mussel foraging adventure and tasting near Bodega Bay, California, led by Ricardo Romero Gianoli and Ryn Sullivan. Take home mussels to share with family and friends. CA fishing license required. 2 class dates (not a series): Feb 14 & 15 are FULL. The next mussel class date is Mar 14/15 SCROLL DOWN.
Free Online: Plants of the Bay Area Hills
Free class: Join clinical herbalist and botanist Lia Leibman for a free online class exploring some of the most iconic plants of the Bay Area hills. It will be recorded if you can’t make it live. ENROLLING
FULL Catalina Island (LA) Mushroom Retreat with Christian Schwarz & Chad Hyatt
Join Christian Schwarz and mycochef Chad Hyatt for an all-inclusive weekend island mushroom adventure off the coast of Los Angeles, Feb 6-8, on gorgeous Catalina Island.
This retreat is full. Join the waitlist here.
FULL Sonoma Jan Mushroom Foraging Classes
Learn to safely forage for wild mushrooms on the beautiful Sonoma Coast!
Stewart’s Point Private Property Jan Mushroom Foraging Classes
Learn to safely forage for gourmet wild mushrooms on beautiful private property. Sun Jan 25th has space and is enrolling. Led by Thea Chesney & Mikhael Crystallah Selk.
FREE online: Edible Mushrooms of California & Lookalikes
Learn the basics of mushroom anatomy and lifecycle, common edible mushrooms, the seasons and habitat they grow in, and what toxic mushrooms look similar so you can avoid them!
FULL Mussel Foraging (Sonoma Coast near Bodega Bay)
Both dates are FULL. Join the waitlist here. Next available is Feb 14/15 (scroll down)
Join us for a mussel foraging adventure. Take home mussels to share with family and friends. CA fishing license required.
FULL Santa Cruz Mushroom Foraging Classes Dec & Jan
With mycologists Alan Rockefeller and Christian Schwarz.
FULL but you can join the waitlist here.
The next available date is Jan 24, scroll down.
The “Wood Wide Web” with Christian Schwarz + tacos by Chad Hyatt
"Wood Wide Webs" are invisible forest networks through which trees, fungi, and other organisms communicate and exchange resources. This concept has been covered in mainstream news and has even made its way into movies and fiction! We'll discuss the history of the metaphor, review the existing body of research, examine recent challenges to the idea from modern findings, and consider what directions future investigations might need to take.
FULL Stewart’s Point Private Property Jan Mushroom Foraging Classes
Learn to safely forage for gourmet wild mushrooms on beautiful private property. This class is FULL, join the waitlist here. the next available date is Jan 19 (scroll down).
Gratuita: Hongos Venenos y Comestibles
¿Quieres aprender sobre la recolección de hongos silvestres? Te invitamos a una clase en español sobre los hongos tóxicos y comestibles. Biblioteca Roseland, 470 Sebastopol Rd, Santa Rosa
FULL Mushroom & Plant Photography with Alan Rockefeller
This class is full. Join the waitlist here.
This immersive workshop/field class is designed to elevate your nature photography skills and capture the intricate beauty of nature.
FULL Nevada City Mushroom Foraging Class
Learn how to safely forage for wild mushrooms!
The next available date is Jan 10th (scroll down)
FULL Foraging Wild Sea Urchin (Uni) to Restore Balance (Sonoma Coast)
( FULL join the waitlist)
Scroll down, next available date is Jan 31.
Clase gratuita: Hongos Venenosos y Comestibles
¿Quieres aprender sobre la recolección de hongos silvestres? Te invitamos a una clase gratuita en español sobre los hongos tóxicos y comestibles.
FULL Nevada City Dec Mushroom Foraging Classes
FULL but you can join the waitlist.
Scroll down, next available mushroom class is Dec 20th, Stewart’s Point.
High Tech Tools for Modern Foragers with Alan Rockefeller
Discover the latest digital tools and technologies that enhance the study of mushrooms. Whether you're an amateur enthusiast or a professional, these tools can take your skills to the next level.
FULL Foraging Wild Sea Urchin (Uni) to Restore Balance (Sonoma Coast)
FULL, join the waitlist here.
Scroll down, next available date is Jan 31, 2026.
FULL: Wild Feast: A Cooking Class + Dinner with Chef Chad Hyatt (Berkeley) -
FULL join the waitlist
Join us for a fun, delicious, and fully participatory wild food cooking class with entertaining chef, Chad Hyatt, author of The Mushroom Hunter’s Kitchen. Come hungry!
Chad’s next class is 3/14 and is enrolling (scroll down)
Psilocybe Mushrooms of CA & the World (Berkeley & Online)
Do psilocybe (psychoactive) mushrooms grow naturally in the wild in California? Yes, they do! Learn where and how to find them, and also hear about groundbreaking global research on new discoveries in psilocybe mushrooms. Great for beginners and advanced myco-enthusiasts alike. Delicious tacos by renowned mycochef Chad Hyatt will also be served!
Mussel Foraging (Sonoma Coast near Bodega Bay)
Join us for a mussel foraging adventure and tasting near Bodega Bay, California, led by Ricardo Romero Gianoli and Ryn Sullivan. Take home mussels to share with family and friends. CA fishing license required. 3 class dates (not a series):
Tues Dec 2nd 2:00pm
Wed Dec 3rd 3:00pm
FULL Sonoma Nov Mushroom Foraging Classes
This program is full but you can join the waitlist here
Bring the whole family mushroom foraging this holiday weekend. It’s fun for all ages!
Learn to safely forage for gourmet wild mushrooms! Learn about their habitat, how to identify them at different stages, how they support a healthy forest and more! Take home what you find (we’ll make sure only the edible yummy ones!)
Join Mikhael and Lia in the beautiful Sonoma forest.
FULL Mushroom Hunting with Noodle the Dog (Nevada City)
This class is FULL, you can join the waitlist here,
Join Noodle, the scent-trained mushroom dog for mushroom hunting near Nevada City.
In this half-day program, Noodle’s human, Ellen, will share her process for how she trained Noodle, and you will have the opportunity to see Noodle in action as well as learn how to forage your own mushrooms, with or without a canine companion.
FULL Weavin' Nature: Pine Needles & Raffia
10/25 update: 2 spots left!
Learn how to make a small coiled basket using locally gathered pine needles and natural raffia (palm.) We'll show you how to prepare the materials, start a base, and learn three different stitches so you can create a basket that resonates with your own style. We'll also share local alternatives to raffia and discuss how to forage and process your own materials. No experience is needed, and all materials will be provided. Led by Abeni Pierson.