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.
FREE Mushroom Classes: Edible & Poisonous Mushrooms of California
FREE CLASSES: Edible & Poisonous Mushrooms of California with Carrie
7/16 6pm Mary L Stephens Davis Branch Library (Davis)
8/1, 2:30 pm at Noe Valley Library (San Francisco)
Seaweed Foraging (Sonoma Coast)
Learn how to identify and sustainably harvest the bountiful & nutritious seaweeds. Harvest up to 10 lbs to take home and enjoy. Led by Autumn.
FULL Aug Sunrise Urchin (Uni) Foraging (Sonoma Coast)
This date is FULL. Join the waitlist or scroll down & sign up for the next one on 10/25.
Seaweed Foraging - LAST CLASS OF THE SEASON (Sonoma Coast)
8/14 with Ricardo
Learn how to identify and sustainably harvest the bountiful & nutritious seaweeds. Harvest up to 10 lbs to take home and enjoy.
FULL Weave Your Own Ribs Style Foraging Basket (Berkeley)
Learn to weave your own 8-inch ribs-style foraging basket made from reeds from start to finish in this half-day workshop. All materials provided.
FULL Join the waitlist here.
Make Your Own Foraging Knife
Make Your Own Hand-Forged Foraging Knife over Labor Day Weekend in this 3-day workshop. Deepen your foraging practice by making your own tools. By the end, you will have forged your own blade, carved your own handle, and fashioned your own holster, ready to accompany you on a lifetime of foraging adventures.
Speaker Series: Traditional Foods, Medicines, and Songs of the Land with Joe Salinas (Berkeley)
In this talk, Joe Salinas of the Kashia Band of Pomo Indians will introduce us to his People's perspectives on foraging, highlighting wild foods and powerful medicines found right in our backyard.
Basket Weaving Workshop with Gourd & Pine
Learn the process of creating a basket made from gourds and pine needles.
Stumped No More - Mycorrhizal Tree ID Class for Mushroom Hunters (Berkeley)
Can you identify host trees that shape where mushrooms grow? Learn to read key field clues, like bark texture, leaf arrangements, cones, & acorns, to distinguish hardwoods from softwoods quickly. After an ID quiz with leaves & fruits, we head outdoors to apply your skills on live trees. Walk away with a practical toolkit for tree ID, making you a faster, more successful mushroom hunter, stumped no more.
Regenerative Mushroom Cultivation (Santa Cruz)
Join Maya in Santa Cruz and learn outdoor mushroom cultivation techniques that can be applied to species like psilocybe, lion’s mane, turkey tail, blewits, oysters, & more!
Making Tasty Treats with Acorns & Bay Nuts with Autumn Summers
Learn to ID, process, & eat yummy acorns & bay nuts. Class dates (not a series):
September 20 (Berkeley)
October 2 (Berkeley)
Oct 10th (part of 4-day Nevada City campout)
October 17 (Sebastopol)
Nevada City Foraging Campout
This retreat includes 3 nights of camping with hot showers, all meals with farm and foraged fresh ingredients, and 4 days of Sierra Nevada ecological and foraging programming, including:
swimming in the Yuba River
edible & medicinal plant foraging
basket weaving from gourds & pine needles
making natural sodas
acorn & bay nuts
We'll be camping together on a beautiful ranch with a sauna that's 5 minutes from the river
Oct Urchin (Uni) Foraging (Sonoma Coast)
Sunset urchin foraging! Learn how to find, forage, clean and prep sea urchin “uni” fresh on the beach, or take home to share with friends. Requires a CA fishing license.
Wild Feast: A Cooking Class + Dinner with Chef Chad Hyatt - Berkeley
Join us in Berkeley from 3-6:30 pm for a fun, delicious, and fully participatory wild food cooking class with entertaining and popular mushroom chef, Chad Hyatt. If you've never had the chance to experience Chad’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.
New Year’s Mendocino Mushroom Hunting Retreat
Join the waitlist (registration not open yet) for our New Year’s retreat in Mendocino. It will be 3 nights, with all meals chef-prepared, and two full days of exploring and mushroom hunting on the gorgeous Mendocino Coast.
FULL Sonoma Coast Foraging Campout, July 16-19
This retreat is full. Join the waitlist.
Our Sonoma Coast Foraging Campout includes 3 nights of camping with hot showers, all meals with farm and foraged fresh ingredients, and 4 days of Sonoma Coast ecological and foraging programming, including seaweed, sea urchin, plants & more
FULL July Sunrise Urchin (Uni) Foraging (Sonoma Coast)
This class is FULL. Join the waitlist here, or sign up for our next one Aug 13.
Sunrise urchin foraging! Learn how to forage for sea urchin, or “uni.” Requires a CA fishing license. We ride at dawn!
FULL Mushroom Cultivation - Outdoor Species (Berkeley)
This class is FULL. Join the waitlist here.
Learn outdoor mushroom cultivation techniques that can be applied to species like psilocybe, lion’s mane, turkey tail, blewits, oysters, & more!
June Mushroom Foraging in Mount Shasta - Last Class of the Season
Join us in gorgeous Mount Shasta for a one-of-a-kind mushroom foraging class in the most beautiful environment. Learn about morels, spring porcini, and other montane mushrooms & plants found in the region.
June 6, 7, 20, 21 10am-3pm (4 stand-alone half-day classes, not a series)
Seaweed Foraging (Sonoma Coast)
2 June class dates: mornings at low tide
6/19 with Ricardo
6/20 with Autumn
Learn how to identify and sustainably harvest the bountiful & nutritious seaweeds. Harvest up to 10 lbs to take home and enjoy.
June Sunrise Urchin (Uni) Foraging (Sonoma Coast)
Sunrise urchin foraging! Learn how to forage for sea urchin, or “uni.” Requires a CA fishing license. We ride at dawn!
Class offered: June 14 5:00-8:30am
FULL Wild Feast: A Cooking Class + Dinner with Chef Tim Shaw - Berkeley
This class is FULL. Join the waitlist here. 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.
Sierra Nevada Ecology
In our Sierra Nevada ecology class, we will learn about montane ecology, including fungi and plants, wildflowers, soil, land management, land history, and more!
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: Sun, May 31st 5am (bring headlamps- pre dawn!)
Seaweed Foraging (Sonoma Coast)
Learn how to identify and sustainably harvest the bountiful & nutritious seaweeds. Harvest up to 10 lbs to take home and enjoy.
May Mushroom Foraging in Mount Shasta
Join us in gorgeous Mount Shasta for a one-of-a-kind mushroom foraging class in the most beautiful environment. Learn about morels, spring porcini, and other montane mushrooms & plants found in the region.
This class is offered May 23 or 24 10am-3pm
FULL Memorial Day Mushroom Foraging Retreat with Thea Chesney & Chad Hyatt near Yosemite
Join expert naturalist Thea Chesney & mycochef Chad Hyatt for an all-inclusive 4-day retreat near Yosemite over Memorial Day Weekend. We will be targeting morel mushrooms while learning about Sierra Nevada ecology along the way. Our retreat center has hot tub, sauna, rivers, silent disco, & more! It’s going to be SO much fun!
FULL Join the waitlist here
Mushroom Hunting with Noodle the Dog - Mount Shasta
Join Noodle, the scent-trained mushroom dog for mushroom hunting in Mount Shasta. 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.
FREE Seaweeds of California online
Join us for a free 60-minute online introductory class about California seaweeds led by Autumn Summers and Ricardo Romero Gianoli. We will provide an overview of where seaweeds live and how to identify and sustainably harvest common edible seaweeds growing on the Northern California coast. This is a preview of the ocean field classes we’ll be offering starting in May.
Free webinar: Edible Mushrooms of Mount Shasta
Join us for a free 60-minute online introductory class about Mount Shasta mushrooms led by Mikhael Crystallah-Selk. We will provide an overview of common edible mushrooms and lookalikes of the Mount Shasta region, as well as their symbiotic tree partners.
Edible & Medicinal Plant Walk Sonoma (Jenner)
Join botanist Autumn on the Sonoma Coast (Jenner) and learn about edible and medicinal spring plants of the Sonoma Coast. ENROLLING
Mushroom Foraging in Mount Shasta
Join us in gorgeous Mount Shasta for a one-of-a-kind mushroom foraging class in the most beautiful environment. Learn about morels, spring porcini, and other montane mushrooms & plants found in the region.
This class is offered April 11, 12, 25, 26 (not a series)
CANCELLED April 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. FINISHED FOR SEASON. Join the waitlist for next season here
FULL 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. Sat April 18th(FULL) or Sun April 19th(FULL) Join the waitlist here
FULL Mushroom Foraging Sierra Nevada (Morels & Porcini target) April Dates
Join us in the mountains to look for mushrooms with emphasis on morels and spring porcini. Learn about Sierra Nevada ecology and enjoy the view! Dates are April 18(FULL), 19(FULL), 25(FULL), or 26 (FULL). Join the waitlist here
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 545am (bring headlamps- pre dawn!) OR Sun April 19th 6:15am
FREE Online Class: Fungi of the Sierra Nevada
Join mycologist Taye Bright for a free online class that covers common, edible, rare, and bizarre species of Sierra Nevada fungi. Advanced registration required.
FULL 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
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 Foraged Herbal Salves - 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, and the knowledge of how to make your own in the future.
Edible & Medicinal Plant Walk Sonoma (Jenner)
Join botanist Autumn on the Sonoma Coast near Jenner and learn about edible and medicinal spring plants of the Sonoma Coast. ENROLLING
March Mussel Foraging (Sonoma Coast near Bodega Bay)
Season ending in April! 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 27, 28
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.
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!
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.