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.

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.

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.

This class is FULL. Join the waitlist here.

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.

Join us for a free 60 minute online introductory class with Ryn & Ricardo about sea urchin and mussels of the Sonoma Coast of California. We will provide an overview of where they live, their lifecycle, their role within the intertidal ecosystem, how to sustainably forage for them, how to know when it's safe to eat them, what the regulations are, and how to contribute to ocean stewardship.

This will be a fun learning experience for nature lovers, foodies, and anyone curious about the magical creatures that live in our coastal tide pools. All ages welcome.

This program is full, but you can join the waitlist.

As Halloween approaches and the veil between worlds grows thin, we’re invited to slow down, listen closely, and honor what lies beyond. In this heart-centered class, herbalists Lia and Tara will dive deep into how gentle herbs can guide us in connecting with ancestors, plant spirits, and the more-than-human world. Together, we’ll tune into our senses, sip tea, and explore the sacred qualities of herbal allies like reishi, rosemary, yarrow, and more—each one a doorway to deeper perception and communication beyond the veil.

Lia and Tara will also guide you in crafting simple, grounding rituals to help you tune into the unseen with clarity and care. Whether you’ve just become curious about what lies beyond the veil or are looking to deepen your connection, this class offers a nourishing space to commune, remember, and celebrate in community. Come sit with us at the threshold—where memory, mystery, and herbal medicine meet.

In this free live & recorded talk with Michael St John, Marin Search & Rescue Unit Leader, we will share tools and tips to stay safe in the woods. Foraging can get so exciting that we can end up disoriented. It also puts us in places where we are in remote, off-grid locations. What would happen if we had an accident or became lost?

• Basic wilderness safety tips

• Equipment to consider carrying: navigation, technology

• What to do if you have to spend the unexpected night out

• Environmental injuries, including wild animals

• Case studies that demonstrate how Search and Rescue works 

This class has unfortunately been cancelled due to instructor illness.

This class is FULL, but you can join the waitlist.

Led by local botanist and herbalist Leibman, this program focuses on edible and medicinal fall plants in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area region.

What if the land around you wasn’t just scenery, but a living apothecary and pantry, rich with nourishment and healing? When we learn about the fall medicinal and edible gifts of our native plants, we deepen our connection to place, to tradition, to ourselves, and to our communities. This knowledge lets a sense of belonging bloom inside of us, inspiring stewardship and weaving us into the wild and living story of our precious natural homes.

Learn cultivation techniques for species such as shiitake, turkey tail, lion's mane, psilocybe, reishi, and more!  The techniques you will learn can be applied to many other species.  We will demonstrate how to make an outdoor blewit patch.  We will also guide you through creating your own cultivated oyster kit to take home.  

We will cover some of the primary growing media such as straw, woodchips, andlogs. Others we can discuss are grass clippings, leaves, compost, and agricultural byproducts. Learn how everyone with even minimal outdoor space can cultivate fungi for food, medicine and as more holistic gardeners.

Led by Ryath Fujita Beauchene

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.

Join us for an experiential mushroom medicine-making class. We will focus our experience and teachings on the essential at-home techniques used to make a diversity of medicinal forms: liquids, powders, and topicals. The species we'll be working with will include Lion's Mane, Shiitake, Fomitopsis, Turkey Tail, and Cordyceps and the skills you will learn can be applied to any mushrooms you desire! Additionally, our co-created conversations will focus on why we use the techniques we do and cover topics such as traditional uses, chemistry, cultivation, foraging, and preservation as we make medicine together. 

Join us for a free 60 minute online introductory class about Mount Shasta mushrooms led by Mikhael Crystallah-Selk on July 1st at 7pm. We will provide an overview of common edible mushrooms and lookalikes of the Mount Shasta region as well as their symbiotic tree partners.  We'll also include some cooking and preservation tips.

Join us for a free 60-minute online introductory class about California seaweeds led by Autumn Summers. 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 talk is FULL! But you can add yourself to the waitlist.

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. Tacos will be served!

3 spots left as of 4/2!

What if the land around you wasn’t just scenery, but a living apothecary and pantry, rich with nourishment and healing?

Join herbalist, botanist, and educator Lia Leibman for a guided walk through the Bay Area’s diverse plant landscape.

Only 1 spots left as of 4/2!

Led by expert naturalist Thea Chesney, this program covers spring plants and mushrooms in the Sierra foothills region. With the elevation, the ecology changes from California's winter coastal sea-level flora and funga. We will cover tree, plant, and mushroom identification, symbiotic forest partnerships, poisonous and edible trees, plants, and mushrooms.

This class is FULL!

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. 

Under chef Chad's guiding hand, we will work our way through 5 or 6 dishes, focused on seasonal ingredients. We will put together a complete meal together, from appetizer through dessert. The class will culminate in a shared dinner.  Come hungry!

Class is limited to 15 spots and will sell out quickly!

This class is FULL! Please join our next mussel class on 4/27

Join us in Berkeley for a special talk + tacos about functional & medicinal mushrooms such as lions mane, chaga, mushroom coffee, and more! Do they really work? Ryath will answer this as well as talk about how you can make your own!

This is a small space and will sell out quickly, so make sure to get tickets right away!

This class is FULL! Please join the 4/27 program.

In honor of Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish New Year for Trees, we will celebrate the interrelationships of trees, humanity, fungi and the unseen world. Learn how blessings, angels, and a Jewish approach to ethical harvesting can deepen our connection to the natural world as we amble through the forest.  All ages and spiritual backgrounds welcome. This guided walk will be in Berkeley, CA in Tilden Park.  With all the rain we've had, the forest is bursting with life. It's a great time for an adventure!

Led by Autumn Summers, this program focuses on edible and medicinal spring plants in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area region. As we encounter them, we will also cover tree, plant, and mushroom identification, symbiotic forest partnerships, poisonous and edible trees, plants, and mushrooms, as well as forest safety.  

It's possible we can find miner's lettuce, mustard, radish, chickweed, spring alliums, cleavers, and a lot more!  We'll also cover wild berries, although they won't have fruit on them just yet. But you'll still learn how to know their leaves for later in the season!  You will leave with foundational skills to be able to go out foraging on your own. The program also includes community building and a tasting at the end. This is an experiential hands-on half-day program that starts at 1pm.