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We are pleased to partner
with Acteva.com to offer convenient, secure
online registrations for classes. If you would
like to take advantage of online registration,
you will see a "Register Now"
button (like the one below) at the end
of each seminar description. Just click
on it to register. A minimal processing
fee will be charged.
You can also call us to register for classes at 415.663.1200 ext. 373 or download and print a registration form that you can mail or fax to us.
Autumn Summers
Sunday, June 30 • 9AM – 4PM • $50 ($40 Members)
Come explore the bounty of local wild and naturalized medicines and foods that grow throughout Northern California to include in your wellness kit and kitchen pantry. Between time in the classroom and on the trail we will discover the many native and introduced plants of the Bay Area that have been used as food and medicine to sustain life and health for hundreds of years. Autumn will share some folklore and material culture uses, and help us develop a deeper appreciation for our green neighbors. These riches include familiar plants such as stinging nettle, acorn, miner’s lettuce, milk thistle, manzanita, oak, willow, California bay and California poppy plus some not so familiar plants including coffee berry, usnea and local seaweeds. We are surrounded by medicine and food if we know what to look for. We will cover how to identify, properly harvest and use these herbs as well as make and taste nettle pesto, roasted bay nuts and an acorn savory dip.
Also open to youth (age 15-17) with parent attendance.
This class is almost full, please call 415-663-1200 x373 to register.
Kathy & Dave Biggs
Saturday, August 10 • 9:45AM – 4PM • $50 ($40 Members)
Meet the intriguing Odonata; the family to which the dragonflies and damselflies belong. They’re solar powered, range in colors from red, yellow, blue, green, pink, metallic, in-wheel, instars and lower lips with ‘spear guns’ attached these insects are like no other creature! A lively and colorful morning presentation will be used to teach about their unusual biology, life cycle, behavior and ecology. While in the classroom we’ll introduce the identification marks and behavioral traits for the most common 50 of the 57 species in the North Bay. In the afternoon the Biggs will take the class out into the field in two groups to practice identification skills and to make sense of these Odonata’s unusual behaviors.
Also open to youth (age 12-17) with attending adult.
Frank Binney
Saturday, August 31 • 10AM – 5PM $50 ($40 Members)
Once thought to be extinct, Tule Elk are making a remarkable comeback at Point Reyes National Seashore. Enjoy a day shadowing these majestic survivors with a nature writer who has assisted park biologists with tule elk studies and the annual elk census for over 16 years. As we hike along scenic granite ridges between Pacific Ocean cliffs and the wilderness shoreline of Tomales Bay, we’ll explore the role tule elk played in California ecology for thousands of years, the reasons they nearly vanished forever, and what we can do to help them continue to thrive. With scores of large-antlered bull elk actively competing for females in the annual rut, we’ll have many opportunities to observe breeding season action and herd dynamics up close through spotting scopes.
Also open to youth (age 15-17) with parent attendance.
We offer gift certificates for specific classes or the dollar amount of your choice. Email or call 415.663.1200 ext. 373 and we can create a certificate for you to give as a gift.
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This page last modified June 18, 2013.
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