Wild Treasures of the City: Summer Foraging in Tiergarten

The flowers are bursting, the fruit is ripening – the sun has been working its magic, and the summer is offering so many wonderful wild flavors to savor!

Let's take a leisurely foraging wander through Berlin's largest park, where we'll explore the extraordinary diversity of planty wonders growing right in the heart of the city. So many of these cheerful, weedy friends that surround us are just packed with nutrition and medicine, and extraordinary, unique flavors.

With a warm and informative approach, we'll focus on easy-to-identify herbs, flowers, and fruits abundant in urban Berlin, which you can use to pep up your summer salads, make exquisite jams, syrups and pestos, craft potent tinctures, and much more – like staghorn sumac (also known as vinegar tree, for good reason!), cornelian cherry (whose tart red fruits make both exquisite jam and oddly wonderful olives), wild hops (whose flowers gift deep sleep, and whose probing shoots can be used as tender asparagus), creeping charlie (whose minty wildness lends the perfect kick to a forest dessert), and many, many others.

I'll share practical tips on plant identification, explain each species' culinary and medicinal uses, offer insights into their surrounding folklore, and share lots of relevant recipes. And of course I'll teach you how to keep yourself  – and the land and its other inhabitants – safe while foraging. 

Throughout the day, we'll pause often to harvest in safe and abundant spots, so that you can bring home a collection of delightful wild summer ingredients. You'll come away with a completely new perspective on the city's weedy & wild abundance, as well as loads of inspiration for how to incorporate it in the kitchen.

If you have a special interest in fermentation, tinctures, or any other culinary curiosities, do share it – we'll co-create the day's focus to match everyone's interests. Whether you're a complete foraging newbie or a seasoned explorer, you're warmly welcomed and there will be plenty to learn! 

When: Saturday August 3rd, 12.30 - 16:30
Where: Tiergarten (~ 3km walking in total)
Cost: Sliding scale 45€ / 35€ / 25€ or pay what you can

Attendance is limited to 15 people, so registration is required!

The meeting and ending point for the tour are accessible with public transportation. The exact meeting point, along with what to bring, will be sent via email after registration. Don't forget to read your confirmation email carefully!
 

A note on pricing & philosophy:

I offer my foraging tours on a sliding scale / pay-what-you-can basis, because 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.

However, I do rely on this income!

That means: if you have the means, pay the full fee, or more.

If you don't have the means, please feel fully invited to pay whatever you can.

And if you want to come, but genuinely cannot afford any extra expense, reach out to me directly for a 100% discount, no questions asked. I have absolutely been there, I see you, and I want you here.

I'm trying to do things differently, because it matters to me. Please join me in the complexity of building a better, more equal world!

Registration and cancellation:

Once you register for the workshop, you'll receive an email with all details on the exact meeting location as well as what to bring.

The event will go ahead regardless of the weather. The plants and mushrooms don't mind if it's wet!

If you can't make the event, you may cancel by email up to 48 hours in advance. This ensures another participant can take your place. Refunds for cancellations within 48 hours of the event are not possible.