The event — a guided wild edible plant hunt — takes place at 2:00pm on Sunday, April 19, 2009.

Unbeknownst to most of us, nature grows a bounty of nutrition we consider to be weeds — in our lawns, gardens, and even in alleys. Join us for a wild edible plant walking tour with Naturalist Mary Dunlap.

Mrs. Dunlap has great enthusiasm for plants and seems to possess an unparalleled ability to spot and identify wild edibles. She has been in love with nature and has studied nature rigorously for over 50 years. Mrs Dunlap led many educational nature walks focusing on a variety of subjects during her tenure as a Naturalist at Radnor Lake, and also taught at TSU. Ever the vigilant nature lover, Mrs. Dunlap even forages for various wild delectables in her own backyard as well as in her South Nashville neighborhood!

The walk will take place at the homestead residence of her daughter, Cindy Moonrose, located at 5155 Drakes Branch Road.

This wild edible guided tour will be an easy walk. Bring a camera and notebook if you wish. A $10 donation is requested for the walk.

There is also an opportunity to purchase vermicompost (worm castings) at $1 per gallon; just bring and fill your own container.

There will be a small selection of plants for sale, including mugwort, comfrey, chervil, and purple shamrocks. Bring your own container for the chervil. A plug of it planted in your garden will go to seed, and you can collect the seeds and/or let chervil naturally reseed itself.

If you have any questions, please contact Cindy Moonrose at 876-2635 or email Cindy at cindymoonrose@nashville.net.

If you have not participated in a group event with us before, please email Cindy for directions. Internet mapping tools will not quite get you to the house; there are several homes off the blacktop which are served by the same gravel road. You can use Google Maps to learn most of the route, but again, you will need to call!

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References, Resources

• The Happy Homesteader
• Being Frugal: Homesteading
• Vermicomposting