September 28, 2024
9AM – 9PM
Punderson State Park
Newbury, Ohio
$75 per person
In the fall of 2024, a group of dedicated wild food foragers are bringing a hands-on educational experience to the Northeastern Ohio and Northwestern Pennsylvania region. Even if you live in the city, the knowledge and techniques easily translate to urban foraging!
Come celebrate wild foods, share knowledge, and develop or hone your skills. Spend the day with us learning to identify and forage wild foods!
People of all ages, backgrounds, and experience levels are welcome! Experience the different wild foods found around lakes, wetlands, prairies, and forests of this beautiful and diverse park.
Some offerings include:
- Finding and identifying mushrooms
and wild edible plants - Cooking demonstrations
- Cultivating wild edibles at home
- Food systems and sustainability
- Intro to fishing and hunting
- Improving your foraging practice by keeping a journal
- Intro to wilderness herbal first aid
Check out the schedule and workshop descriptions here!
Plan Your Visit
- bring a hat, rain gear, water resistant boots, and wear layers
- bring food and water for the day
- don’t forget medications and other over-the-counter products and first aid items
- be prepared for possible insects and poison ivy
- bring whatever helps you learn and retain information: notebooks, camera, field guides, etc.
- baskets/bags and a small pocket or kitchen knife for collecting mushrooms
- a camping chair, if you have one
- NOTE – plant foraging is not allowed in state parks, please take photos only!
Getting There
Our home base will be the Sports Chalet in Punderson State Park.
From Cleveland:
Take 77 South to 480 East (exit 156). Stay on 480 East, and follow signs for 271 North/422. Take the 271 North/422 West exit towards Harvard Road/Chagrin Blvd. Take the Harvard Road exit, and turn right on Harvard Road. After 1.3 miles, turn left on Lander Road. In one mile, at the traffic circle, take the second exit onto Pinetree Road. After one mile, take a right onto 87/South Woodland Road. In 2.3 miles, take a left to stay on 87/South Woodland Road. After 10 miles, take a right into the park (WB Cleveland Drive). Take the first left (follow signs to the Sports Chalet), and the road dead ends into the parking lot.
From the Northeast
From I-90, take exit 200 onto SR-44 South toward Chardon. After 1.8 miles, turn right on Girdled Road, then make an immediate left on Auburn Road. Go 13 miles, then turn left on Kinsman Road. After 1.3 miles, make a right into the park (WB Cleveland Drive). Take the first left (follow signs to the Sports Chalet), and the road dead ends into the parking lot.
From Akron:
Take Route 8 North to 271 North. Take the Harvard Road exit, and turn right on Harvard Road. After 1.3 miles, turn left on Lander Road. In one mile, at the traffic circle, take the second exit onto Pinetree Road. After one mile, take a right onto 87/South Woodland Road. In 2.3 miles, take a left to stay on 87/South Woodland Road. After 10 miles, take a right into the park (WB Cleveland Drive). Take the first left (follow signs to the Sports Chalet), and the road dead ends into the parking lot.
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Lodging
- Punderson State Park Campground – Click the link to reserve a campsite or call (866) 644-6727. Camp sites on May 18 are very limited due to renovations, so reserve your space now. And consider reserving your campsite for the main event ahead of time.
- Punderson Lodge and Cabins
- West Branch State Park Campground (30 miles from Punderson)
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