Weedy Wisdom for the Curious Forager: Talk with Rebecca Randall Gilbert

On Wednesday, May 11th, at 4:30pm, please join us at the West Tisbury Library for a talk with Rebecca Randall Gilbert, author of the soon-to-be-released book, Weedy Wisdom for the Curious Forager: Common Wild Plants to Nourish Your Body & Soul. In this presentation, which is during Climate Action Week, the author will speak about “Weeds and Hurricanes,” giving practical examples of the benefits of friendship with the plant world. Rebecca will introduce you to a couple of her favorites and offer ideas for integrating foraging into ordinary life. There will be snacks! This event is free and open to the public. 

About Weedy Wisdom:
This book on foraging for beginners arose out of a summer’s worth of foraging classes with Camp Jabberwocky at Native Earth Teaching Farm in Chilmark. It focuses on a few very common edible weeds and simple preparations, and dives deeply into the philosophy of foraging and of life in general, as we did together during class. 

About the author:
Rebecca Gilbert, of Native Earth Teaching Farm, has been foraging since childhood on the same piece of land. Her focus when harvesting are the weeds, invasives, and aliens that tend to take over, and the recognition of our own position as interactive, embedded members of our ecosystems. 

She also raises goats for clearing land, teaches indigo dyeing and fiber arts, and uses her farm to connect people to nature in as many ways as she can come up with. A visit to the teaching farm is always an adventure!