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Useful Coastal Plants – Oregon

Edible and Useful Wild Coastal Plants - Oregon

Discover Useful Coastal Plants of Oregon. Join your guide, Mark Wienert. For this exciting outdoor native plants class. Learn the benefits and uses of Oregon's edible, medicinal, and useful coastal plants.

Useful Coastal Plants - Oregon

Field Course: Emphasis on Useful Plants

DETAILS
Location: Cascade foothills in May. Oregon coast in October.
Dates: May 20-21, Oct. 07-08, Oct. 20-21, 2023
Tuition: $225.00
EB (early bird discount) discounts are time sensitive.
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USEFUL WILD PLANTS OREGON




Useful Coastal Plants Class

Emphasis is on identifying and uses of native useful plants of the Oregon Coast. This outdoor classroom includes lecture and field study.

Edible and Useful Wild Coastal Plants - Oregon
Urtica dioica Oregon's stinging nettle.

Wild plants edible and useful, we admire them, harvest, use, and eat them. Discover what common wild plants grow near you and how you can include them in your diet, medical kit, and material uses.

Foods and medicine

It's easy to add wild plants to your seasonal menu. Coastal plants, trees, and yes even fungi give us a bounty of practical and utilitarian uses.

Traditional plants use

Native peoples have been depending on these plants for thousands of years. Wild plants like the Stinging Nettle in the photo are a crucial resource for fiber. Fishing line and rope and were twisted from the strong inner fibers of this plant.

stinging nettle fiber for cordage useful wild plants
Nettle fiber stripped and dried for making useful cordage

String making

You will try your hand at string making. learn how and when to harvest, prepare, and twist string also called cordage. Using Nettle and several other useful plants during this outdoors course.

Wild berries

Who can say no to a fresh berry pie made from ripe Oregon coast berries? But that's not all. Some berries can be made into syrup or dried for use as antiviral tonic.

Wild plants have so much to offer the outdoor forager. Book your spot today and begin your journey into the interesting and amazing world of useful coastal plants of the Oregon coast.

Acorn Processing

Processing Acorn into a sweet meal in the spirit of Nupa-Yosemite Acorn. Puff - shuck - ma,  Taste good!

Useful Fungi

Boletus edulis. Prized edible mushroom. Oregon Survival School.
Boletus edulis. Prized for its flavor.

The Oregon coast is rich in edible and useful wild plants. Wild plants also include fungi. Mushrooms of a dizzying variety and diversity.

Autumn's light and shorter days bring from the damp earth a scent of apricot and cinnamon. Our favorite mushrooms are bursting forth.

Forage for Mushrooms

Fall is the time of year we learn to identify, forage, and discover our favorite wild edible mushrooms. There is simply nothing as fun as a mushroom hunt in the forests of the Oregon coast.

Foraging for mushrooms has for us become an important ritual we look forward to each fall.

Mushroom Cooking and Recipes

Share the rich and delightful flavors unique to each edible mushroom. Chanterelle, Hogs, Yellow Foot, and more. Learn how to cook and savor these delicious and nutritional wild foods of the forest.

red elderberry foraging useful coastal plants oregon
Red Elderberry (Sambuscus racemosa) foraging Oregon coast.

Useful Coastal Plants

Testimonials

Mark,
Thank you for the great weekend learning about plants. It was an unforgettable weekend with my dad. I learned a ton and can’t stop talking about it with friends. Today I’m going on my third hike since to keep fresh what I learned and to continue identifying. I think what you do is invaluable and essential for people rekindling their relationship with nature.  ~Joshua Fackrell

Registration Information

Courses are held south of Florence, and east of Eugene, OR. Florence is an hour's drive west of Eugene and three and a half - hours north of Medford. And a three and a half-hour drive south of Portland. For Bend and Central Oregon, however, expect 3 to 4 hours.

  • Driving directions, gear list, course forms, specific to your class are provided upon registration
  • meals are not provided
  • First day start time 8:40 AM - end time 4:PM
  • No smoking
  • No dogs or pets of any kind allowed on camp premises or in vehicles
  • Leave No Trace:  pack it in and pack it out

Accommodations for Coastal Useful Plants

Not available on site. See area accommodations for Camping, Honeyman Memorial State Park, Lagoon Campground, Darlings Marina & RV Resort are the closest. Motel accommodations in and around Florence OR. 97439, and Dune City.

Accommodations for Useful Plants, Cascade Camp

Yes, available onsite overnight camping included.

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