Wine and Wildcraft

Ignite your love of the outdoors with forager Candise Jordan on this full-sensory experience. We’ll combine a walk, wine tasting, and art expression into one peaceful morning. Let’s begin with a guided plant walk through a beautiful 10-acre food forest where we will learn to identify wild plants and discuss their history, culinary, medicinal, and artistic uses. After experiencing the plants out in nature, we’ll taste a few wild-crafted wines, meads, and ciders, along with snacks, enjoying their flavors and scents. Next, let’s take those wild plants into the world of art, nature journaling with wild-crafted ink and paints. Participants will take home recipes and their creations.

The location for this event is at Forested, a 10-acre food forest in Bowie. Their mission is to advance forest agriculture with a special focus on the eastern United States, where the Forested research garden is located.

Our leader is Candise Jordan, a health & fitness coach, urban farmer, certified permaculture designer, and forager. She became a fitness professional straight out of college but quickly realized that you can’t out-exercise a bad diet. She then began her studies as a nutrition counselor and learned to grow her own food. She started her first garden in 2018, began volunteering at local farms, earned her Permaculture Design Certification through Forested in Bowie, MD, and completed her Beginner Farmer Training program through Future Harvest. During her studies, permaculture introduced her to foods she had previously known about but had viewed as weeds. After learning about these delicious, nutritious free foods, she began foraging and now teaches others about the wild edibles growing around us.

• Our meeting location will be included in your registration confirmation email once payment is completed.
• Watch for additional details in a welcome email sent a few days before the date.
• Ages 18 and over.
• Dress according to the weather. Layers of clothing work best. Include a hat for sun protection or warmth, depending on the season.
• Wear sturdy closed-toe hiking or athletic shoes with non-slip soles that can safely handle slippery surfaces.
• Bring water, snacks, sunblock, and bug spray, depending on the season.
• Bring binoculars and a hand lens or loupe for birding or looking at details, if you have them.
• Bring a first aid kit for your personal use.
• All participants must be pre-registered. If you are on the waitlist and show up to the event uninvited, you will not be allowed to participate.
• No pets, please.

All events are held rain or shine. If any event is canceled due to severe weather, you will receive an email or text. If you do not receive a weather-related email, the trip will proceed as planned.

Payment and Cancellation Policy: Payment is due online at the time of registration. Cancellations made 14 or more days in advance of the event will receive a refund minus a 5% processing fee. Cancellations made within 14 days of the event will not receive a refund. Events and field trips with fees of $25 or less are non-refundable at any time unless canceled by NHSM. NHSM retains the right to update or change these requirements at any time.

For questions, please email Jayne at JAsh@marylandnature.org.