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    More Foraging Escapades, Two workshop/trail tours, upcoming events this spring

    April 20, 2026 - By 

    Foraging in 2026 is off to a roaring start! Our first foraging run of the season was a 2 weeks ago Monday, followed by last week when we held two introductory foraging workshops. The first was up in Vernon on a public-use area of land where attendees were introduced to pine bark, fir needles, and got to see nettle, fieldmint and other herbs in their seedling stages. The second introductory foraging workshop took place on Saturday, where only workshop alumni attended, so rather than go through the entire foundational talk again, we simply hit the trail. One of them had…

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    A Tea Order and A Marathon Foraging Run – Reminder of Upcoming Foraging Workshops

    May 6, 2024 - By 

    Today’s foraging run is brought to you buy a custom tea request at the recent wellness fair, that was hoped to be a wild flavour version similar to Earl Grey. The purchaser liked the smell, and if the recipient likes the tea, we need to be ready for potential re-orders. For starters, plants in the Okanagan area in general, are not caffeinated. None of our research has shown any plants to contain caffeic acid, let alone to any degree. What we DO have, is a plant that when steeped too long, begins to taste much like black tea without any…