Registration Requirements: Preregistration required.  

Intended Audience: Foraging Harvest Helpers are designed for adults and are open to all levels—beginners welcome—but veteran foragers will also find value in the experience.  

Program Description: Learn with your hands as you help harvest for future education programs or contributions to our native edible species polyculture farming efforts. Every outing will be a unique blend of gathering and learning together with a community of people interested in foraging.  

We’ll follow the seasons during each foraging harvest hike. Every outing will be unique but will be a blend of: 

• Gathering and learning together with a community of people interested in foraging 
• Targeted foraging “shopping list” harvesting during peak season for each species 
• Respectful, ethical, and sustainable harvesting as well as opportunities to give back to the land
• Botany and ecology through naturalist eyes 
• Identification tips and techniques 
• Applied examples of preparation and preservation  
• Tasting or food samples (part of each outing) 
• Insider updates into the foraging and agroforestry happenings at Cincinnati Nature Center 

What to Expect: Dress for weather conditions—as long as it’s safe to be on the trail, we’ll be heading out in all weather conditions. We may cover 1-2 miles or more during each outing, with potential off-trail walking, but will adjust the hike based on the ability of program attendees. 

Where to Meet: See individual program dates for location.

Cost: Ticket fees include daily admission.