September sees some wind-down in the garden and an upswing in idle hands for foraging at the farm. Black Walnuts, Chinese and American Chestnuts, Autumn Olive, Nannyberry and Paw Paws are all having their moment! There are so many delicious things we could make like Roasted Chestnut Dukkha, Nannyberry Spiked Water Kefir, Rosy Autumn Olive Muffins, Black Walnut Bitters – and what the heck do you do with Paw Paws? A good pair of hiking shoes and gloves will find you deep in a foragers haul.

Facilitator:
Lacey Walker manages the education garden and builds community programs at Fox Haven Learning Center, but considers her true career to be that of a lifelong student. Her studies include herbalism, farm based education for adults and children, plant based cuisine, meditation, caring for and expanding the troop of ferment “children” she raises for gut health, the science of soil and composting, the mysterious life of companion plants, monthly wanderings to new corners of the country and the indispensable, incomparable joy of community potlucking.

Lacey engages with her passion for writing by authoring Fox Haven’s monthly contribution to The Environment is You in the Frederick News Post and can sometimes be seen toting her camera around, a throwback to her time in art school pursuing a BFA in Photography at Shepherd University. More often these days she likes to keep her hands free for playing in the dirt.