Fall Harvesting & Survival Workshop with Christopher Nyerges
October 15, 2022
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10:00 am
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4:00 pm
Please be sure to use the REGISTER link below before returning to this page to use the PayPal button to complete payment and secure your space. Note: Online payment includes a PayPal fee. If you prefer, when you register you can request instructions for mailing a payment of $85/person.
If the event sells out, PayPal will not accept your payment. You will see a message that says this event “is not available at this time” and you will be returned to this page. If that happens, be sure to click on the REGISTER button below to sign up for the waiting list. If spaces become available they will be filled based on date and time of waiting list signup.
Join me and renowned author-forager-survivalist Christopher Nyerges on Saturday, October 15, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Ojai for an outdoor Fall Harvesting and Survival Workshop.
Participants will:
process acorns and black walnuts for eating over a fire made with primitive skills
learn to identify edible and medicinal plants
learn basics of navigation and orienteering (finding your direction)
practice making cordage from yucca leaves
There may be other activities, depending on seasonal foods and supplies available.
The workshop will begin with a morning herb walk among the native plants on the fringes of Euterpe Farms, bordering the Ventura River Preserve. The afternoon workshop will take place under oak trees. Everyone will have a chance to participate in all activities.
After the workshop, Christopher and I will have our books on hand for sale and signing.
ABOUT CHRISTOPHER NYERGESChristopher Nyerges is an author, forager, survivalist and ethnobotanist with a lifelong interest in how native peoples lived off the land. He has been teaching classes and leading field trips since 1974 to over 40,000 students. Nyerges has authored nearly two dozen books, including Foraging California, Guide to Wild Foods, Nuts and Berries of California, How to Survive Anywhere, Extreme Simplicity, and many others.He most recently was the editor of American Survival Guide magazine, and served as editor of Wilderness Way magazine for 7 years. He has written several thousand newspaper and magazine articles in such publications as the Los Angeles Times, Pasadena Star News, Pasadena Weekly, Whole Life Times, Countryside, Mother Earth News, Acres USA, AmericanSurvival Guide, and others.
Christopher has appeared on the late Huell Howser’s public television series, KCET’s “Life and Times,” and National Geographic’s “Doomsday Preppers.” For two years, he appeared on Fox TV’s “X Show,” where he demonstrated survival skills on the streets of Los Angeles. He currently serves as a consultant to the “Naked and Afraid” show on Discovery. Christopher Nyerges’ web site is SchoolofSelf-Reliance.com.
REGISTRATION INFO:
Please note: This workshop will go on RAIN OR SHINE with the exception of a heavy downpour in the morning and/or a 100% chance of heavy rain that day. No dogs (other than service dogs) and no smoking, please.
Paid registrants will receive a confirmation email with all necessary info, including weather forecast and parking directions, a few days prior to the workshop. They also will receive a follow-up email afterwards with a list of all plants identified, recipes, and more.
The cost for the workshop, including all materials, is $85 for adults and $45 for children under 18, one child per adult. Please use the REGISTER link at top and bottom of this page to sign up before clicking on the PayPal button. Please note: online payment includes PayPal fee. If you prefer to mail a check, please let me know when you register.
Cancellation policy: I will refund your payment or issue a credit if you notify me up to 72 hours before the start of the event. After that I will make every effort to fill your space (and I’m usually successful) but cannot guarantee it.
Please be sure to use the REGISTER link below before returning to this page to use the PayPal button to complete payment and secure your space. Note: Online payment includes a PayPal fee. If you prefer, when you register you can request instructions for mailing a payment of $85/person.
If the event sells out, PayPal will not accept your payment. You will see a message that says this event “is not available at this time” and you will be returned to this page. If that happens, be sure to click on the REGISTER button below to sign up for the waiting list. If spaces become available they will be filled based on date and time of waiting list signup.
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