Wandering Home: Appalachian Foraging School (Spring Session)
5 Thursdays, April 9th - May 28th
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: Wild Spaces in the Asheville, NC region
$550 Early Bird Pricing (through Febrary 28th)
$650 Regular Price (March 1st through March 27th)
Limited to 20 Foragers, Register Now!
This immersive foraging program will guide you in confidently identifying and working with the abundance of wild edible and medicinal plants and fungi of Southern Appalachia.
Over this two-month immersion, you will gain confidence in safely identifying and sustainably foraging wild plants and fungi, as well as gaining practical skills in cooking, wild crafting, preserving, and making simple herbal medicines. With hands-on practice throughout the season, this program supports you in beginning to build your own wild pantry for lasting food and healthcare security.
Community & Connection
At Wandering Home, we believe no one learns in a vacuum - we are all connected and the importance of community and interconnection is woven into our programs. You’ll join a supportive community of foragers, herbalists, nature nerds, and wildly curious folks who are learning together.
By slowing down and spending intentional time in wild places, you’ll feel more confident in your ability to identify and wild harvest, increasing your food and healthcare security for you, your family, and your community while reconnecting with yourself and the more-than-human world. Time in nature, held in community, will allow you to feel calmer and more present in your body, giving you more energy, a healthier nervous system, and more joy in everyday tasks.
Between in-person classes, instructors will share prompts and suggestions for you to continue practicing what we have learned together. You’ll connect with other passionate plant people, spend time outdoors together, and strengthen your learning through ongoing, communal practice.
What You Get
Five days of in-person instruction throughout the spring season
Hands-on foraging, plant and fungi identification, harvesting, cooking, crafting, medicine making, and shared meals
All materials included in the course price
Access to a virtual community for learning, sharing, and connection between in-person sessions
Ongoing prompts, reminders, suggestions for practice, and guidance from instructors over the two-month program.
Instructive materials including recipes and formulations featuring spring plants and fungi
A certificate of completion upon graduation
About Your Instructors
Bek Jopling of Foraging Home & Abby Artemisia of The Wander School are combining their decades of knowledge & experience teaching wild food, herbalism, and nature connection in Southern Appalachia to offer this incredibly unique learning experience!
Dates & Cost
Classes take place on Thursdays from 10am-1pm.
We will meet on April 9th & 23rd, May 7th, 21st & have our end-of-season graduation gathering on May 28th.
Early Bird registration
2/1 - 2/28: $550
Full Price registration 3/1 - 3/27: $650
Sign up with a friend and save $50/each!
Registration closes on March 27th. If we have not filled the class at that time, we reserve the right to cancel the program and will refund all payments in full. Bring a friend!
Refund Policy
We do not offer refunds at this time. We are a small business supporting a family and a community, through Herbal Aid and education. Your support allows us to do this, Thank You from the bottom of our green hearts. When you buy/register for any of our products or services, you are agreeing to this policy. We appreciate your understanding and support.
5 Thursdays, April 9th - May 28th
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: Wild Spaces in the Asheville, NC region
$550 Early Bird Pricing (through Febrary 28th)
$650 Regular Price (March 1st through March 27th)
Limited to 20 Foragers, Register Now!
This immersive foraging program will guide you in confidently identifying and working with the abundance of wild edible and medicinal plants and fungi of Southern Appalachia.
Over this two-month immersion, you will gain confidence in safely identifying and sustainably foraging wild plants and fungi, as well as gaining practical skills in cooking, wild crafting, preserving, and making simple herbal medicines. With hands-on practice throughout the season, this program supports you in beginning to build your own wild pantry for lasting food and healthcare security.
Community & Connection
At Wandering Home, we believe no one learns in a vacuum - we are all connected and the importance of community and interconnection is woven into our programs. You’ll join a supportive community of foragers, herbalists, nature nerds, and wildly curious folks who are learning together.
By slowing down and spending intentional time in wild places, you’ll feel more confident in your ability to identify and wild harvest, increasing your food and healthcare security for you, your family, and your community while reconnecting with yourself and the more-than-human world. Time in nature, held in community, will allow you to feel calmer and more present in your body, giving you more energy, a healthier nervous system, and more joy in everyday tasks.
Between in-person classes, instructors will share prompts and suggestions for you to continue practicing what we have learned together. You’ll connect with other passionate plant people, spend time outdoors together, and strengthen your learning through ongoing, communal practice.
What You Get
Five days of in-person instruction throughout the spring season
Hands-on foraging, plant and fungi identification, harvesting, cooking, crafting, medicine making, and shared meals
All materials included in the course price
Access to a virtual community for learning, sharing, and connection between in-person sessions
Ongoing prompts, reminders, suggestions for practice, and guidance from instructors over the two-month program.
Instructive materials including recipes and formulations featuring spring plants and fungi
A certificate of completion upon graduation
About Your Instructors
Bek Jopling of Foraging Home & Abby Artemisia of The Wander School are combining their decades of knowledge & experience teaching wild food, herbalism, and nature connection in Southern Appalachia to offer this incredibly unique learning experience!
Dates & Cost
Classes take place on Thursdays from 10am-1pm.
We will meet on April 9th & 23rd, May 7th, 21st & have our end-of-season graduation gathering on May 28th.
Early Bird registration
2/1 - 2/28: $550
Full Price registration 3/1 - 3/27: $650
Sign up with a friend and save $50/each!
Registration closes on March 27th. If we have not filled the class at that time, we reserve the right to cancel the program and will refund all payments in full. Bring a friend!
Refund Policy
We do not offer refunds at this time. We are a small business supporting a family and a community, through Herbal Aid and education. Your support allows us to do this, Thank You from the bottom of our green hearts. When you buy/register for any of our products or services, you are agreeing to this policy. We appreciate your understanding and support.