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Connecticut Foraging Club offers group foraging classes throughout the state. During foraging classes, participants learn how to identify and utilize seasonal edible and medicinal plants and mushrooms. Most classes consist of a lecture followed by a walk, where participants can practice identifying plants and mushrooms. Each foraging class will cover different material. To sign up for a class, email shroomsofct@gmail.com with the full name of all participants.
Upcoming Foraging Classes:
Saturday, April 11th – Foraging on the Farm – 10:30 AM – Tickets $35 (includes foraged snack)
Cold Spring Farm (Colchester, CT)
Co-taught by Vinny Crotta
Further details: https://www.facebook.com/share/1E95CWxZBj/
Sunday, April 19th – Foraging & Qi Gong– Tickets $30 – 2 PM
Middletown, CT
Co-taught by Erik Harris
Further details: https://www.facebook.com/share/1BV3mtZcan/
Saturday, May 2nd – Plant & Mushroom Foraging Class – 10 AM – Tickets $30 (15% goes towards donation to Earthplace)
Earthplace (Westport, CT)
Co-taught by Joe Ross
Further details: https://www.facebook.com/share/1A7wi7cboZ/
Saturday, May 16th – Spring Foraging Class – 12 PM – Tickets $40 (includes drink from Stafford Cidery)
Stafford Cidery (Stafford Springs, CT)
Grab your tickets here: Spring Foraging Class 5.16.26 in Stafford Springs – Checkout
Saturday, May 30th – Foraging & Fermenting Class – 2 PM – Tickets $40 (20% goes towards donation to the Dudley Foundation)
Make your own wild ferment to bring home
Dudley Farm (Guilford, CT)
Co-taught by Vinny Crotta
Grab your tickets here: Foraging & Fermenting Class – The Dudley Farm
Saturday, June 13th – Foraging for Health – 10 AM – Tickets $30
Hamden, CT
Co-taught by Lindsay Chimileski
Sunday, June 28th – Summer Foraging Class – Tickets $30
The Grove (Chester, CT)
Co-taught by Amelia South
Saturday, July 18th – Summer Fungi Foraging – 10 AM – Tickets $30 (15% goes towards donation to DPNC)
Denison Pequotsepos nature center (Mystic, CT)
Co-taught by Amanda Dye
Sunday, August 2nd – Seaside Foraging – 10 AM – Tickets $30
Stony Creek Farmers Market (Branford, CT)
Saturday, September 26th – Intro to Mushroom Foraging & Cultivation – 10 AM – Tickets $30 (15% goes towards donation to DPNC)
Denison Pequotsepos nature center (Mystic, CT)
Co-taught by Steve Makowicki
~email shroomsofct@gmail.com for inquiries on private foraging classes!
Connecticut Foraging Club offers monthly free foraging walks for members with some foraging experience. Free foraging walks are an opportunity for participants to share foraging knowledge with others. We never pick native plant species on our foraging walks.
Upcoming Free Foraging Walks:
Sunday, April 26th – 11 AM – Tyler Mill Preserve (Wallingford, CT)
Further details – https://www.facebook.com/share/18dpqw7K9z/
Connecticut Foraging Club also offers private foraging classes and forage-to-table experiences. For pricing, email shroomsofct@gmail.com with the desired month, location, and number of participants.
Upcoming Group Forage-to-table Experiences:
~group forage-to-table experiences will resume Spring 2026
~email shroomsofct@gmail.com for inquiries on private forage-to-table experiences!
