Edible Plants Ontario Hike | Tree Identification

 

A Year Round "One of a Kind" Learning Adventure in the Grand River Valley

Looking at identification pictures is one thing... but seeing & touching the real thing is another!

Details of Our Edible Plants in Ontario Hikes... Learn Southern Ontario Edible Plants & Trees

The technique for identifying is based on unique quirks... making it easier to remember and teach.

The edible plant hikes can be a "one on one" hike... up to a large group.

Distances hiked are under 5 kilometers... it is the material covered that is important... not the distance!

A number of plant ecosystems are explored... so there are a variety of trails used.

 These adventures are  custom designed for all ages... explore while you learn... 

Beginners Edible & Medicinal Plants & Trees

This course is a "show and tell" focusing on the useage of fauna & floura as you hike the Carolinian Forest. Also covers tree identification, fish & wildlife of the valley and aboriginal history. This is a course of smelling, tasting, feeling and seeing! Discover the anti-fart plant... get the worse breath in the woods... try a tinge of lemon from the wild grape... identify poison ivy and stinging nettle... discover natures organic plants as they are in season. Available May til October.

Costs $40 / hour for 5-25 people per guide. Minimum 2 hours. Plus HST tax (Contact us for lower priced hikes for individuals or couples.)

Comment From the parents that hiked with 56 students from Ecole Ste Marie, Chatham, Ontario:

"This hiking experience was beyond our expectations... in fact one of the best school trips the students have done... better then Marine Land... better then Canada Wonderland... better then African Lion Safari!"

 Beginners Winter Tree Identification Course... this is a course teaching how to identify trees & shrubs in Southern Ontario when the leaves are gone. Taught by examining bark and twigs. Course covers up to 13 connifers and up to 40 hardwood types. Learning your trees by winter makes summer identification easy. Time permitting, we stop and make some vitamin "C" teas from coniferous trees with ginseng honey. Available November til April.

Costs $40 / hour for 1-25 people per guide. Minimum 2 hours. Plus HST tax

Teaching is our Passion... not our job... where learning is fun and educational.

We not only teach schools, scouts, 4H clubs and corporate groups...

We train Scout leader groups... we do hikes with individuals, couples and families.

We were selected as the learning adventure of 2010 for the First Nations Cross-Canada Science Class.

We were also the instructors for a 3 month outdoor course with the First Nations Alternative Learning in London, Ont

Come and hike the valley... a reasonable price... for an amazing adventure.

 

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Edible Plant Hikes in Ontario, Learning What is Out There
In Southern Ontario, tasting wild edible plants and learning the types of trees... introduces a "lost world" of knowledge. These year-round edible plant hikes are available for all ages to enjoy.

Discover Edible Plants and Trees of Ontario... One Hour West of Toronto                                                                   Many people hike the forests of Southern Ontario, but have no idea of what is there. In the Grand River Valley there is a beginner’s “hiking classroom” that teaches identification of trees and edible plants