Tracks and Roots

Get fresh air and exercise while meeting cool people and learning something new!

Learn 20+ wild edible plants plus wild mushrooms* (mushrooms if we find any) that you can begin harvesting today plus poisonous look-alikes! All plants covered in this course are common, wild plants available in Virginia – many of them plants you likely have in your yard or community at home.

2026 Pricing: $95 (Includes a copy of our colored book of 25 local, wild edible plants found on the East Coast – all found in Virginia “Foraging in Eastern North America Book 1: Edible Weeds”)

This is for you if you’re looking to:

Learn how to forage wild plants for food and avoid toxic look-alikes.

Learn the basics of plant identification.

Build confidence, make friends, and spend a few hours outdoors!

Location: Rockwood Nature Center, Chesterfield, VA

Time: 10 - 2 p.m. (Ending time approximate) - Friday, Sept. 11, 2026

Kids 13 and up are welcome to register at 50% off with an adult attendee (please e-mail us at [email protected]).

https://stan.store/tracksandroots/p/level-1-foraging-friday-sept-11-2026

Getting started on setting up new garden beds in my front yard!

Guess where we are!

WOW - our new fig is going to fruit this year!

There's nothing quite like the feeling of creating fire from natural materials and sitting beside it in front of a shelter you built yourself.

Our wilderness survival classes teach practical, hands-on skills that build confidence, self-reliance, and a deeper connection to nature.

Tell me: What's the one survival skill you've always wanted to learn?

I've heard many teenagers and young adults today don't have life skills - but I haven't seen it among all the kids I know. All my kids can cook at least a handful of things, can feed all the pets, put the ducks and chickens away, know how fold laundry, fix a sandwich, can make a garden bed, read a seed packet, and plant on their own, and manage their finances, including investing. I mean, our lifestyle is probably a bit different than the average one, but still even among kids who don't have farm animals, I haven't observed a lack of life skills...

What are your experiences with kids and life skills?