🍄🌿 Foraging in the Bay Area: Herb & Mushroom Talk + Tea Tasting

What's Growing Around Us?

Curious about the wild plants and fungi thriving right in your neighborhood? Join Cindy (@cindydoedee) for an engaging, hands-on presentation exploring the herbs and mushrooms growing wild throughout the Bay Area.

Cindy will bring in a real collection of foraged specimens — spanning edible, medicinal, poisonous, and even deadly species — giving attendees a tangible, up-close opportunity to learn the fundamentals of identification. Expect lively discussion on everything from safe, tasty finds to the ones you absolutely want to recognize and avoid (for yourself and your pups on the trail! 🐕).

A note from Cindy: "I've been spotting a lot of Death Caps around Oakland lately. I'll be bringing mushrooms — including Death Caps — along with herbs, for a focused look at identification basics. Knowing how to recognize our local deadly toxic species is essential for foraging safety!"

🍵 What's on the Agenda

• 🔍 Identification basics — learn to distinguish edible, medicinal, and toxic species
• ☠️ Deadly species spotlight — including Death Caps currently appearing in Oakland
• 🌱 Local wild herbs & mushrooms — a curated collection of foraged Bay Area specimens
• ⚖️ Ethics & policies — a conversation around responsible and legal foraging in the Bay Area
• 🫖 Foraged herbal tea tasting — sip and learn!

♻️ Please bring your own mug or cup to help reduce single-use waste.

🎟️ Tickets

$22 — or pay-what-you-can / NOTAFLOF (No One Turned Away For Lack Of Funds)

👉 Grab your spot here

🌾 About Cindy

Cindy is a passionate forager and tea lover dedicated to healing our relationship with the natural world. Her work centers on food sovereignty, land stewardship, and creating welcoming outdoor spaces for marginalized communities. She documents her Bay Area foraging adventures on social media, leads community herb and mushroom walks, and runs Uproot Teas — a small-batch loose leaf tea company. She is also actively campaigning to legalize foraging and restore neglected parks across the Bay Area.