Wild Food & Medicine Plant Walk
A co-led plant walk with Led by forager & doula Natalie Ann Evans and herbalist Alex Williams
For this walk, I am joined by the delightful Natalie Ann Evans, forager, educator, for a deeper exploration of the edible plants of our bioregion, with a little bit of the medicinal uses of plants from myself!
Connect with plants, learn about ethical foraging and wildcrafting, deepen your ecological awareness of our unique and beautiful bioregion, and gain a better understanding of how to utilize our local plants and mushrooms for food or medicine from the perspective of both a forager, doula, and wild foods enthusiast, Natalie Ann Evans, and a clinical herbalist, Alex Williams.
We will discover different plants (and possibly some mushrooms) at a laid back evening walk through the Montrose Bird Sanctuary.
~ There are only 15 spots available per workshop ~
About Natalie
Natalie Evans (she/her) is an educator, doula, and forager in Chicago. In her work with plants, she understands the beauty and importance of a diverse ecosystem, and brings this mindset into a holistic approach to working with people. She offers services within a framework that supports gender expansiveness, neurodiversity, antiracism, and weight neutrality.
As a wild edible foods instructor, Natalie teaches people how to forage safely and ethically. She studied foraging with survivalist Chris Mayor from 2014-2017 and completed a year-long Wild Edible Foods Instructor program at the Resiliency Institute, taught by beloved ecologist Pat Armstrong. In 2019, she returned to the Resiliency Institute to complete a program in Bioregional Herbalism. Natalie champions urban foraging within the city of Chicago and is also part of Wonderland Community Project, an agroforestry land community in rural McHenry County, Illinois.
About Alex
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Montrose Bird Sanctuary – click the link for the precise meeting location.
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Typically there is street parking on Montrose Harbor Drive by the bird sanctuary – most of this parking is pay to park, ~$5 for two hours. There are also spots further away from the Bird Sanctuary on Montrose Ave, just after crossing under Lake Shore Dr that are mostly free. They are the perpendicular spots about a 5ish minute walk from the entrance to the bird sanctuary.
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Located Here – Google Maps says ‘temporarily closed’ but they were open last time I was there on Friday (8/15/25).
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See ‘Considerations for Plant Walks’ link above.
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For the most up-to-date information regarding the plant walk, please return to this webpage. You will also receive a reminder prior to the date of the plant walk. Please add [email protected] to your contacts so emails related to the plant walk don't get sent to your spam folder.
You can reach out to me via email with any questions prior to the start of the plant walk, but I won’t be reachable once the plant walk begins.
