Enrich your connection with the land through foraging.
To gather wild foods and medicines is only part of the foraging experience. As an activity deeply rooted in our human story, foraging is an invitation to reconnection—with the land, ourselves, and one another.
Like the plants themselves, the Horn Farm’s foraging experiences come in a variety of shapes and sizes, outlined below. All programs offer foundational learning for beginners while welcoming experienced folks who are looking to expand their practice. Topics include plant observation and identification, ecological context, safety, respectful harvest and preparation, and ways to give back to the land through tending and gratitude. We hope you can join us to celebrate the bounty through hands-on learning and fun on the land!
Special Topics and Focus Courses
- 2-4 hours each class.
- Occur seasonally.
- Classes can focus on specific plants, seasonal interest, or other integral aspects of foraging.
Foraging Foundations Intensives
- 12 hours each class.
- Usually offered seasonally.
- Two consecutive weekend days of learning, including time to observe, harvest, prepare, and consume foraged plants.
Upcoming Programs
Monthly Foraging Walks
Winter | Spring
Frosty Finds: Mid-Winter Foraging Walk
Sunday, February 1, 2026 | 1:30PM – 3:30PM
Emerging Abundance: Late Winter Foraging Walk
Sunday, March 1, 2026 | 1:30PM – 3:30PM
Shoots & Leaves: Early Spring Foraging Walk
Sunday, April 12, 2026 | 10AM – 12PM
Greens Galore: Mid-Spring Foraging Walk
Sunday, May 3, 2026 | 10AM – 12PM
Blooms & Berries: Late Spring Foraging Walk
Sunday, June 7, 2026 | 10AM – 12PM
Summer | Fall
Sunny Samplings: Mid-Summer Foraging Walk
Sunday, August 2, 2026 | 10AM – 12PM
Wild Abundance: Late Summer Foraging Walk
Sunday, September 13, 2026 | 10AM – 12PM
Teas & Trees: Early Fall Foraging Walk
Sunday, October 4, 2026 | 10AM – 12PM
Drupes & Tubers: Mid-Fall Foraging Walk
Sunday, November 1, 2026 | 10AM – 12PM
Twigs & Digs: Late Fall Foraging Walk
Sunday, December 6, 2026 | 1:30PM – 3:30PM
“The class was enlightening in a way that has immediately encouraged me to begin foraging for fun and for health benefits. I will never again be oblivious to what is on the ground around me. I wish I had taken the class decades ago. The instructor was interesting, hands-on, and delightful.”
– 2024 Late Winter Foraging Walk attendee
Foraging Focus Classes
Get to the root of individual plants! Our Foraging Focus classes combine field identification, harvesting, cooking, and craft to highlight versatile staples in the forager’s basket.
Winter | Spring
Signs of the Pines: Foraging Coniferous Trees
Sunday, February 22, 2026 | 10:30AM – 2:30PM
Stinging Nettle: Foraging & Tasting
Thursday, April 23, 2026 | 5:30 – 7:30PM
Summer | Fall
Program dates and details coming soon. See examples of 2025 topics below:
- Pawpaw Preview: Tour & Tasting (part of Wild & Uncommon Weekend)
- Goldenrod: Foraging & Botanical Dyeing with earthencolor
- Black Walnut: Foraging & Botanical Dyeing with earthencolor
- Sunchokes: Foraging to Fermenting
“The instructors’s approach to introducing us to these plants and to the farm land was really special. I appreciated the thoughts, observations and tools shared generously. I left with new ways of seeing and relating to this area, and some immaculate nettle energy for the rest of my day.”
– 2025 Early Spring Foraging attendee
Special Topics
In addition to classes led by our staff, the Horn Farm Center collaborates with regional educators for special foraging programs, including the Northern Appalachia School and Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association.
Wildcrafted Medicinals Plant Walk
Saturday, April 18, 2026 | 9:30AM – 11:30AM
Artisanal Herbal Tinctures at Home
Saturday, April 18, 2026 | 12PM – 3PM
WEBINAR | The Many Tastes of Mulberry: History & Foraging
Tuesday, April 28, 2026 | 6PM – 7:30PM | with the Wrights Ferry Mansion
Mycology Meanderings: Spring Mushroom Walk
Sunday, May 3, 2026 | 1 – 3PM
Women’s Foraging and Herbal Self-Care Mini Retreat
Saturday, May 16, 2026 | 10AM – 4:30PM
A Holistic Approach to Lyme Disease
Friday, June 26, 2026 | 5PM – 8:30PM
More topics coming soon!
See examples of 2025 topics below:
- Tree Medicine
- Herbal Tea Seminar
- Women’s Foraging
- Family Foraging
- Foraging First Aid
- Foraging for Roots
“I will continue to learn and explore the benefits and health of so many plants (or weeds as I have often referred to many of them) that we take for granted daily. Thank you for a well-planned experience and sharing your farm with us!”
– 2024 Fall Foraging Foundations attendee
Forager Training Program
This 10-week session will provide foundational knowledge for those interested in beginning (or deepening) their path towards building a relationship with the land, incorporating wild plants into their everyday life, and gaining the knowledge to confidently share with others.
Classes take place from 5:30PM to 8PM over consecutive Tuesday evenings from May 5 to July 14, 2026.
Partnership Program: Foundations of Bioregional Herbalism
Instructed by Northern Appalachia School, hosted at the Horn Farm
The Foundations of Bioregional Herbalism is an 8-month-long educational training run by Northern Appalachia School, for individuals looking for a grounded, holistic foundation for herbalism as a lifeway.
In the program, you will…
- Deepen your knowledge of plants and healing through place-based practice
- Approach the science, history, and theory of western herbalism on a social and ecological scale
- Learn fundamental skills needed for entering the professional herbal community
- Develop a framework for learning that allows for deeper integration of knowledge
- Build lasting relationships with the plants and people of your local community
- Develop a sense of belonging in your own body and the place where you live
The program offers a blend of lecture, hands-on learning, group discussion, home study materials, and regular assignments with instructor feedback. The program is led by clinical herbalist Calyx Liddick, along with a number of guest instructors.
The Horn Farm Center is the primary host site for the 2026 Foundations of Herbalism hybrid program, which runs from July 2026 through April 2027. If you have any questions, please contact Calyx at contact@northernappalachiaschool.com