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Spring Foraging: Guided Plant Walk & Wild Food Tasting
Venue: Historic Smithfield, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Saturday, April 4, 2026
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 PM
Event Types: Miscellaneous, Speaking Engagements
Cost:
Sliding Scale of $10.00-$20.00. Pay what you can.

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Description:
Em Shawish and Live Work Eat Grow presents the event "Spring Foraging: Guided Plant Walk & Wild Food Tasting" on Saturday, April 4, 2026 at Historic Smithfield.

Join Em Shawish, creator of 'For the Love of Foraging', for a guided spring plant walk where you will learn to identify, forage, and eat wild edible plants in season at Smithfield Plantation. A wild food tasting will be provided at the end of the event.

This spring foraging workshop continues our year of seasonal foraging classes put on with generous support from Mid Atlantic Folk and Traditional Arts.

Tickets are $10.00-$20.00 on a sliding scale. Pay what you can.

To reserve your spot, visit: https://checkout.square.site/merchant/XHWA0EPJ5K33D/checkout/YSHAE22RNG5AHHNUOKYGBUBE.

Please wear clothes you can walk and spend an afternoon outside in.

The rain date for the event will be Sunday, April 12th from 12:00-2:00 PM.

Historic Smithfield is located at 1000 Merry Oak Way in Blacksburg, VA.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://liveworkeatgrow.org/wp-content/uploads/Green-Pink-Vintage-Retro-Typographic-Movie-Night-Poster-1-1152x1536.jpg.

For more information, visit: https://liveworkeatgrow.org/events/ or https://www.facebook.com/liveworkeatgroworg or https://www.instagram.com/liveworkeatgrow.

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