Foraging & Firemaking in Ojai with Jim Robertson
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Outdoors/Nature/Recreation
**Events may have been canceled or postponed. Please contact the venue to confirm the event.
Date & Time
Sat, Mar 09 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Address (map)
587 S. Rice Rd., Ojai
Join Ojai author-naturalist Lanny Kaufer and renowned primitive skills expert Jim Robertson on Saturday, March 9, in Ojai for their Foraging & Firemaking workshop.
Participants will:
- learn to identify edible, medicinal, and useful plants
- learn and practice ancient hand drill and bow drill fire starting
- practice all the steps from creating an ember to building a fire
The workshop will begin with a morning herb walk among the native plants on the fringes of Euterpe Farms, bordering the Ventura River Preserve. Plants used for fire making will be identified and discussed.The afternoon workshop will take place under an oak tree. Everyone will have a chance to participate in all activities. All supplies and materials will be provided.
Jim Robertson has been an instructor of aboriginal skills and wilderness survival training for over 20 years. He teaches regularly in the Greater Los Angeles area (Santa Monica Mountains, San Gabriel Mountains, etc.) and is a volunteer naturalist for the Santa Monica Mountains. Additionally he sometimes teaches in much more distant areas. The skills that Jim teaches help people to connect in very deep, meaningful, fun, and personal ways with their natural environment (and themselves). This connection motivates and inspires people to become good stewards of the land and of themselves… which is Jim’s goal.
Read all about Jim at https://sites.google.com/aboriginalskills.com/home/. See photo albums from his many workshops at https://www.facebook.com/jim.robertson.aboriginalskills/photos_albums.
Lanny Kaufer has been leading herb walks and nature hikes, as well as foraging and medicinal plant workshops, since 1976, focusing on ethnobotany, the academic term for the human uses of plants. His website is at HerbWalks.com. He is the author of Medicinal Herbs of California, published by Falcon Guides in December of 2021 and now in its third printing.
Space is limited. The cost for the workshop, including all supplies and materials, is $75 per person or $40 per child. Register at HerbWalks.com or call 805-646-6281.