Field Botany Intensive

We will walk you thought a serious of exercises to will hone these skills, such as:

• Keying with a Field Guide

• Flower Dissection

• Sensory Awareness

• Field Sketching

Learning Outcomes:​

• Positively identify common vascular plants & trees



• Know how to keep yourself safe while foraging and recognize toxic plants

• Develop a working knowledge of botanical terminology and taxonomy

• Recognize basic morphological features of leaves, flowers, fruits, roots, wood/bark, and trichomes/thorns/spines, etc.


• Know how to forage ethically in a way that creates a positive impact on the ecosystem


• Understand multiple ways of obtaining information about a plant

• Build and strengthen relationships with all the community members of your local ecology