Turkey tail mushrooms are small (1-4 inch) shelf mushrooms that grow from decaying deciduous and conifers logs. The tops of their caps are hairy but smooth, and beautifully striped with just about any colour!

The oyster mushroom arranges itself as shelves growing off dead trees, usually deciduous, Red Alder (Alnus rubra) being the most common host in the Salish area environments.

The oyster mushroom arranges itself as shelves growing off dead trees, usually deciduous, Red Alder (Alnus rubra) being the most common host in the Salish area environments.

Morels are a fire-loving fungi, meaning you will likely find them in burnt forests most abundantly in the spring following a summer fire season, however, it is possible to find them outside of burns in the spring.

You will find chanterelles growing from the ground, in a variety of different shapes and sizes but usually with caps 2-6 inches in size. They may be bright yellow-orange (Cantharellus cibarius) or white-soft pink (Cantharellus subalbidus).

Bull kelp, a fast-growing brown algae, can be recognized all over the West Coast, especially in the Salish Sea.

A beautiful short clip sharing how to lure Devil Fish in Springtime.

Learn how to safely harvest Butter Clams with local elder Rich

Levi Wilson, emerging ethno-ecologist, shares an alternative way of catching crab with students at the Galiano Community School during "Digital Forage".

Cultural Advisor Carrie Lynn Victor and youth from Cheam and the Sto:lo nation teach about various plants and their purposes.

Learn to make jam with salal & blackberries.

A comforting and nourishing nettle soup.

Learn to make a delicious nettle pizza!

Make pesto with stinging nettles

Learn to make jam with salal & raspberries

Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) is an aromatic, woody perennial herb native to the Mediterranean region, known for its fragrant needle-like leaves and tiny, bluish flowers.

Suniiulhp and lulutth’ulhp berries are tart and sour and not often

eaten.

Qel’qulhp can be found in a wide variety of habitats on the edges of

meadows, open fields and roadways.

When you bruise the branches, it has a very strong smell (the root

word ptth’uthun means strong odour).