Living Off the Land: Foraging & Edible Wild Plants

May 04 2025
Expired!
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Event Details


May 04 2025
Expired!
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Location
Peirce Education Rooms (Welcome Center)
Peirce Education Rooms
  • Members $30
  • Nonmembers $35

Spring means the return of innumerable plants emerging from winter dormancy and starting their seasonal journeys of growing, flowering and setting seed. Have you ever wondered how many of them are edible? Join author and historian Brady Crytzer for an exploration of the wild plants and herbs used by Native Americans and European settlers in Western Pennsylvania. After an informative lecture, we’ll venture out into the gardens and woodlands of Pittsburgh Botanic Garden in search of wild edible plants. Rain or shine. Wear comfortable shoes and long pants.

Speaker

  • Brady J. Crytzer
    Historian, Author, TV & Radio Host

    With seven books to his credit, Brady J. Crytzer is the winner of the 2023 Judge Robert K. Woltz History Award. A specialist in frontier history, Crytzer is a narrator and commentator on the hit cable series “Into the Wild Frontier” on NBC Peacock and “Outlaws and Lawmen” on FOX News. He has been featured on CSPAN and SiriusXM.

    Crytzer is the host of the Telly Award Winning cable series Battlefield Pennsylvania on the PCN, and the winner of the Donna J. McKee and Donald S. Kelly Awards for Outstanding Scholarship and Service in History. His work has been featured in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Journal of the American Revolution, Pennsylvania Heritage, Game News, and Muzzleloader Magazine. His work has been reviewed in Publisher’s Weekly, Booklist, The Journal of Southern History, The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, and The Journal of Military History.

    Check out Brady’s YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@bradycrytzerofficial

Spring means the return of innumerable plants emerging from winter dormancy and starting their seasonal journeys of growing, flowering and setting seed. Have you ever wondered how many of them are edible? Join author and historian Brady Crytzer for an exploration of the wild plants and herbs used by Native Americans and European settlers in Western Pennsylvania. After an informative lecture, we’ll venture out into the gardens and woodlands of Pittsburgh Botanic Garden in search of wild edible plants. Rain or shine. Wear comfortable shoes and long pants.

Speaker

  • Brady J. Crytzer
    Historian, Author, TV & Radio Host

    With seven books to his credit, Brady J. Crytzer is the winner of the 2023 Judge Robert K. Woltz History Award. A specialist in frontier history, Crytzer is a narrator and commentator on the hit cable series “Into the Wild Frontier” on NBC Peacock and “Outlaws and Lawmen” on FOX News. He has been featured on CSPAN and SiriusXM.

    Crytzer is the host of the Telly Award Winning cable series Battlefield Pennsylvania on the PCN, and the winner of the Donna J. McKee and Donald S. Kelly Awards for Outstanding Scholarship and Service in History. His work has been featured in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Journal of the American Revolution, Pennsylvania Heritage, Game News, and Muzzleloader Magazine. His work has been reviewed in Publisher’s Weekly, Booklist, The Journal of Southern History, The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, and The Journal of Military History.

    Check out Brady’s YouTube Channel: youtube.com/@bradycrytzerofficial

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