In 2026, we’re celebrating our 21st year of foraging and our 10th year of teaching—and we’d love for you to join us for a class, guided walk, or wild food tasting!
Many of our library presentations are free to attend and feature our original, award-winning photography. Our guided walks are welcoming to all ages and ability levels, and with our culinary background, we’re proud to offer delicious, homemade tastings crafted from wild-foraged ingredients.
Sign up, bring a friend, and experience the flavors and stories of the wild. We also offer private walks, presentations, and tastings for groups, and are available for bookings at libraries, nature centers, fish and game clubs, homeschool groups, corporate retreats, and garden clubs.
Come explore, learn, and taste the wild with us!
Educators and program seekers, see our listing at https://programs.ctlibrarians.org/library-programer/karen-monger
May 23, 10:00 am-12:30 pm, Early Spring Walk and TASTING, Columbia, CT. $30 per adult, cash, Venmo, or Paypal day of the walk. We will walk in this location for 90+ minutes exploring lots of fresh green shoots, flowers, roots, and early spring mushrooms, and conclude the walk with a tasting of 5 prepared menu items. Every tasting is different and is truly seasonal, featuring several of the items you will have just identified. An educational handout and menu will be provided; you may take photos and notes, as well as some specimens to bring home to study. Location details will be shared to registrants by contacting Karen at the3foragers@gmail.com
May 30, 10:00 am, Spring Foraging Walk, New Pond Farm Educational Center, Redding, CT. Cost is $10 per member and $15 per non-member, space is limited. Please register at https://newpondfarm.org/events/spring-foraging-walk_2026/
June 13, 10:00am-12:30 pm, Early Summer Foraging Presentation, Walk, and Tasting, Flanders Nature Center, Woodbury, CT. We will be presenting the Summer Plant and Mushroom Foraging slideshow at the Sugar House located at 48 Church Hill Rd, followed with a walk in the woods, and finished with a live cooking and tasting demo. Please contact Flanders directly to register, $21 for members and $26 for non-members, at flanders@flandersnaturecenter.org or call 203-263-3711
June 18, 6:00 pm, Canterbury, CT. We will present a FREE slideshow about Summer Plant and Mushroom Foraging at the Canterbury Public Library, 1 Municipal Dr. Summer berries, greens, abundant mushrooms, and foraging at the seashore are covered. Space may be limited, please call 860-546-9022 to register.
June 20, 10:00am, Meriden, CT. Early Summer Foraging Walk. Join us to walk this property and explore any edible plants and mushrooms. Participants will receive an educational handout, you make take photos and notes, and a few specimens to bring home for study. Please register for location with the3foragers@gmail.com and heavy rain will cancel. Cost is $25 per adult, cash, Venmo, or Paypal the day of the walk
June 27, 10:00am-12 noon, Farmington, CT. Early Summer Foraging Walk and TASTING. We will take a walk at this location for 90 minutes exploring any edible wild plants and mushrooms we may find and return to a prepared Tasting of 5 menu items featuring seasonal wild foods. Participants will receive an educational handout and copy of the menu. Please sign up at the3foragers@gmail.com to receive the exact location and parking information; heavy rain will cancel this event. Cost is $30 per adult, cash, Venmo, or Paypal the day of the walk.
June 29, 4:00pm, Ridgefield, CT. The Ridgefield Library located at 472 Main St will host a FREE Edible Wild Plants and Mushrooms of Summer in the Teen Department to coincide with the Plant a Seed, Read summer programming. We’ll talk about edible berries, greens, wild foods from the seashore, and summer mushrooms. Please register with the Teen Dept by contacting Erica at 203-438-2282 x118.
June 30, 6:00 pm, Stafford, CT. The Stafford Library located at 10 Levinthal Run, will host us for a FREE presentation, Edible Wild Plants and Mushrooms of Summer. With all-original photos we show and discuss some of the best wild plants and mushrooms to be found in the summer months, including some seashore-exclusive plants! Patrons receive an educational handout and there will be specimens to view. Space may be limited, call 860-684-2852 to register.
July 7, 6:00 pm, Ledyard CT. The Ledyard Bill Library located at 718 Colonel Ledyard Hwy, will host us for a FREE presentation: Edible Wild Plants and Mushrooms of Summer. This seasonal slideshow features our own photos of plants and mushrooms of the summer months, and photos of the delicious dishes we have prepared. Patrons receive an educational handout, and I hope to bring live specimens to view. Space may be limited, please register at https://engagedpatrons.org/EventsExtended.cfm?SiteID=5075&EventID=584592&PK=
July 8, 4:00pm, Bridgeport CT. The Newfield Branch of the Bridgeport Public Library, located at 755 Central Ave, will have us out for a FREE presentation: Edible Wild Plants and Mushrooms of Summer. The summer months are a bounty of ripe berries, nectar-laden edible flowers, amazing edible plants along the seashore, and edible mushrooms that can carpet the forest floor after warm, rainy days. Learn how to identify, sustainably harvest, and prepare the wild foods of summer, from beach plums to invasive wineberries, including some of the choice summer fungi like chanterelles and the myriad of pored Boletes. Join The 3 Foragers as they teach the edible plants and fungi of summer with their original photos and recipe ideas featured in an educational slideshow. Registration is not required, just show up!
July 10, 5:00-7:00pm, Mystic CT. We have been invited back to the Avery Farmhouse at Coogan Farm for another Walk and Invasive Plant TASTING event. Turn invasive plants into dinner with The 3 Foragers. You will learn to identify, harvest, and cook problematic species so you can fight invasives with your fork! Walk Coogan Farm with expert foragers to spot invasives then return to the kitchen for a tasting meal showcasing how you can use these unexpected ingredients. In case of heavy rain, there will be an indoor slideshow presentation followed by the tasting. Meets at the Avery Kitchen at Coogan Farm. Pre-registration is required. Members: $34; non-members: $40 https://55308.blackbaudhosting.com/55308/tickets?tab=2&txobjid=5a604019-699e-4c06-a059-9c1c484afa97
July 14, 6:00pm, Charlton MA. The Charlton Public Library located at 40 Main St will have me back again for another FREE presentation on the Edible Wild Plants and Mushrooms of Summer. We’ll discuss the berries, greens, flowers, and fantastic fungi of summer, and talk about their culinary uses with original photos of our recipes. Handouts included. Registration appreciated https://charltonlibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/edible-wild-plants-and-mushrooms-of-summer/
July 15, 6:30 pm, East Haven CT. The Hagaman Memorial Library located at 227 Main St in East Haven CT will host us for a new FREE presentation: How to Eat the Wild. Explore the culinary possibilities of the best tasting edible wild plants and mushrooms found in southern New England with stunning photos of our all-original recipes. Karen Monger and her husband have presented over 200 walks and programs to libraries, nature centers, garden clubs, summer camps, mycological clubs, fish and game clubs, homeschool groups, land trusts, and private individuals since 2016. This program is free and open to everyone. Registration is required. Please RSVP by calling the library at 203-468-3890 or send an email to Cynthia, Community Services Librarian at: cgwiazda@hagamanlibrary.org
July 16, 6:00pm, Franklin CT. The Franklin Garden Club and the Janet CarlsonbCalvert Library located at 5 Tyler Dr in Franklin CT have invited us for a FREE presentation: Edible Wild Plants and Mushrooms of Summer. Participants will receive an educational handout and enjoy a slideshow of the wild plants and mushrooms of the summer months, including berries, greens, flowers, and seaside foraging. Drop in for this in-person presentation.
July 18, 1:00-3:00pm, Mystic CT. Summer Foraging Walk for Kids (and their adults!) at the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center, located at 109 Pequotsepos Rd, Mystic CT. Children are natural foragers. They enjoy collecting, gathering, sorting, and spending endless hours outdoors. Foraging is a way for your family to spend quality time together while educating your children about where food comes from. Join The 3 Foragers as we explore the grounds, fields, and forest for greens, flowers, berries, and mushrooms. They are a family from SE Connecticut with decades of experience foraging and sharing their experiences online, in a book and on educational walks with the public. Original handouts are provided for both adults and kids. Meets at DPNC. Pre-registration is required https://55308.blackbaudhosting.com/55308/tickets?tab=2&txobjid=10d9df6e-cb1b-45ce-95e0-fe0dc5686829 Members: $29.75; non-members:$35
July 22, 5:30 pm, Norwich CT. I’ll return to Otis Library, located at 261 Main St, Norwich CT to present How to Eat the Wild, a FREE presentation featuring the best tasting wild edible plants and mushrooms found locally. There will be our original photos of prepared foods shown, along with images of the plants and mushrooms used. Drop in to discuss delicious foraging!
July23, 6:00 pm, Canterbury CT. Another FREE presentation at the Canterbury Public Library, located at 1 Municipal Dr, Canterbury CT, Mushroom Identification for Beginners. By this time of the summer, if it has been raining, mushrooms will be popping up all over Connecticut—in your lawn, in the woods, seemingly everywhere! In this presentation we will show you how to examine the features of mushrooms and use resources to identify them safely. Space may be limited so register by calling 860-546-9022.
