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
Late summer is our time for some traveling throughout New England, so class offerings will be reduced as we out taking classes and attending regional mushroom forays.
August 8, 10am-noon. Late Summer Foraging Walk, Milford, CT. $25 per adult, kids are free and welcome, cash or Venmo the day of the walk. We watch the weather and heavy rain will cancel. Location is sent to folks who register at the3foragers@gmail.com We will explore this wooded park for some late summer abundance of berries, greens, and mushrooms! Learn about the free food all around us in nature. This walk is fairly easy and flat. Educational handout provided.
August 22, 10am-12:30pm. Foraging Walk and TASTING, Farmington, CT. 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.
August 29, 10am-12 noon. Wild Mushroom Identification Talk and Foraging Walk, Colchester, CT. We will start the day with a 30 minute class on how to identify mushrooms safely, which will include an educational handout to keep. Then we hit the trails in this location to seek out any wild mushrooms-edible, poisonous, or just cool! Cost is $30 per adult, kids free and welcome, cash or Venmo. We watch the weather and heavy rain will cancel, location will be sent out the night before class by registering at the3foragers@gmail.com.
September 10, 5:30 pm. Edible Wild Plants and Mushrooms of Autumn, Public Library of New London, CT. For this FREE presentation, I will be at the library with a slideshow of original photos of the bounty of autumn--nuts, roots, greens, fruits, and the fresh autumn mushrooms. Join me with your interest and questions, participants get to keep an educational handout. Space may be limited, please call 860-447-1141 to register.
September 12, 10am-12 noon. Early Autumn Foraging Walk and TASTING, Flanders Nature Center, Woodbury, CT. We will teach the flavors of autumn foraging for wild plants and mushrooms with an educational slideshow of all-original photos. We will take a hands-on walk on the property to touch, smell, and examine some of the living specimens. The program will end with a tasting of the seasonal bounty, prepared by Karen and Robert using fresh plants and mushrooms, and sharing goodies from their pantry and preserved stash. Come taste the wild! $21 members & $26 no, call to register, 203-263-3711
September 14, 6:30 pm. Mushroom Identification for Beginners, Case Memorial Library, Orange CT. What are those weird things that pop up in the woods after the rain? Are you mystified by wild mushrooms? Curious? Scared? Or do they make you hungry? We will dispel common myths, learn how to safely identify mushrooms with visual clues and guidebooks, and discuss mycophagy, the cooking and eating of wild mushrooms in this FREE presentation. Space may be limited, call 203-891-2170 to register.
September 26, 10am- 12 noon. Early Autumn Foraging Walk. Cheshire, CT. Join us as we walk this property in search of autumn goodies like nuts and roots, fruits, greens, and mushrooms! Participants receive an educational handout to keep. Cost is $25 per adult, kids are free and welcome. We watch the weather and heavy rain will cancel. Register by emailing the3foragers@gmail.com
September 29, 6:00 pm. Edible Wild Plants and Mushrooms of Autumn, Slater Library in Jewett City, CT. Join me for this FREE slideshow presentation featuring the best nuts, roots, fruits, greens, and mushrooms of the cooler autumn months. Patrons receive an educational handout, questions welcome! Space may be limited, call the library to register 860-376-0024
October 1, 6:00 pm. Edible Wild Plants and Mushrooms of Autumn. deKoven House Community Center, Middletown, CT. I will return to the deKoven House for a slideshow presentation featuring the bounty that nature presents to us in the cooler autumn months. Handout provided. Cost is $15 per adult, or bundled with the walk on October 3 for $25. Contact them to register at 860-347-0340
October 3, 10:00am. Edible Autumn Plant and Mushroom Walk. We are again working with the Rockfall Foundation to share the knowledge of autumn's gifts with this walk at the Pattaconk Reservoir. Past walks here have yielded edible mushrooms, many acorns, and other greens. Handout provided, bring your curiosity! Cost is $15 per adult, or bundled with the presentation on October 1 for $25. Call Rockfall to register, 860-347-0340
October 8, 6:00 pm. Edible Wild Plants and Mushrooms of Autumn, Jesse M Smith Memorial Library, Harrisville, RI. Autumn is a time of bounty and harvest for woodland creatures and foragers alike: nuts are falling to the forest floor, fruits are ripening and scenting the crisp fall air, roots and tubers are thickening up in anticipation of sustaining the plants through the tough winter, and edible fungi can be found in astounding amounts. Learn how to identify, sustainably harvest, and prepare the wild foods of autumn, from acorns through minty wintergreen leaves, including golden honey mushrooms and maitake, the “dancing mushroom.” Space may be limited, registr by calling 401-710-7800
October 17, 10:am-noon. Walktober Foraging and Mushroom Walk, Goodwin Forest, Hampton, CT. We will be on the TLGV Walktober schedule for two walks this year, the first at Goodwin Forest. Space is limited, please register by calling 860-455-9534. In case of rain, we will be doing a slideshow presentation in the pavilion.
October 18, 11:00am-1:30pm. Mushrooms of Connecticut, Northwest Park, Windsor CT. Explore the amazing world of fungi and learn to appreciate them for their beauty and flavors. Using all-original and award-winning photography, The 3 Foragers will take you on a visual journey of some of the mushrooms they have encountered in New England, showing their diversity in forms, shapes, and colors. Following the presentation, take a guided walk on the property of Northwest Park to explore some fresh fungi!Cost is $12 for residents, $16 for non-residents, and free for FoNWP. Register by calling 860-285-1886
October 30, 1:00-3:00pm. Walktober Halloween Mushroom Walk, UCONN. Sponsored by the CT State Museum of Natural History and TLGV, we will be leading a mushroom walk at the HEEP park in Storrs, CT. We will walk the forest to discover some autumn fungi, colorful, poisonous, and even some edible! Handout provided, space my be limited. Register by calling 860-486-4460.
More events coming . . .
