by Laura Lengnick | Aug 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
This field trip to Milkweed Meadows was part of a summer internship through Foragable Community to study pawpaw. Rachael Boyce was the 2018 summer intern and guest writer for this blog. Kim Bailey, a pollinator farmer near Hendersonville, NC and owner of Milkweed...
by Laura Yates | Mar 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
Join Foragable Communities’ Ethnobotanist Partner Doug Elliott as he forages through the landscapes of North Carolina, sharing history, foraging, and preparation tips for a variety of plants. View the...
by Laura Yates | Dec 12, 2017 | Events, Uncategorized
Foragable Morganton completed the last in a series of seasonal foraging walks with a fall walk through garden and forest with Fonta Flora and Wisteria Gastropub staff led by Doug Elliott, Foragable Community’s ethnobotanist. We started with a return to the milkweed...
by Laura Yates | Nov 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
“The truly good stuff is hidden in plain sight an hour outside the city. That’s where you’ll find the modest headquarters of Fonta Flora Brewery. Located on a quiet street in Morganton, North Carolina, it’s a point of pride for this town of 16,000...
by Laura Yates | Nov 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
On Sunday November 12, an energetic group of friends of Fonta Flora came together to plant the second phase of the Fonta Flora Native Plant Botanical Garden at the Whipporwill Farm Brewery. The team planted 35 plants of 11 species, adding to the emerging design layout...
by Laura Yates | Jun 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
The summer Foragable Morganton walk took place last week, with representatives from community partner Fonta Flora Brewery in attendance. Foragable Community’s ethnobotanist partner and walk leader Doug Elliot has more: “We gathered Chanterelle mushrooms, and saw...
