Deer Lake Lodge, a local resort and health spa, will host a class with Mark “Merriwether” Vorderbruggen, an expert in wild edible plants, Saturday, June 30, 2018.

The class will be in conjunction with Deer Lake Lodge’s regular health and cleansing program. Guests will have the opportunity to spend four hours exploring Deer Lake Lodge’s 50-acre Oasis and learn about Texas’ edible wild plants and the basics of foraging, with Merriwether as their guide.

Merriwether spends his nights and weekends exploring the wild and by day, he is a Chemist. His blog Foraging Texas is dedicated to edible wild plants; where to find them in Texas, and how they can be used. The class will teach guests how to identify edible and medicinal plants in the wild. He will also show the class how to determine which part of the plant can be safely eaten raw. Along the hike, Merriwether will explain how foraging nature’s wild can help heal the body, mind and soul.