Native Plants and Food Institute

Tend, Gather and Grow: Wild Spring Greens Teacher Training 

April 2, 2026 at GRuB Olympia, WA 9:30am - 4:00pm

Embrace the gifts of spring! Taste edible greens including nettles, dandelion, chickweed, wild lettuces, salmonberry sprouts, violets, and bigleaf maple blossoms. These nutritional superstars promote vitality and attunement to the land. 

After a plant walk around the GRuB farm, we will prepare and sample a feast of wild foods! Participants will explore lessons in the Tend, Gather and Grow Wild Food Traditions Module and the Plant Guide, and practice teaching back activities. Participants will receive a curriculum that is adaptable for young kids through adults with lesson plans, Northwest Native stories, and recipes. We will spend some time outside; please dress in layers and wear comfortable shoes. We will provide coffee, tea, snacks - please bring your own lunch. This training takes place at the GRuB farm in Olympia, WA facilitated by Mariana Harvey (Yakama), Kim Gaffi and Shanoa Pinkham (Yakama/Cheyenne).

We have a number of scholarships available with a priority on Indigenous educators. Please fill out this form to inquire about scholarships. For any questions about this workshop or scholarships, connect with Mariana Harvey at mariana@theoldgrowth.co

Tend, Gather, and Grow (Tend) is a K-12 curriculum that focuses on native and naturalized plants of the Pacific Northwest region. Through hands-on activities, students explore themes in wild food traditions, herbal medicine, plant technologies, cultural ecosystems, and tree communities. Northwest Native American plant knowledge and stories are woven throughout the curriculum. 

Learn more about this toolkit and others at NativePlantsAndFoods.org