Living Off The Land: get to know the best plants and wild herbs
Learn to spot & utilize edible wild plants in the grounds
With Yrtti-Jyrki
Lahti,
Finland
(Asikkala)
Available in Finnish, English and German
1 hour 30 minutes
12 spots per experience
May - September
What are we going to do
Are you eager to know
- what is horta hunting (hortoilu) and why it has made Finns go wild?
- how to spot, recognize and utilize edible, medicinal and other beneficial plants in your backyard?
- how you can easily add wild green stuff to enrich your everyday cookery?
- how to improve your diet for free when spending time at the summer house, or out in the open (hiking, camping, canoeing), instead of going grocery shopping?
- what's the hame of that fragrant, aromatic plant is that grows by the ditch?
Let's go out and explore your surroundings together - whether you're staying at your family cottage, a rental villa, on wheels or in a boat!
I'm a schooled Natural Resources Producer, Non-Wood Forest Products Advisor, and Wild Herbs Guide. Let me take you through the jungl... I mean, flora, in a down-to-earth, laid-back but yet enlightening way!
- what is horta hunting (hortoilu) and why it has made Finns go wild?
- how to spot, recognize and utilize edible, medicinal and other beneficial plants in your backyard?
- how you can easily add wild green stuff to enrich your everyday cookery?
- how to improve your diet for free when spending time at the summer house, or out in the open (hiking, camping, canoeing), instead of going grocery shopping?
- what's the hame of that fragrant, aromatic plant is that grows by the ditch?
Let's go out and explore your surroundings together - whether you're staying at your family cottage, a rental villa, on wheels or in a boat!
I'm a schooled Natural Resources Producer, Non-Wood Forest Products Advisor, and Wild Herbs Guide. Let me take you through the jungl... I mean, flora, in a down-to-earth, laid-back but yet enlightening way!
About Yrtti-Jyrki - the Doer
Well along my forties I took a break from nine to five work at the office and went back to college to become a Natural Resources Producer, specialized in household and commercial use of wild herbs and berries. And while at it, I then continued towards another vocational degree in Tourism Services, and became an authorized local guide in Lahti, Finland.
For the past several years, I have been giving guided walks and workshops about herbs and other plants, and I don't plan to stop anytime soon.
For the past several years, I have been giving guided walks and workshops about herbs and other plants, and I don't plan to stop anytime soon.
Requirements
Outdoor clothing, baskets or similar, preferably cooking facilities.
Parking for my car. Travel expenses (mileage from Asikkala) will be added to the prize.
Parking for my car. Travel expenses (mileage from Asikkala) will be added to the prize.