“Pasadena Grows,” the Pasadena Public Library’s gardening program series that’s currently online, hosts expert forager Douglas Kent in “Foraging Basics” at 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
Kent will showcase ways to protect yourself, the most common foraged foods, and delicious treats that often go missed in the San Gabriel Valley.
In this free online event, Kent also covers the six primary threats to personal health, the techniques used to protect ecological health, and the most commonly found edible greens, fruits, flowers, seeds, roots and sources of protein.
Kent has been working in California’s landscapes for over 40 years. His designs and projects have been featured in publications across the nation, including the Los Angeles Times, Fine Gardening, Sunset Magazine, HGTV, National Wildlife, and CNN Comcast.
Since 2008, Kent has been teaching the techniques of foraging and wildcrafting at Cal Poly Pomona. Along with six other books, he is the author of “Foraging Southern California: 118 Nutritious, Tasty Edibles to Harvest in Bulk,” published by Adventure Publications in 2019.
Kent received both his masters degrees from Cal Poly Pomona, one in Regenerative Studies and the other in Landscape Architecture. He is the principal of Douglas Kent + Associates in Orange, and is an adjunct professor at the John Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies at Cal Poly Pomona.
To sign up for “Foraging Basics,” visit www.cityofpasadena.net/
For more information, call (626) 744-7264.
