​​Sketching Memories: Central Park Foraging Tour with Steve Hills 🌿🎨

This weekend, I joined ​​Steve Hills' wild foraging tour​​ in ​​Central Park​​—and it was magical! ​​👴 Meet Steve Hills​​ A ​​white-bearded, shovel-toting, iPad-wielding foraging guru​​ (who walks with a limp but ​​outlasted us all​​ for 4 hours!). ​​Suggested donation​​: $20 (worth every penny!). ​​🌱 The Foraging Adventure​​ We wandered ​​northern Central Park​​, digging up edible plants while Steve: ​​Sniffed, tasted, and explained​​ each plant’s uses (some ​​medicinal​​, some just tasty). Showed ​​his hand-drawn iPad illustrations​​ (so charming!). Cracked ​​dad jokes​​ between lessons. Now I’m ​​100% ready to survive in the wild​​! 🏕️ ​​🍃 Plants We Learned​​ ​​Lady’s thumb​​: Stops ​​mosquito itch​​. ​​Old man’s pepper​​: Spicy leaves! 🌶️ ​​Burdock root​​: Edible + used in ​​Chinese medicine​​. ​​Yellow wood sorrel​​: Heart-shaped, ​​lemony tang​​. ​​Pineapple weed​​: Flowers taste like ​​sweet pineapple tea​​. 🍍 ​​Jewel weed​​: Juicy = ​​natural anti-itch gel​​. ​​Sassafras tree​​: Once used for ​​root beer​​ (but toxic as tea—yikes!). ​​🎨 Sketching the Wild​​ I ​​drew these plants in my sketchbook​​—nature’s art class! ✏️ #ForagingFun #UrbanWilderness #CentralPark #BotanicalArt #NatureSketch #WildEdibles #NYCAdventures