The Essex County Environmental Center brings their exciting & educational program on Foraging to the Library. Join David Alexander, Senior Naturalist/Program Director, to learn this important skill. 

Like gardening at home, foraging helps increase our self-reliance, helps deepen our connection to nature and provides exciting ingredients in every meal. Learn to forage local plants and mushrooms from the landscape and discuss ethical harvest and safety protocol like avoiding toxic lookalikes.

Enter a raffle to win prizes!

David facilitates field trips, camps, clubs, scout groups, home school classes, teacher workshops and special events. He coordinates conservation themed service projects that support the natural landscape and biodiversity within our park system. He has a Masters in Conservation Biology, Teaching Certificate and a Bachelors in Parks & Recreation Management. He is the author of Buzz into Action and Hop Into Action Curriculum Guides and was the 2022 Alliance for New Jersey Environmental Education Educator of the Year and 2023 NJ Parks & Rec Association Employee of the Year.