Deer Lake Lodge And Spa Hosts Wild Edible Plants Workshop

MONTGOMERY, TX — If you have the itch to learn more about wild life and wild edible plants, Deer Lake Lodge, a local resort and health spa, will host a class this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. that will teach you all you need to know.

Mark “Merriwether” Vorderbruggen, an expert in wild edible plants, will be teaching the class and will be held in conjunction with Deer Lake Lodge’s regular health and cleansing program.

Guests will have the opportunity to spend four hours exploring Deer Lake Lodge’s 50-acre Oasis and learn about Texas’ edible wild plants and the basics of foraging, with Merriwether as their guide.

Merriwether spends his nights and weekends exploring the wild and by day, he is a Chemist. His blog Foraging Texas is dedicated to edible wild plants; where to find them in Texas, and how they can be used.

The class will teach guests how to identify edible and medicinal plants in the wild. He will also show the class how to determine which part of the plant can be safely eaten raw. Along the hike, Merriwether will explain how foraging nature’s wild can help heal the body, mind and soul.

Deer Lake Lodge and Spa is an exclusive health resort that promotes enhanced living through holistic cleansing and other therapeutic practices in a relaxing, secluded environment.

As the only spa in the Southeast to offer all four services of solely liquids, colonics, body works and energy works, Deer Lake Lodge and Spa aspires to improve guests' health in an environment where they can enjoy a multi-faceted cleansing program in a rustic-chic resort atmosphere.

The cost is $45 per person. To reserve a space, please email merriwether@foragingtexas.com with the subject “Deer Lake Lodge Class” and include the number attending to ensure availability.

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