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HOW TO
FORAGING FOR BEGINNERS
Interview by Diana Keeler | Photography Sean Jerd
Don’t just look for blooms! We’re a youth-obsessed culture, and that extends to the floral world, this fixation on the dewy beauty of spring. The flora industry is hyper-focused on spring and new blooms, but we can start making the connection to every season. Embrace every stage of life, with equal respect and joy, the decay of late harvest or early winter, the sparseness of solstice, the beauty of a common “weed.” Of course, I’ve always rejected the term weed.
Subheading
ADHERE TO THE FORAGER’S CODE
Have a code of ethics — usually it’s common sense — about what’s responsible to cut in your neighborhood. If your neighbors have roses, talk to your neighbors. I’m starting to use the word “gleaning” more than “foraging.” Foraging is about going out in the fields and cutting — gleaning is more about what’s extra, what’s left in the fields after the harvest. The idea is that there’s beautiful abundance all around us — so we don’t have to bring beauty in from away.
More of Louesa’s work can be found in her book, Foraged Flora.