Downtown Foraging Walk - GF Discovery Center

Food, Farms, and Factories Dpwntown Foraging

Sunday, June 9, 2:00 pm until 4:00 pm
Discover plant ID tips, medicinal and material uses, and histories of plants that live around us. For ages 12 and up. Bring water and wear sturdy shoes. Meet at the main entrance.

Explore how people have coevolved with plants. Join herbalist Laura Torraco, owner of Sage Green Botanicals, for a plant walk guided by the senses.

Food, Farms, & Factories

In 2024, the Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center present programs and exhibits about Food, Farms, and Factories, continuing conversations about rural life in Turners Falls and Franklin County. Supported by the Friends of the Great Falls Discovery Center, RiverCulture, the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, the Department of Conservation and Recreation, and Montague Public Libraries. Funded by Mass Humanities through the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit www.greatfallsdiscoverycenter.org/foodfarmsandfactories to learn more.