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Mushrooms in the Fall? Wild Garlic in the spring? Painting in the library? Visit to the institute for sexual science memorial? You can sign up for all of these events and more below! Remember to mark it in your calender once you sign up. If you need to cancel you can do so when I send you the information email.

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After you sign up you will get an email at least 8 days before the event with the specific accessibility information and covid prevention policies we will be agreeing upon as a community so you can decide if this event is right for you.

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After you have filled out the waiver you will get the exact geo location, be added to a group chat to send your negetive covid test, and be reminded to pay for the event via my payment link or through a trade we work out over text. I offer my events on a sliding scale of usually 18-54€ or if you need, art/services trades.

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I started doing my “Fairy Foraging” walks in the forests and in different neighborhoods of Berlin summer of 2021 /5781, and have now done 53 events with 650+ participants! I was deeply moved to share my knowledge with friends and community during my events, inspired by the people I was learning about in my studies who built networks of care in Berlin and resisted facism. Reading the book Ashkenazi herbalism was life-changing for me and in the begining of the pandemic I dedicated each week to learning a new plant or mushroom in my surroundings. I felt how important it was for my community to come together to learn about wild food, I slowly started revisiting the same forests, and some of my curriculum would repeat, but all of the walks I do are completely unique. I usually combine elements of Jewish and queer history, art making, and foraging into each event. Sometimes they are more focused on mushroom foraging, or other times more on the astrology of the times and it’s relation to the herbs in seasons. Below are some examples of the events I lead; full list at the bottom.

Urban foraging

There are so many plants and mushrooms growing along side us as we make our way throughout Berlin. We can understand our environment deeper when we say hi to all the life blooming and roothing around us! On these walks we will visit a Jewish or Queer historical site, share recipes for species we collect, discuss the local ecology, and make some kind of nature art! Everyone will recieve my seasonal fairy foraging zine .

Mushroom Hunting

Learn the basics of Mycology while searching for mushroom life, death, and decomposition. Mushroom season lasts all year if you know where to look and I don’t gatekeep my spots! Everyone will recieve my seasonal fairy foraging zine , and a Mushroom 101 informational sheet to help you next time you are foraging solo! We will learn mushroom foraging saftey in a curious and kind environment.

Forest Adventures

We take it slow with time for each participant to wander on their own if they wish during specific times when we collect herbs, berries, or mushrooms. 4km or less Rollator acessible trails only, (no steep inclines or stairs, wide trails. ) We will learn the history of Berlin’s Forests from the glaciers to the swimming holes, how they have been used throughout history. Everyone will recieve my seasonal fairy foraging zine .

Art Workshops in Nature

We will be doing activities such as pressing flowers, writing poetry, using plants to paint, making zines, painting in a specific historical destination, making flower crowns etc. These events are often combined with queer and or jewish history elements and herbalism. Everyone will recieve my seasonal fairy foraging zine.

photo by Rebecca Agnes

Queer, Jewish, Disabled History Tours and Presentations

Some examples of the history events I have led are my online presentation about Gad Beck’s life with a pannel discussion, Nature and History walk where Gerd Katter spent his old age, Discussions about the Jewish Partisans during Mushroom season, Jewish Cemetery visits and grave cleanings, Queer, Trans and Jewish learning sessions at the Hirschfeld Institute Memorial and Tiergarten.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I bring a snack for the group or donate art supplies for the workshop?

Yes! That would be wonderful. Contact me ahead of time so I can tell you what we need/allergy information

Can I hire you to do an event for my organization/family/ bespoke walk to get to know the history or ecology of an area?

Yes you can! I love doing private tours. See the “hire me” page

What are the Covid prevention policies of my event?

see “covid prevention ” section of my site. The types of policies are determined based on wastewater data and exposure risk

Can I bring my dog?

If it is an outside event then yes! I will ask everyone ahead of time if they are ok with dogs in the group chat , and if noone has a problem your puppy is most welcome! I also looove dogs.

I want to bring a group of my friends! Can I sign up for everyone under my name?

No, you cant, I need everyone’s personal phone number and email so I can send them an email with the event saftey and photography waiver. If you want to pay for everyone in your goup that is possible, just contact me after you sign up

Past Event List

May 2025 Queer and Jewish history Walking Tour in Nollendorf Platz for Germany Up Close DAAD program
May 2025 Jewish Art Workshop on Rabbi Paintings with Oil Pastels for Limmud
December 2024 Gallery Show and Celebration at Spinnboden Lesbian Archive, Passing the Paintbrush
November 2024 Panelist for Lessons from Weimar Germany: Resisting Erasure and Defending LGBTQIA+ rights, TDOR virtual conversation for Intermediacy: Magnus Doc
November 2024 Toni Ebel Art and History workshop with guest teacher Annelisa Leinbach, Passing the Paintbrush
November 2024 Mycological and Jewish Historical Networks of Care, a visit to the Milenium Oak in Potsdam for Jüdisches Kaleidoskop Brandenburg
October 2024 Lotte Laserstein Art and History workshop with guest teacher Clara Escalera, Passing the Paintbrush
September 2024 Gertrude Sandmann Art and History workshop with guest teacher Victoria Heifetz , Passing the Paintbrush
September 2024 Workshop: Art, Nature and Jewish History! for the Regenbogenparlament (rainbow parliament) , LSVD
July 2024 Zikaron BaSalon memorial event on Gad Beck, Friends of Dora
June 2024 Gad Beck Yahrzeit Grave visit and beautification, Friends of Dora
May 2024 Flower Foraging in Moabit, Fairy Foraging
May 2024 Mikveh Learning and Ritual for LGBTQ+ Jews with Rabbi Avigayil Halpern, Community Event Series
May 2024 Jewish Queer History & Painting Workshop on Lotte Laserstein for Queer History month at Spinnboden Lesbian Archive
Feb 2024 Still Life Painting workshop with Annelisa Leinbach to remember and honor Toni Ebel , Friends of Dora
January 2024 Artist talk and analysis of my paintings, at Museum Des Kapitalismus for the Educat Project
November 2023 Who was Gad Beck ?A Queer Jewish Berlin Hero!, Jüdisches Kaleidoskop Brandenburg
October 2023 Mushrooms in the Swamp and Trans History tour in Borgsdorf, Fairy Foraging
September 2023 Queer Community Taschlich at the Adass Yisroel Memorial on the Spree
September 2023 Elderberry Collecting + Painting with Plants at Volkspark Friedrichshain, Fairy Foraging
August 2023 a very Queer Peacock Island tour with watercolor painting tutorials and German Jewish history and folklore learning at Pfaueninsel, Fairy Foraging
August 2023 Summer wild food foraging and Fairy village creation at Volkspark Jungfernheide, Fairy Foraging
July 2023 Mushroom and Blueberry Forest foraging with Jewish Partisan Learning in the Tegel Forest , Fairy Foraging
July 2023 Mushroom and Berry Foraging with Gad Beck Learning and Grave visit in the east Grünewald forest, Fairy Foraging
June 2023 Summer Solstice Celebration with Queer history and plant foraging in Grünau, Fairy Foraging
May 2023 Spring Mushroom and Flower Foraging with Antifacism local history learning at Jungfernheide Park, Fairy Foraging
May 2023 Mushroom and Herb Foraging with Jewish Forest History at the Grunewald See, Fairy Foraging
May 2023 “Imagining Trans-Jewish Futures” Conference on 30th anniversary of Leslie Feinberg’s Stone Butch Blues
May 6 2023 90 years Memorial Book exchange at Hirschfeld Institute memorial, Friends of Dora
April 2023 Plant herbalism and Mushroom foraging and botanical watercolor painting lesson in Tiergarten, Fairy Foraging
March 2023 Wild Garlic Harvest and History at Treptower park/ Planterwald, Fairy Foraging
March 2023 Audio Documentary release and Seed ball making at the Hirschfeld Institute Memorial, Constellations Festival
Feburary 2023 Edible Shrooms + Plants and History tour at Treptower/Planterwald, Fairy Foraging
Feburary 2023 Mush Love, Magical Queer Mushroom foraging at Grunewald, Fairy Foraging
November 2022 Jewish History and Herbalism walk in Potsdam, Kiga Brandenburg
November 2022 ” Herbalism and Magic ” Witchcraft for Young Queers Workshop, Lambda Berlin
October 2022 Mushroom Foraging at Jungfernheide Forest , Fairy Foraging
October 2022 Hirschfeld Shabbat Memorial and Herbalism Walk at the Magnus Hirschfeld Institute Memorial Fairy Foraging
October 2022 Herbalism for the Fall and cleansing wand creation at Volkspark Jungfernheide, Fairy Foraging
October 2022 Mushroom Foraging and Jewish History for Sukkot at Grunewald, Fairy Foraging
October 2022 Mushroom Foraging at Jungfernheide Forest, Fairy Foraging
September 2022 Queer Community Taschlich at the Adass Yisroel Memorial on the Spree
August 2022 Mushroom and History Forest Walk Jungfernheide Forest Fairy Foraging
July 2022 Urban Food Foraging and Queer History in Tiergarten, Fairy Foraging
June 2022 History and Mushroom foraging at Jungfernheide Forest, Fairy Foraging
June 2022 Jewish queer history and herbalism at Gleisdrieck Park Fairy Foraging
May 2022 Forest Foraging Spring Ephemerals Walk at Tegel Fairy Foraging
May 2022 Hirschfeld Memorial and Herbalism Walk Fairy Foraging
April 2022 Spring Greens walk at Plotzensee Fairy Foraging
March 2022 Virgo Full Moon Abandoned Places walk Fairy Foraging
March 2022 Tendrils of Spring walk in the Tegel Forest Fairy Foraging
February 2022 Jelly Fungus /Partisan Learning Walk in Grunewald Fairy Foraging
December 2021 Owl Finding Adventure in Grunau Fairy Foraging
November 2021 Winter Forest bath and Ecosphere creation full moon celebration at the Tegel See Fairy Foraging
October 2021 Mushroom Adventure in the Tegel Forest Fairy Foraging
September 2021 Mushroom Adventure in Tegel Forest Fairy Foraging
August 2021 Queer Community Tashlich Ritual in the Tegel Forest close to the Oldest tree in Berlin
August 2021 Full Moon Walk in the Tegel Forest Fairy Foraging