Join us at the Historic Boathouse make your own seaweed cyanotypes! A cyanotype is a photographic blueprint made through a chemical reaction between UV light and chemically coated paper. Come learn about the process and techniques to make cyanotypes using a collection of pressed seaweeds and PNW flora. Your hosts and teachers will be Sam Block, wood worker, photographer, and owner of Block Studio alongside Alanna Kieffer, marine biologist, educator, seaweed farmer, and owner of Shifting Tides.

Join us for a Coastal Dinner as we explore the edible delights of the PNW coastline with Marine Science & Sustainable Seafood Educator Alanna Kieffer

Join us at the Historic Boathouse make your own seaweed cyanotypes! A cyanotype is a photographic blueprint made through a chemical reaction between UV light and chemically coated paper. Come learn about the process and techniques to make cyanotypes using a collection of pressed seaweeds and PNW flora. Your hosts and teachers will be Sam Block, wood worker, photographer, and owner of Block Studio alongside Alanna Kieffer, marine biologist, educator, seaweed farmer, and owner of Shifting Tides.

Pacific Dulse is a regenerative, nutrient-rich crop native to Oregon. Oregon Seaweed is growing dulse in tanks on land in Garibaldi, OR. Come learn about the industry of seaweed farming, and the environmental benefits, with Alanna who has been farming seaweed for 2+ years. Students will be able to harvest their own seaweed to take home.

Gather on the shores of the Tillamook Bay to learn how to harvest your own cockle clams! You’ll learn about oceanography and ecology of the area as well as best techniques!

We’re joining forces with the lovely Mona and Jaret of Tournant! A gathering at Cape Lookout State Park, one of the Oregon coasts most impressive landmarks, for a beachside demonstration and conservation on foraging accompanied by a fire roasted lunch.

Another tidepool morning on one of the lowest tides of the summer! This workshop will immerse students in the rocky intertidal ecosystems of the Oregon Coast. Spend time exploring the nooks and crannies of the rocky shores looking for critters of all sizes.

Come foraging for mussels! This workshop will introduce students to rocky intertidal ecosystems of the Oregon Coast. We will discuss tides, ocean conditions, safety, and sustainability with a focus on foraging mussels and barnacles.

A full circle day of shellfish and seaweed. Learn and practice sustainable and proper harvest techniques, preparation and storage of cockle clams along the Tillamook Bay. Gather your own harvest to take home. Walk to the Oregon Seaweed facility to learn about the cultivation and uses of Pacific Dulse. Then head to Neahkahnie Smokehouse on the Nehalem River in Wheeler, OR to learn the steps of cooking with citrus to make your own ceviche with commercially harvested butter clams and farmed dulse. Enjoy ciders made locally in Wheeler from Carola Wines.

Join me and Chef Cameron Dunlap at Morchella PDX for a 5-course educational dining experience that will take you from the canopies above to the kelp forests below. Hosted at Morchella PDX with 2 seatings at 5pm & 7:30pm.

SOLD OUT. Calling all ladies who fish, OR would like to learn how! Now's your chance in a no-pressure, fun only, situation.

Come foraging for mussels! This workshop will introduce students to rocky intertidal ecosystems of the Oregon Coast. We will discuss tides, ocean conditions, safety, and sustainability with a focus on foraging mussels and barnacles.

Gather on the shores of the Tillamook Bay to learn how to harvest your own cockle clams! You’ll learn about oceanography and ecology of the area as well as best techniques!

SOLD OUT. Another tidepool morning on one of the lowest tides of the summer! This workshop will immerse students in the rocky intertidal ecosystems of the Oregon Coast. Spend time exploring the nooks and crannies of the rocky shores looking for critters of all sizes.

Pacific Dulse is a regenerative, nutrient-rich crop native to Oregon. Oregon Seaweed is growing dulse in tanks on land in Garibaldi, OR. Come learn about the industry of seaweed farming, and the environmental benefits, with Alanna who has been farming seaweed for 2+ years. Students will be able to harvest their own seaweed to take home.

This workshop will introduce you to the intertidal ecology and oceanography of the Oregon Coast, specifically how it pertains to seaweed. Oregon Shores will be present to chat about their work protecting our coastline! This class will be near Newport, OR.

This is one of the lowest tides of the entire summer! This workshop will immerse students in the rocky intertidal ecosystems of the Oregon Coast. Spend time exploring the nooks and crannies of the rocky shores looking for critters of all sizes.

A chance to explore to rocky shores and learn how to identify and sustainably harvest wild seaweeds. This workshop will go over general oceanography, intertidal ecology, with a focus on identification of wild seaweeds, sustainable harvest methods, and common processing and preservation techniques. The Pacific Northwest is home to some of the most biodiverse intertidal systems, and more kelp species than anywhere else on earth - come learn about them!

This class will be near Garibaldi, OR.

Pacific Dulse is a regenerative, nutrient-rich crop native to Oregon. Oregon Seaweed is growing dulse in tanks on land in Garibaldi, OR. Come learn about the industry of seaweed farming, and the environmental benefits, with Alanna who has been farming seaweed for 2+ years. Students will be able to harvest their own seaweed to take home.

A chance to explore to rocky shores and learn how to identify and sustainably harvest wild seaweeds. This workshop will go over general oceanography, intertidal ecology, with a focus on identification of wild seaweeds, sustainable harvest methods, and common processing and preservation techniques. The Pacific Northwest is home to some of the most biodiverse intertidal systems, and more kelp species than anywhere else on earth - come learn about them!

This class will be near Garibaldi, OR.

A chance to explore to rocky shores and learn how to identify and sustainably harvest wild seaweeds. This workshop will go over general oceanography, intertidal ecology, with a focus on identification of wild seaweeds, sustainable harvest methods, and common processing and preservation techniques. The Pacific Northwest is home to some of the most biodiverse intertidal systems, and more kelp species than anywhere else on earth - come learn about them!

This class will be near Garibaldi, OR.

A chance to explore to rocky shores and learn how to identify and sustainably harvest wild seaweeds. This workshop will go over general oceanography, intertidal ecology, with a focus on identification of wild seaweeds, sustainable harvest methods, and common processing and preservation techniques. The Pacific Northwest is home to some of the most biodiverse intertidal systems, and more kelp species than anywhere else on earth - come learn about them!

This class will be near Garibaldi, OR.

A chance to explore to rocky shores and learn how to identify and sustainably harvest wild seaweeds. This workshop will go over general oceanography, intertidal ecology, with a focus on identification of wild seaweeds, sustainable harvest methods, and common processing and preservation techniques. The Pacific Northwest is home to some of the most biodiverse intertidal systems, and more kelp species than anywhere else on earth - come learn about them!

This class will be near Garibaldi, OR.

Pacific Dulse is a regenerative, nutrient-rich crop native to Oregon. Oregon Seaweed is growing dulse in tanks on land in Garibaldi, OR. Come learn about the industry of seaweed farming, and the environmental benefits, with Alanna who has been farming seaweed for 2+ years. Students will be able to harvest their own seaweed to take home.

Join to learn the ins and outs of crabbing, while hearing about how the Dungeness Crab industry shapes Oregon's coastal economy.

Come foraging for mussels! This workshop will introduce students to rocky intertidal ecosystems of the Oregon Coast. We will discuss tides, ocean conditions, safety, and sustainability with a focus on foraging mussels and barnacles.

Come learn about the process and techniques to make cyanotypes using a collection of pressed seaweeds and PNW flora.

Join marine biologist Alanna Kieffer, forest ecologist Lorelle Sherman, and wild foods chef Cameron Dunlap for a fall edition of Coastal Forage and Foray. This experience will take you on an in depth exploration of the diverse shores, lush forests, and abundant wild foods the Oregon Coast has to offer. Together, Lorelle, Alanna, and Cameron have over 20 years of foraging experience and cannot wait to share the experience with you.