Forage Garden

The Forage Garden is located on the south end of the cannery and at the end of the fern garden. Most of the plants were commonplace to native Americans and settlers. Look at the placards by the plants to find out how they were used in historic cuisine.

Forage Garden Plant List

Common Name / Scientific Name

• Common Chickweed / Stellaria media (Introduced)
• Creasy Greens / Barbarea vulgaris (Introduced)
• Curly Dock / Rumex crispus (Introduced)
• Dandelion / Taraxacum officinale (Introduced)
• Elderberry / Sambucus canadensis
• Lambs Quarters / Chenopodium album (Introduced)
• Mustard / Brassica sp. (Introduced)
• Stinging Nettle / Urtica dioica (Introduced)
• Passion fruit, Maypop / Passiflora incarnata
• Broadleaf Plantain / Plantago major (Introduced)
• Poke / Phytolacca americana
• Ramps / Allium tricoccum
• Sheep Sorrel / Rumex acetosella (Introduced)
• Green Headed Coneflower / Rudbeckia laciniata
• Spicebush / Lindera benzoin
• Wild Garlic / Allium vineale (Introduced)
• Wild Ginger / Asarum canadense
• Mountain Mint / Pycnanthemum sp.
• Wild Plum / Prunus americana
• Wild Strawberry / Fragaria virginiana
• Wood Sorrel / Oxalis sp.