Foraging walk near Montrose Beach teaches residents about edible plants they didn’t know grew in the heart of the city
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.Professional forager Dave Odd, right, speaks about a mallow plant at Montrose Beach during an Eat the Park foraging event on June 4, 2023.confidently declared he could start a Sunday tour at Wilson Skate Park by identifying five edible plants right underneath his feet.
Odd shows off a shepherd's purse plant during an Eat the Park foraging event near Montrose Beach on June 4, 2023.
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