Group Workshops


Oregon Coast Exploration and Foraging workshops below!


Now more than ever, we need community and time in the outdoors and I couldn’t be more grateful to have a full season ahead. Please read all information on each booking page and don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions.

To book private excursions, please read info here. Also be sure to check out the FAQs page. If you’d like to be added to the waitlist of any workshop, please fill out this form.

Coastal Cyanotypes: A Hands-On Workshop in  Seaweed Foraging and Sun Printing
Jun
14

Coastal Cyanotypes: A Hands-On Workshop in Seaweed Foraging and Sun Printing

An in-depth seaweed cyanotype workshop, including both fresh seaweed collection as well as making cyanotypes with your harvest! This workshop will teach participants the basics of creating a cyanotype print using freshly harvested native seaweed species. You will learn ecology of Oregon’s rocky shores, sustainable harvest of seaweeds, and the history and technique of creating cyanotypes, all while harvesting your own seaweed and creating your own cyanotype prints to take home.

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Last Seaweed Foraging
Jun
15

Last Seaweed Foraging

The last chance this season 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.

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Bay Clamming
Jun
28

Bay Clamming

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!

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Oregon Seaweed Farm Tour
Jun
28

Oregon Seaweed Farm Tour

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 3+ years. Students will be able to harvest their own seaweed to take home.

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Mussel & Intertidal Forage
Jun
29

Mussel & Intertidal Forage

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.

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Bay Clamming
Jul
26

Bay Clamming

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!

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Oregon Seaweed Farm Tour
Jul
26

Oregon Seaweed Farm Tour

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 3+ years. Students will be able to harvest their own seaweed to take home.

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Mussel & Intertidal Forage
Jul
27

Mussel & Intertidal Forage

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.

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Tide-pooling
Jul
28

Tide-pooling

Let’s go tide-pooling!! This workshop will immerse you 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.

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Sea and Cedar Retreat
Aug
22
to Aug 24

Sea and Cedar Retreat

Join us for an immersive retreat designed to deepen your connection with the natural world while nurturing joy, wonder, and awe. Set against a stunning coastal landscape where the forest meets the sea, this experience invites you to slow down, engage with nature through multiple lenses, rekindle your innate curiosity, and delight in gourmet cuisine.

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Tide-pooling
Jun
13

Tide-pooling

Let’s go tide-pooling!! This workshop will immerse you 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.

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Seaweed Foraging
Jun
12

Seaweed Foraging

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.

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Razor Clamming
Jun
1

Razor Clamming

One of Oregon’s most iconic shellfish, the Pacific razor clam! This workshop will introduce students to beach front intertidal environment of the Oregon Coast. We will be digging razor clams on the beach front in Seaside, Oregon. Students will learn about the different environments of various clam species as well as the clamming industry along the Oregon Coast.

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Seaweed Foraging, Newport
May
31

Seaweed Foraging, Newport

SOLD OUT - 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.

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Camp-Out at Cape Lookout!
May
29
to May 30

Camp-Out at Cape Lookout!

This is a special one! My brother, Gabe, and I have dreamed of doing events together and here we are, for our first collaboration… and it’s a campout!! Join us for a day of coastal hikes and rocky intertidal mussel foraging and and night of intimate meals over a campfire prepared by Gabe. Please read the full description and schedule!

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Seaweed Foraging
May
27

Seaweed Foraging

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.

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Seaweed Foraging
May
17

Seaweed Foraging

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.

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Bay Clamming
May
16

Bay Clamming

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!

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Seaweed Foraging
May
4

Seaweed Foraging

SOLD OUT: 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 of Oregon, sustainable harvest methods, and common processing and preservation techniques.

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Seaweed Foraging
May
3

Seaweed Foraging

SOLD OUT
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 of Oregon, sustainable harvest methods, and common processing and preservation techniques.

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Razor Clamming
May
2

Razor Clamming

One of Oregon’s most iconic shellfish. This workshop will introduce students to beach front intertidal environment of the Oregon Coast. We will be digging Razor Clams on the beach front in Seaside, Oregon. Students will learn about the different environments of various clam species as well as the clamming industry along the Oregon Coast.

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Seaweed Foraging
Apr
20

Seaweed Foraging

SOLD OUT: Celebrate 4/20 with a day all about the weeds of the sea, and the first group seaweed forage of the season! 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.

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Seaweed Cyanotypes
Feb
9

Seaweed Cyanotypes

Join us to make your own seaweed cyanotypes! A cyanotype is a photographic blueprint made through a chemical reaction between UV light and chemically coated paper.

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Hope in the Water Screening & Panel
Feb
8

Hope in the Water Screening & Panel

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.

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Botanical Cyanotypes - Stormy Weather Arts Festival
Nov
1

Botanical Cyanotypes - Stormy Weather Arts Festival

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.

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Oregon Seaweed Farm Tour
Aug
23

Oregon Seaweed Farm Tour

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.

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Bay Clamming
Aug
23

Bay Clamming

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!

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Forage to Fire with Tournant
Aug
22

Forage to Fire with Tournant

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.

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Bay clamming, seaweed farming, and ceviche makin’!
Aug
4

Bay clamming, seaweed farming, and ceviche makin’!

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.

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Bay Clamming
Jul
26

Bay Clamming

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!

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Tidepool Exploration (lowest tide of July!)
Jul
21

Tidepool Exploration (lowest tide of July!)

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.

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Seaweed ID Class with Oregon Shores
Jun
25

Seaweed ID Class with Oregon Shores

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.

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Oregon Seaweed Farm Tour
Jun
8

Oregon Seaweed Farm Tour

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.

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