Footprints & Foraging - Plant Identification & Much More

Join healer and plant medicine educator Megan Edge for an immersive walk through living landscapes. This hands-on experience is an exploration of land and plants that have nourished body and spirit for millennia through story, science, and Indigenous tradition.

  • Plant Identification: Identify edible and medicinal species thriving around you and understand their historical and healing uses

  • Stewardship: Explore the harvesting grounds once tended by Indigenous women and learn about their deep-rooted practices of care and sustainability. Understand native vs. non-native species and their ecological roles, and delve into respectful foraging practices to walk lightly and wisely

  • Layers of Time: Discover Victoria’s geology and glacial legacy and reflect on cultural memory, reconciliation, and contemporary ecological initiatives

Don’t just walk on by - step mindfully and reflect as you move through terrain shaped by ice, story, and human hands. It's not just about identifying plants - it’s about the relationships that connect us with the living land.

Perfect for curious learners, green thumbs, and anyone seeking a deeper connection to place. No experience required - just curiosity and walking shoes.

Includes: three educational resources - an urban foraging guide specific to the tour location and two e-books on growing edible and medicinal flowers and herbs at home.

Duration: 2.5 to 3 hours

Accessibility: Trail includes uneven surfaces and gentle inclines; suitable for most walking abilities but not fully wheelchair or stroller accessible

Small Groups!

Max 10 guests means our tours feel like private tours - an opportunity to connect and share with us and your fellow travelers.

Private Walking Tours are also available.

Each Experience is Unique

Check the details for each tour below:

  • Beacon Hill Park

    One of Victoria’s oldest and most sacred landscapes. Visit camas meadows, burial cairns, and a traditional Story Pole to reflect on cultural memory, reconciliation, and contemporary ecological initiatives.

  • Dallas Rd Beach

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Your Guide - Megan Edge

My journey into plant medicine began in childhood, where frequent illness sparked a lifelong curiosity about health and healing. After witnessing firsthand the gaps in conventional medicine I developed a deep commitment to whole-body healing. For over three decades now, as a Master Healer I’ve helped others rediscover their innate connection to the land and to wellness through foraging, storytelling, and ancestral plant wisdom. When I’m not helping clients with healing work, you will find me foraging the local beaches for seaweed, clams, and oysters or tromping through the forests searching for wild mushrooms and plant medicines. I’m never far from my foraging roots!

  • Before we begin our walk together, I want to take a moment to honour the land we’re standing on.  This place is the traditional and unceded territory of the Lekwungen-speaking peoples, who the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations now represent. For thousands of years, this land has been home to complex ecosystems, thriving communities, and profound relationships between people, plants, water, and the land.

    I offer this acknowledgment not as a formality, but as a heartfelt recognition of the enduring presence, knowledge, and care of the Indigenous peoples of this land, especially the women, whose resource practices, food systems, and cultural teachings are often overlooked in historical narratives. May our time together today honour their stories, their stewardship, and their sovereignty.

    As we walk through this land, I want to acknowledge that I am not of Indigenous heritage. My ancestors were among the earliest English-speaking families to settle in this region, and I carry both the privilege and the responsibility that comes with that legacy. 

    I approach this work as a lifelong student of the land and the healing practices that have been passed down through many cultures. My intention is not to speak for Indigenous peoples, but rather to uplift the stories that have been historically overlooked, particularly the knowledge and practices of Indigenous women, which early male archaeologists and anthropologists often dismissed.

    I share what I’ve learned through research, respectful dialogue, and lived experience on this land. I offer this tour as a bridge—a way for us to deepen our connection to place, to begin listening in new ways, and to honour the voices that came long before us.

Let’s Go!

  • Meet at the starting point at 10am (1.5km or less from the Visitor’s Center) for your date:

  • Arrive 5 min before the tour starts

  • Dress to be comfortable outside!

    • tour will mostly be conducted in outdoor locations

  • Tour will end at or near the meeting point