What I Do
I offer place-based education in botany, ecology, fungi, and outdoor skills.
Workshops & Field Trips
Northwest Natura teaches in Whatcom County and the greater Salish Sea Bioregion:
Nature walks
Botany field trips
Mushroom foraging
Firecraft and camping
Wildcrafting & basketry
Tidepool exploration programs
Survival skills and bushcraft workshops
Custom courses for private events and birthdays
Come to learn something new, practice naturalist and survival skills, and experience the outdoors with people who share your interests.
Each class is led by Jazmen Yoder, a botanist, naturalist guide, bushcraft teacher, and northwest adventurer.
Reviews
“I recently took a basketry class with Jazmen of Northwest Natura and loved it.
Jazmen is incredibly skilled and a born teacher, but also created a class environment which felt really relaxed and enjoyable. And amazingly we all made baskets! I would highly recommend checking out her classes.”
-A.H
“I highly recommend participating in a program from Jazmen with Northwest Natura!
Jazmen's classes, hikes, and events are fun, well thought out, and designed for anyone to participate. Beginners and veterans are both welcome and will walk away proud to share something new they have learned and stories to tell.
As an instructor, Jazmen is extremely knowledgeable, fun-loving, and inspiring. After one of her classes, you'll want to keep on learning and dive even deeper into so many exciting nature studies and wilderness skills!”
-R.J
“I first met Jazmen at a wildlife tracking workshop she did with Ryan (Firecraft Northwest). They are remarkably intelligent and very keen to share their knowledge with others. Highly recommend attending a workshop with them to learn anything and everything about the natural world around us.”
“Had such a great time foraging for mushrooms this past weekend with Jazmen.
She helped me organize a small group foray as a belated birthday gift for my brother and our little group had such a good time. Jazmen is very knowledgeable about mushroom and plant identification and does a great job of breaking her knowledge down in a way that is easy for others with minimal experience to understand. Wasn’t sure if we were going to have any luck finding mushrooms but Jazmen made sure that we did not leave empty handed. We are definitely booking another foray with her this coming spring.”
-K.B
“Went on a mushroom foray with Jazmen and a small group. Jazmen is a great teacher and guide and unfolds so much knowledge with an obvious passion for ecology and for mushrooms in particular. What an amazing day we had. Felt like foraging with friends. ”
“Jazmen is super passionate and knowledgeable about native fungi and plants! It was a great way to meet new people and get out in nature! You don’t need to know anything in order to do the class but even if you do it would still be fun!”
“I’ve taken several classes with Northwest Natura and all have been really great experiences. Jazmen is very knowledgeable on a pretty wide array of subject matter from plant id and foraging, to ethno-botany, fungi, campfire cooking, and a bunch of other outdoor skills. She also does a really good job creating a fun, inclusive, hands-on learning environment which I really appreciate. Every class I’ve taken has been different, and I’ve learned a bunch of cool things each time.
Highly recommended!!!”