Continuing and Professional Education teaches about local flora

  • Academic Outreach Director Ruth Eilers points to a shagbark hickory (center) and walks participants through how she used the bark to narrow the tree down to two potential species and then used the leaves to identify it as a shagbark hickory. BAILEY MCCULLY/Staff
    Academic Outreach Director Ruth Eilers points to a shagbark hickory (center) and walks participants through how she used the bark to narrow the tree down to two potential species and then used the leaves to identify it as a shagbark hickory. BAILEY MCCULLY/Staff
  • Eilers and Kadian Leslie look for pine nuts in a pinecone. BAILEY MCCULLY/Staff
    Eilers and Kadian Leslie look for pine nuts in a pinecone. BAILEY MCCULLY/Staff
  • Susan Eilers and Dianna Blizzard try ripe persimmons from a tree beside the pond. BAILEY MCCULLY/Staff
    Susan Eilers and Dianna Blizzard try ripe persimmons from a tree beside the pond. BAILEY MCCULLY/Staff
  • Ashley Banks completes a leaf rubbing and begins to identify the leaf. BAILEY MCCULLY/Staff
    Ashley Banks completes a leaf rubbing and begins to identify the leaf. BAILEY MCCULLY/Staff

    Georgia College & State University's Department of Continuing and Professional Education, within the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, hosted Fall Foraging on the Farm on Nov. 4 at Andalusia Farm.

    In the spring, Continuing and Professional Education hosted Foraging with Friends as the inaugural event to this series. According to Program Coordinator for Continuing and Professional E…