What Got Gathered

05/04/2026

Hey, how 'bout the whole spring abundance thing, huh? One of my favorite ways to celebrate the season is to gather amazing wild food, and to teach other people to do it.

What Got Gathered is gonna have a walk in Madison from 2 to 5 on Sunday, May 10th. It's a wondrous time and place to meet edible plants and fungi!

Check out the link at http://whatgotgathered.com/wild-food-wanders. Hope to see you soon!

We’re looking forward to another amazing season of learning, tending, gathering and tasting the abundant, endlessly diverse wild edible plants all around us–and to sharing all that with…

04/07/2026

Folks!

The green is already doing its green thing!

We're already getting into the spring soup and tea binge.

This Saturday is What Got Gathered's inaugural Wild Food Wander! It's from 10 to 1 in Madison.

Get yer details here (and, yes, it says "2025," but that's an editing error).

https://whatgotgathered.com/wild-food-wanders/

WILD FOOOOOD TIME!

best,

Andy
What Got Gathered

We’re looking forward to another amazing season of learning, tending, gathering and tasting the abundant, endlessly diverse wild edible plants all around us–and to sharing all that with…

10/08/2025

The last What Got Gathered Wild Food Wander of the season takes place this Sunday! Details are at http://whatgotgathered.com-wildfoodwanders.

09/15/2025

There's still room for folks to attend this Sunday's Wild Food Wander. September may be the best time for foraging (with late April being a close tie)! We can expect new growth of greens, some fruit and nuts, and--if we luck out--some mushrooms. It's a time of harvest and abundance.

It'll take place at Lake Farm County Park in Madison.

For signup information, visit http://whatgotgathered.com/wild-food-wanders.

In any case, we hope everyone's well!

07/18/2025

Foraging walks are scheduled with What Got What Got Gathered for the next months! Check them out at http://whatgotgathered.com/wild-food-wanders. Hope to see you!

We’re looking forward to another amazing season of learning, tending, gathering and tasting the abundant, endlessly diverse wild edible plants all around us–and to sharing all that with…

05/21/2025

Hello to all!

The season is insane, in a good way. I can't believe how fast things are growing!

There'll be a foraging walk this weekend (on the 24th) at Lake Farm County Park--one of my very favorite places to gather wild food--and also, this time of year, a fantastic place to hear and see migratory birds.

It'll start at 2:30, and last three hours. As usual, we may never get out of sight of the tower, since there's so much to meet and taste nearby!

You can sign up at https://whatgotgathered.com/wild-food-wanders/..and pay via PayPal or Venmo, or by cash or check when you arrive.

Send your email and phone number for registration, and we'll provide details! Hope to see you there!

all the best,

Andy
& the What Got Gathered crew

We’re looking forward to another amazing season of learning, tending, gathering and tasting the abundant, endlessly diverse wild edible plants all around us–and to sharing all that with…

03/11/2025

Dates for the first foraging walks of 2025 are up on our website! April and May offer some of the best wild food of the year, and we're excited to share the abundance with you. It's always a wonderful time for everybody.

Check out the schedule at

We’re looking forward to another amazing season of learning, tending, gathering and tasting the abundant, endlessly diverse wild edible plants all around us–and to sharing all that with…

02/15/2025

What Got Gathered brings to you a long-planned spicy event!

On Saturday, February 22nd, we’ll host a blatantly imitative “Hot Ones”-style event in the beautiful room adjacent to our space at Flavors Catering Kitchen in Sun Prairie. You’ll get ten chicken wings, of ascending heat, featuring five What Got Gathered hot sauces, as well as soothing drinks, celery with blue cheese and ranch, and cookies to finish. Those who want to will also be subject to randomly-selected amplified interviews with local actor Anthony Leonard, as they climb the ladder of delicious masochism.

We’re grateful to have so many fans of our fermented sauces, with chilies sourced from local farmers, and with wild seasonings foraged by Andy, founder of What Got Gathered. This is a delightful and silly way to feature them–and bottles of sauce will also be available for you to bring home!

We have 40 tickets available, at $30, or $50 for pairs of people. It’ll happen at 2 p.m. on 2/22, at Flavors Catering Kitchen–605 Chase Blvd. in Sun Prairie.

Buy tickets via PayPal at [email protected], or via Venmo at (where we’ll come up as AndyG). Please also send us an email ([email protected]), as things get confusing on these platforms–at least to aging weirdos like ourselves.

We’re looking forward to seeing you there!

all the best

from Andy, Nora and the What Got Gathered cabal

11/23/2024

Hello, everybody!

Walking around Hoyt Park in Madison a couple of days ago, where I have a side job as Conservation Ranger, I noticed just how many fall-growth plants are around that typically only arrive in the spring. Looking at the forecast, they won't last another week--so I thought I'd see if anyone in the area is interested in a walk THIS Sunday--yes, two days from now--at the park. I'm thinking something like 11-2, but my day is pretty flexible.

I'd need at least six people to do it, at the usual rate of $50 for adults, with discounts for kids.

Let me know if you're interested!

all the best,

Andy
[email protected]

11/15/2024

Let’s go ahead and confuse John and Michael Bolton (if you’ve been aware of either), and then get back to work around the intersection of feminism, art and war with fhat confusion as a backgroundi.

I guess there are probably other ways of thinking about the intersection of those things.