Sifting through leaves on the forest floor, Andie Carver and her boyfriend, Christopher Obst, shouted with delight when they spotted three Texas Star mushrooms growing near a decaying log. “Mushroom, ...

Mark “Merriwether” Vorderbruggen is one of the guides profiled in “Meet the Texperts! The State’s Best Tour Guides Want to Show You Around.” Houston’s Mark “Merriwether” Vorderbruggen is the guy to ...

If you’ve ever picked pecans up from the ground at Brackenridge Park or pulled a lime off of a tree in your backyard, you’ve inadvertently taken part in urban foraging. Credit: Adah Esquivel San ...

The Woodlands is home to a growing number of critically acclaimed restaurants. But what’s growing on the side of its roadways can often be just as delicious. Spring resident Mark Vorderbruggen as been ...

It's odd to describe an activity humans have participated in since the beginning of their existence as a trend, but here we are: Foraging is making a comeback. Urban foraging, specifically. A while ...

Prepare to take a walk on the wild side in nature's free grocery store. Research chemist Mark "Merriwether" Vorderbruggen will present a foraging workshop and lecture on edible plants at 8 a.m. Jan.