I teach foraging education, teaching safe plant identification and how to harvest food from the landscape.

I guide you to where wild plants grow.

I offer hands-on foraging education, teaching safe plant identification and how to harvest food from the landscape. I also conduct property plant surveys and host relaxed farm stays in the heart of Missouri.

Welcome to Fletcher Creek Farm

This is a place for people who want to know their land better, learn what grows wild around them, and find practical ways to use it. Most of us walk past dozens of edible and medicinal plants every single day without knowing it. My goal is to change that, one plant at a time, starting with whatever is growing right outside your door. I am glad you found your way here.

What I Offer

My Site Surveys

Site Surveys, an on-site assessment of property plants, access, and terrain for safe foraging: I walk your land, identify what is growing, and note access and terrain considerations. I give you a customized plant guide and clear steps to use what you find.

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My Foraging Classes

Foraging Classes, hands-on workshops to identify and harvest wild edibles safely: I lead guided sessions for all experience levels. I teach safe harvesting techniques and how to prepare what you find.

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Portrait of Melissa at Fletcher Creek Farm

About Me

I'm Melissa

I learned to read this land slowly by paying attention to what grows outside my door and how the seasons shift. Over years of tending fields and observing native plants, I gathered the practical knowledge that guides my work.

I share what I know because that knowledge belongs to the people who live alongside this place. I teach simple, seasonal practices that help others care for the land and use what it offers.

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Notes from Melissa

I share seasonal foraging tips, upcoming class details, and news from the farm.

I write only when I have something useful to share. Expect occasional emails each season with clear, practical guidance and honest updates about the farm.