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 talk to when you want to know how to make food or buckshot from canna lilies. With a master’s in medicinal chemistry and a doctorate in physical organic chemistry, he leads at least fifty walkabouts and foraging presentations across the state each year. TM: How long have you been foraging in Texas?MV: I moved here in 1997, and I created a blog and included edible plants and mushrooms I was finding. In 2008 the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center contacted me about teaching a class, and from there it exploded. TM: What makes a great tour…
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