The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) will offer free classes on how to make wild jellies from native spring flowers. The classes will teach how to identify, harvest, and prepare jellies and other wild edibles from flowers produced by dandelions and wild violet, as well as flowers from red bud trees and elderberry shrubs. Four sessions will be offered at MDC’s Lost Valley Fish Hatchery in Warsaw on Saturday, June 17. Three sessions will be offered at MDC’s Clinton Office on Saturday, June 30.

Registration is required for the classes, which are open to all ages.

· The session times and registration for the classes at the Lost Valley Fish Hatchery in Warsaw on June 17 include: 9 to 10 a.m. https://short.mdc.mo.gov/4P5; 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. https://short.mdc.mo.gov/4PS; noon to 1 p.m. https://short.mdc.mo.gov/4PT; and 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. https://short.mdc.mo.gov/4Pq.

· The session times and registration for the classes at MDC’s Clinton Office on June 30 include: 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. https://short.mdc.mo.gov/4Pq; 11 a.m. to noon https://short.mdc.mo.gov/4Pc; and 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. https://short.mdc.mo.gov/4PG.