residential weekend course

foraging for food & herbs

venue: the Middlewood Trust, Lancashire

Experience a weekend of foraging, preparing and preserving wild plant foods and herbs for health and well-being.

From the abundance of plants available in springtime, learn to forage and use edible plants, many which you may consider to be weeds, as foods and tonic remedies which can enhance your health after the winter months. 

Plants that we would expect to harvest in May (depending on the vagaries of the British weather) include many of nutrient-rich spring plants with green foliage e.g. dandelion, nettle, ransoms, cleavers and plantain. Other possibilities are some springtime flowers, as well as blossoms of some native shrubs such as hawthorn and blackthorn.

Please note: this course will not include mushroom identification.

Join us for a highly informative and practical weekend course including:

  • walks with plant identification
  • wild-crafting of plants for use as foods, for immediate use and preserving
  • how we can use simple plants to strengthen our own health
  • making of simple yet powerful remedies from herbs found at this time of year to build the body’s strengthen after winter

dates: see 'book online' below'

more on wild food


how to book:
  

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arrive:
  
Friday evening or Sat am for a 10am start
depart:
  
5pm Sat & Sun, but you can stay over on Fri and Sat eve.
directions:
  
click here for directions to Middlewood
what to bring:
  
pen and notebook; towel; work clothes or overalls; waterproofs; boots; sleeping bag; provisions for breakfasts and evening meals if staying.
NO DOGS PLEASE
let us know:
  
if you are vegan or have any food allergies, or any special needs
accommodation:
  
yurt or bunkhouse if required; camping also available; bring sleeping bag (pillows & blankets provided)
price:
  
£100
Refundable up to two weeks prior to course (minus £30 admin fee)
No refunds for cancellations within two weeks of course
car sharing:
  
visit our car sharing forum to offer or request a lift
 


here are some wild delights from a springtime forage - elderflower and sweet cicely drop scones

 

 

 

 


 


a plant identification walk to build up the appetite


 

 

 

 

 

 


foraging isn't just for the spring of course - here are nutrient-rich elderberries - 'the British grape'