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Wild food & Medicine forage walks in and around Oxford

Courses & Holidays

Chris has been in touch from the Oxford area to let us know about some of the courses he runs in the Oxford area.

The british hedgerows are full of berries and fruits at this time of the year
The british hedgerows are full of berries and fruits at this time of the year

He hosts guided wild food & medicine forage walks in Oxford and south east England. The courses are designed as an introduction into foraging for wild plants.

With 12 years experience of foraging for foods and medicinal plants, your guide on these walks, Chris Hope BSc(hons) MedHort can offer in-depth analysis of plants either as food or as medicines! On this one course you will learn some of the species which nourish, which ones heal and which ones to leave alone!

All walks are gentle strolls, as we spend most of the two hour walk with the plants.

The walks are deliberately advertised as being on a suggested donations basis. This is to ensure inclusivity. They are currently only £20 per person per walk.

Walks depart from a numebr of locations in and around Oxford. See the website for details of where and when!

Foraging Courses

Courses & Holidays

Foraging for wild food can be a very rewarding experience.  As well as finding nutritious food for free you also have a great day out, exercising, walking with friends or just enjoying the scenery.

Finding and identifying wild berries, plants and fungi can be a daunting task, so a number of people around the UK have arranged foraging weekends and courses, so that you can learn how to find, identify, pick and cook with wild food.

We have put together a list of some of the course providers but if you know of any more then please let us know using the comments section at the end of this article.

Foraging courses in the UK

Selfsufficientish.com – Wild food foraging courses for spring 2010 calendar.

Fat Hen – Wild food foraging, cooking & feasting courses & events set in West Cornwall.

Tudor Farnhouse – Foraging and Tutored Walks in the Forest of Dean and Wye Valley.

Hedgerow Harvest – Foraging and willd food courses. Scheduled courses are based near Marlborough in Wiltshire and near Dorchester in Dorset.

Taste the Wild – Fun and informative courses based in North Yorkshire.

Wild Food School – Wild Food School courses are essentually ‘fluid’ offering introductory half-day, day, 2-day and week-long sessions where students can gain hands-on experience in identifying and using Britain’s edible wild plants, and do so in an informal learning environment. A Distance Learning programme is also available which may be of more benefit to folks who don’t have the time to visit.