Food: foraging & wild food courses

Being Nature: mindfulness & re-wilding days in the woods

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Being Nature: mindfulness & re-wilding days in the woods

East Sussex - Next course on 26th April 2020

£95

Days to de-stress, re-charge and resource yourself in beautiful woodland surroundings. The focus of each day is on being. By connecting to yourself and to nature in a supportive group, through various activities, including guided mindfulness practices and nature connection activities, you can sink into a more relaxed sense of being. You’ll learn simple practices to take away with you, to help develop self care and well-being in your life. Each of the days will be connected closely to its season: Spring, Summer, Autumn. You can book the series of...

Introduction to herbal medicine - weekend courses

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Introduction to herbal medicine - weekend courses

Herefordshire - Next course on 8th August 2020

£195

Introduction to herbal medicine - A weekend course covering the basics of using herb in the home Course Overview An Introduction to Herbal Medicine Making. An exploration of the uses of herbs and learn to make your own top quality cosmetics and herbal preparations. Includes ID, growing, harvesting from my organic garden, drying and storing herbs. A practical 2 day workshop making teas, decoctions, infused oils, ointments, creams and other remedies This herbal medicine making course run by qualified herbalist Rowan McOnegal, who has 30 years experience of working as...

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Woodland Survival Course

Shropshire

£119.95

This 2 Day Survival training course will provide you with an introduction to and good grounding in all the principles and skills necessary to survive in the wilderness. Wild Survivors' vast expertise and experiences throughout the world will develop skills you didn't even know you had, from basic fire lighting (which is not as easy as it sounds) to getting rescued, this Wild Survivors Course is designed for beginners who wish to learn from scratch, and those with some experience of the outdoors wishing to check their knowledge. All our...

The natural health chest: assemble your own herbal medicine chest for health and wellbeing

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The natural health chest: assemble your own herbal medicine chest for health and wellbeing

Herefordshire - Next course on 15th August 2020

£95

The Natural Health Chest: Assemble your own herbal medicine chest for health and wellbeing, including herbal approaches to common conditions Course Overview We will be using the principles of holistic natural medicine for maintaining health and wellbeing and discussing herbal approaches to, and useful herbal preparations to have on hand for, common ailments. We will look at many different herbs in different forms, and make preparations from them. This will include making a tisane, an infused oil, an ointment, a cream, which you will take home with you, together with...

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1 Day Foraging Course

Kent - Next course on 11th April 2020

£85

Our 1 day foraging courses are for anyone who’d like to gain an insight into the edible delights of the British hedgerow and woodlands. So if you’re curious about the plants, berries and fruits that grow around you and wonder which you can eat and which you need to avoid, come and join us! On our foraging courses the focus is on edible plants, nuts, berries and fruits commonly found in the hedgerow and woodland. Note that what we find and forage will depend on the time of year you...

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Botanical gin and wild cocktails

Herefordshire - Next course on 16th August 2020

£95

Botanical gin and Wild Cocktails Find out about the history of gin and explore the huge range of fresh and dried herbs and spices that you can use to make your own gin blend. From its origins in the Middle Ages, gin has evolved from a herbal medicine to an artisan product. Create your own botanical gin using freshly foraged herbs from the garden, together with dried herbs and spices, and learn to identify and blend these botanical ingredients to make your own gin creation, which you will take away...

Foraging & Feasting - Wild Foods & Medicines

Cornwall - Next course on 19th April 2020

£25

Walking at a gentle pace upon a variety of easy terrains, we’ll explore the beautiful Rame Peninsula in SE Cornwall, learning the wild plants and seaweeds that can be used for food and medicines. Each walk includes a cookery class or medicines workshop. If you’ve children or Grandchildren, bring them too free of charge and create a sharing of knowledge and adventure. See the webpage or date and location specifics.

Foraging walk

Northumberland

£10

Join us on a guided walk exploring the wild foods of spring in Northumberland. You will be truly amazed by the diversity, abundance and the incredible flavours the landscape has to offer at this time of year; you will taste shoots, leaves and flowers long lost to our everyday diet, which you may then be inspired to add to yours!

Foraging with John Wright at Slapton Ley

Devon - Next course on 24th July 2020

£325

An introduction to foraging, exploring and identifying the edible plants, seaweeds, fungi and invertebrates that can be found in the woodland, hedgerow, field, moor and coast around Slapton Ley. Foraging has enjoyed a fashionable resurgence in the last few years, yet people are still nervous about collecting anything much more than a few blackberries or, at best, some stinging nettles for soup. But there is so much more. Several hundred species in the British country and seaside are edible and some are very good to eat. This course provides an...

Gourmet Mushroom Cultivation

Shropshire - Next course on 2nd May 2020

£85

Mushrooms are a valuable food-source with an important role to play in our lives: nutritionally, medicinally and environmentally. This course will be run in collaboration with Mushrooms for the Masses, who aim to encourage interest in the home production of mushrooms and also give an insight into the bigger picture of the world of mushrooms and the positive impact they can have within ecology. You will create your own Oyster mushroom starter kit as well as a log inoculated with Shitake mushrooms to take away with you at the end...