Throughout the year we get asked to help out with events and projects related to wild food and foraging - and occasionally that requires heading out to explore and survey an area to see if it what we need is actually available in that location. Continue reading →

Something that we always talk about on our foraging courses is the law. This isn’t in a general “don’t do naughty things or the police will throw you in jail”, but a well researched overview of the various laws which apply when you are out collecting plants and funghi. Aside...

Where does this phrase come from and what does it have to do with that spiky shrub that's found in every British hedgerow? Continue reading →

As we roll out of a relatively cold winter into the first weeks of Spring - it's time to get out into the woods and fields and find some Wild Food. Continue reading →

A plant with many suggestive names thanks to it’s appearance, Arum is a commonly found, highly toxic plant of woodlands and hedgerows. Despite all parts of the plant being toxic, the root of Arum was once baked, ground and used as a substitute for arrowroot. The bitter taste resulted in...

Sweet woodruff (Galium odoratum) is a woodland plant containing coumarin and sometimes listed as toxic. It produces the smell of summer upon drying and has a flavour in between almond and vanilla. Traditionally used for flavouring drinks but also blending well with milk-based puddings, it featured strongly as a scent...

In this blog post I will do my best to explain it, pick out the relevant parts of the legislation and steer a forager, bushcrafter or ethnobotanist in what is (hopefully) the right direction. At the bottom of this blog post is the shortened explanation (a tl;dr), but for those...

Common Beech (Fagus sylvatica) is a common deciduous tree in British woodlands. The leaves are edible for the first few weeks after they appear in the spring and the tree produces an edible nut. Continue reading →