Our Spring Forage will centre around the abundant edible wild leaves which emerge at this time, as plants respond to rising temperatures, producing greenery which can be used as nutritious and delicious foods by us. Many of these plants are abundant and easy to find pretty much anywhere people live. So our focus will be on finding, identifying, gathering and preparing these more widespread species which can easily be gathered from your own neighbourhood. The aim of the day is to give you practical skills you can apply back at your own home, so that you can make these wild plants part of your diet and your daily routine.

During the day we will stop several times to prepare and/or cook what we find- which at this time of year will mostly consist of wild salads, herbs and greens. We can then all tuck into and discuss the small dishes made during these simple cooking demonstrations. Again the idea is to teach simple preparation methods and recipes which you can apply at home so that you can include wild plants that grow near you home in your daily meals.

Most of our day will be spent quite close to the farm building which is our premises- we wont be hiking for long distances into so called wild or wilderness places. What I hope to communicate is that wildness is everywhere in the form of the edible wild plants often considered as weeds and that you can become part of the wild cycles of life- and make them part of you by gathering and eating the plants growing near where you live!