Set on the edge of the Wyre Forest in the rolling Worcestershire countryside, Arley House and Gardens covers 1,600 of glorious countryside. With a tea room and expansive arboretum, it offers an ideal environment wild food foraging course walk. This picturesque venue contains an abundance of wild greens and mushrooms to discover.
On the border of Worcestershire, Staffordshire and Shropshire, it is easy to reach from Birmingham, Kidderminster, Worcester, Dudley, Bromsgrove, Wolverhampton, Leominster, Shrewsbury and Cannock.
When we meet up, we will go through laws and safety points of foraging before heading out to discover the wild food in the area.
The course includes (subject to Covid restrictions):
- an overview of foraging laws and safety best practice
- introduction to a number of edible species
- instruction on how to tell edible species apart from poisonous lookalikes
- information on where to find these species again
- recipe ideas
- wild food sample/s such as soup, jam, jelly, pesto, ferments, vinegar or cordial
- digital information sheet after the course
Age limit
Participants must be aged 18 years or older - no children under 18 or babes in arms allowed on this course
Dogs
Dogs are not allowed to be brought along on this course
Please note, we do not harvest species to take away on our courses.
We cannot guarantee what species will be growing on any given course date. Springtime and summer courses should be predominantly plant focused, with mushrooms sometimes found. Summer courses may also have fruits, flowers and perhaps some mushrooms to learn about. Autumn courses should have more mushrooms than springtime with sometimes a small amount of plants available.
You may also like the following events from The Foraging Course Company:
- This Saturday, 11th October, 12:00 pm, Nottingham Wild Food Foraging Walk/Course in Newstead Village
- This month, 29th October, 12:00 pm, Worcestershire Wild Food Foraging Walk/Course in Bewdley
- Next month, 1st November, 12:00 pm, Norfolk, Holkham, Wild Food Foraging Walk/Course in Holt
Also check out other
Workshops in Bewdley,
Meetups in Bewdley.
