Foraging Identification Club – 4-Week Spring Course
This spring, join us for a unique opportunity to deepen your plant knowledge and grow your confidence in foraging. Over the course of four weekly lessons, you’ll develop essential identification skills, explore the edible and medicinal potential of local plants, and learn how to safely distinguish them from poisonous lookalikes.
Each session begins with a short guided walk to collect a selection of seasonal plants. Afterwards, we’ll gather at Aphra Bakes to examine our finds in detail—using a range of trusted reference books to cross-check and expand our understanding.
As part of the course, every participant will receive a personal foraging journal, where you’ll record your discoveries, notes, and reflections. This will become a valuable tool to track your progress and support your independent practice beyond the club.
What you’ll learn across the four weeks:
Key plant identification skills and terminology
How to recognise and recall edible, medicinal, and poisonous plants
Common and botanical names for your chosen plants
Techniques for building confidence in safe and sustainable foraging
To support your learning, you’ll also work through a set of structured activity worksheets, helping to cement your knowledge week by week. At the end of the course, each participant will receive an informal assessment and a certificate of achievement to celebrate your progress.
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