Forest of Dean Foraging Course
About this course
The woodland of the privately owned Huntley estate, within the Forest of Dean, provides a wonderful venue for foraging courses. There is a wonderful mix of trees including British natives and imported trees of commercial and ornamental value.
Located west of Gloucester, the estate offers some wonderful woodland pathways to discover wild plants and mushrooms.
This foraging course walk venue is easy to get to from Cirencester, Cheltenham, Swindon, Gloucester, Hereford, Chepstow, Stroud, Bristol and Bath.
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):
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an overview of foraging laws and safety best practice
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explaining sustainable and mindful practice
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introduction to a number of edible species
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instruction on how to tell edible species apart from poisonous lookalikes
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information on where to find these species again
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recipe ideas
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wild food sample/s such as soup, jam, jelly, pesto, ferments, vinegar or cordial
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digital information sheet after the course
Other courses nearby at Cirencester, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire or Worcestershire
Please note, we do not harvest species to take away from site. Courses are focussed on education and entertainment.
We cannot guarantee what species will be growing on any given course date - this is the nature of foraging. As a rough guide, springtime and summer courses should be predominantly plant focused, with mushrooms sometimes found. Summer courses may also have fruits and flowers to learn about, with some mushrooms. Autumn courses should be more mushroom-focused than spring or summer courses but this is dependant on weather conditions preceding the course.
Date
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Foraging courses at this venue have finished for 2024. Spring dates will be added to the website from late November.
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Cost and duration
Spring/summer £50 per person (inc fees)
Autumn £60 per person (inc fees)
12pm - 3.30pm
Location
Huntley estate, May Hill, Gloucestershire - exact meeting point emailed two days before course
Terrain
Varying terrain, with some hilly areas, mostly grassland and woodland
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
Parking, transport, toilets
Free car parking is available on site, there are no nearby public transport links, there is access to toilets at the start of the course
Terms and conditions
Please read our terms and conditions here
