Norfolk Autumn Wild Food Foraging Course/Walk
Fri 20 Sep 2024 12:00 PM - 3:30 PM BST
Holt Country Park, NR25 6SP
Description
Holt Country Park is located in North Norfolk in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is home to a number of species within its mixed native deciduous and Scot's Pine woodland. This rich habitat offer a fabulous place to learn about edible plants and mushrooms growing in the UK. This foraging course walk is easy to reach from Norwich, Fakenham, Sandringham, King's Lynn, Cromer, Swaffham, Thetford and Great Yarmouth.
At Holt Park, which holds a Green Flag Award, you will discover how to identify some commonly growing foods to forage for, how to avoid poisonous lookalikes, and hints on where to look.
The course includes:
- an overview of foraging laws and safety best practice
- guidance on sustainable and mindful practice
- exploration of the venue 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 treat/s to sample
- digital information sheet sent after the course
Samples of tasty wild food treats can include soups, pestos, salts, pickles, syrups, cordials, jams, jellies, leathers, vinegars, and preserves. All are either 100% plant/fungi-based or have a 100% plant/fungi-based alternative.
Participants must be aged 18 or over - sorry, no children under 18 or babes in arms on this course.
Unfortunately, dogs are not permitted on the course.
Smoking is not permitted once the course has started.
Exact meet-up location and further information sent two days before the course date.
Terms and conditions can be found on www.foragingcoursecompany.co.uk
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.
We do not harvest on this course. Any picking is for identification purposes only.
Location
Holt Country Park, NR25 6SP