Foraging courses in the UK
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A guided foraging walk is one of the most absorbing days you can spend outdoors in the UK — you'll never look at a hedgerow the same way again.
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Guided wild-food walks and full-day courses across the UK.
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1 Day Foraging Course
A full-day guided foraging walk covering edible plants, nuts, berries and fungi commonly found in British hedgerows and woodlands. The most accessible introduction to foraging.
Introduction to Spring Foraging
A seasonal introduction to spring foraging in the Ironbridge Gorge — one of the most biodiverse foraging landscapes in the Midlands. Learn to identify, harvest and cook spring plants.
Wild Food Foraging & Cookery Devon
Forage on Dartmoor then cook what you find at an award-winning cookery school — the most complete wild food experience available in the UK, combining field skills with real cooking.
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Botanical Dyeing with Food Waste and Local Plants
Botanical Dyeing with Food Waste and Local Plants across the UK. Rated 5/5 (33 reviews). Bookable on ClassBento — money-back guarantee.
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Where to start with foraging
Foraging for beginners
Safety rules, best starter species, what to bring, and why a guided course matters before going solo.
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What to forage by season
Month-by-month guide — spring garlic, summer elderflower, autumn mushrooms, winter rosehips.
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Best foraging courses UK
Our curated picks — half-day walks to full-day cookery experiences, from £65.
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What can you find each season?
🌱 Spring
Wild garlic, nettles, wood sorrel, hawthorn shoots, elderflower (late)
☀️ Summer
Elderflower, meadowsweet, bilberries, young fungi, sea purslane
🍂 Autumn
Mushrooms (peak), blackberries, sloes, hazelnuts, rosehips, crab apples
❄️ Winter
Holly berries (toxic — identification practice), lichen, sea vegetables, stored nuts
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