Just to tell you how much I enjoyed your foraging course at the weekend. I learnt so much and the food was absolutely delicious. I have already recommended the Autumn course to two friends and have been inspired to find out more for myself too. Thank you for organising, it was really brilliant.

Helen, who took part in the Spring 21 Foraging & Wild Medicine workshop 

Join us for our annual Autumn Foraging And Wild Medicine Workshop where we’ll be gathering and processing of plants for food and medicine. This popular 5 hour outdoor session, run by our expert forager and herbalist Alice Bettany, will be the best day out you’ve ever had! It is designed to introduce you to a wide variety of plants that have been used by our ancestors for healing, nourishment and enjoyment. We’ll explore the cycle of autumn looking at the abundance of berries available to us at this time of year and make the most of time together focusing on gaining an understanding of the qualities of each season whilst using all our senses to help experience the properties of the plants we are working with and will involve making a variety of foods and medicines together around the campfire in the afternoon.

This foraging and wild medicine workshop is open to anyone who’d like to learn more about wild nutrition and herbalism and in the process you will gain confidence and understanding on how to identify plants in their different habitat. You’ll also learn how to gather respectfully and sustainably and to participate directly in the different processing methods of the plants in their seasons to turn them into food and medicine. It’s a truly beautiful, memorable and grounding experience which we can personally highly recommend.

Here’s what we got up to on a previous Autumn Foraging And Wild Medicine Day

Here’s how we work on the day, gathering plants and berries for our campfire feast.

A selection of herbal teas and hot water will be provided and of course we will make some fresh herb brews along the way. We’ll also get to try all our produce around the campfire, which is a highlight, in our opinion, of this experience.

Please arrive 15 minutes early to allow time to meet and greet. Please bring suitable footwear for walking on farmland, warm clothes (even if it is sunny) and wet weather gear just in case. Please bring a notepad and pen, maybe a camera to help you remember the plants, and a basket for foraged goods.

No previous experience is necessary for this workshop, but as well as having an incredibly enjoyable few hours away from the worries of the world. What you will experience is:

• The opportunity to learn ways to tune in to your senses
• A chance to get to know plants using all of your senses
• Meet and identify lots of wild, abundant, local plants that you can eat

The location is right near the National Trust’s Sheffield Park, Uckfield, East Sussex.

We begin at 10am and finish at 3pm.