Norfolk, Holkham, Foraging Course

About this course 
 

The magnificent Holkham Hall, the home of the Earl and Countess of Leicester, sits at the heart of a 25,000 acre estate in North Norfolk that includes parkland, agricultural land, a nature reserve, a holiday park and much more. The course takes place in the nature reserves and can include woodland, beach, and meadow, in which a variety of species can be found. 

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For those wishing to spend the day at Holkham, or even a few days, there is plenty on offer including access to Hall, a café, play area, rope climbing adventure, and much more. 

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This expansive estate offers an exceptional 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.

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At Holkham, you will discover how to identify some commonly growing foods to forage for, how to avoid poisonous lookalikes, and hints on where to look.

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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.

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The course includes (subject to Covid restrictions):
 

• an overview of foraging laws and safety best practice

• guidance on sustainable and mindful practice

• 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 sample/s such as soup, jam, jelly, pesto, ferments, vinegar or cordial

• digital information sheet after the course

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"We really enjoyed our course with you yesterday. We were really surprised as to how much we learnt and amazed as to our recollections of the day.

On our walk this morning with the dog we were continually looking for mushrooms and found several to look up later.

You were very entertaining and your knowledge was wonderful.

Thank you so much"

Clive and Lesley