Bedfordshire Foraging Course

About this course 
 

The historic Capability Brown designed Ampthill Great Park in Bedfordshire offers a range of habitats to learn how to forage for edible plants and mushrooms growing commonly in the UK. 

This foraging course is easy to reach from Bedford, Luton, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Cambridge and Dunstable.

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At this intriguing venue, where Katherine of Aragon was once held under house arrest, you will discover how to identify some commonly growing foods to forage for, 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.

The course includes (subject to Covid restrictions):
 

• an overview of foraging laws and safety best practice

• introduction to a number of edible species 

• instruction on how to tell edible species apart from poisonous lookalikes

• tips on harvesting

• 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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"Educational, good-humoured and in a beautiful setting.
Well organised (with samples!) it was so enjoyable I have already booked to go back again later in the year.
I can heartily recommend it"

Jan

We cannot guarantee what species will be growing on any given course date. Springtime and summer courses should be predominantly plant focused, with mushrooms sometimes found. Summer courses may also have fruits, flowers and perhaps some mushrooms to learn about. Autumn courses should have more mushrooms than springtime with sometimes a small amount of plants available.