Cambridgeshire Foraging Course

About this foraging course

The beautiful Hinchingbrooke Country Park, located in Huntingdon, is the perfect place to learn how to forage for edible plants and fungi growing all around us in the UK.

This foraging course is easy to get to from Peterborough, Northampton, Rushden, Bedford, Newmarket, Ely, Stevenage Hitchin, and Cambridge.

At this species-rich venue, you'll discover how to identify some commonly growing foods to forage for, how to avoid poisonous lookalikes, and hints on where to look.

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

"We had a fantastic time on your course. Thank you for such an enjoyable afternoon"

Sophie

Hinchingbrooke Country Park Foraging Corse

Other nearby courses at Bedfordshire; Holkham, Norfolk; Holt, Norfolk; Hunstanton, Norfolk; Northamptonshire, or Peterborough

We cannot guarantee what species will be growing on any given course date. Springtime and summer courses are predominantly plant focused, with mushrooms sometimes found depending on seasonal weather. Summer courses should also have fruits and flowers to learn about. Autumn courses are mostly mushroom-focused with a small amount of plants available.