Staffordshire Foraging Course

About this foraging course 
 

The 60-acre estate at Buzzard's Valley,  located south of Tamworth, Staffordshire, in the Canwell Valley, offers meadows, hedgerows, ancient woodland, coniferous plantation and waterways to be explored on a foraging course.

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Buzzards Valley is family run and the estate includes a vineyard, winery, gin distillery, shop (selling all manner of yummy things), bistro, fishing lakes, and dried flower and home inspiration wholesale. So, there's plenty to do before and after the course if you want to make a day of it!

This foraging course walk venue is easy to get to from Tamworth, Lichfield, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Burton-upon-Trent, Derby, Cannock, Coventry and Stoke. It has excellent motorway links being centrally located with easy access to M6, M42 and M6 Toll.

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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

• 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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"I thoroughly enjoyed an afternoon in May foraging with Kerry in Staffordshire. The course has given me the confidence to forage responsibly and safely. Now I'd like to do a course in Autumn!" 

Elaine

Date

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Buy gift vouchers - here

Course for 2021 now finished

Spring 2022 dates TBC

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Cost and duration

£50 per person (inc VAT and fees) - 12pm - 3.30pm

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Location

Buzzards Valley, Staffordshire - exact meeting point emailed two days before course

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Terrain

Varying terrain, with some hills, including grassland, waterside and woodland

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Age limit

Participants must be aged 18 years or older - no children under 18 or babes in arms allowed on this course

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Dogs

Dogs are not allowed to be brought along on this course

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Parking

Free car parking

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Terms and conditions

Please read our terms and conditions here

Other nearby courses at Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Nottingham; Thoresby, Nottinghamshire; Solihull, West Midlands, or Warwickshire

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.