West Midlands Foraging Course
About this course
Special permission has been granted for us to run courses at this site in Earlswood, just south west of Solihull. This venue includes mixed deciduous trees and interesting plants and mushrooms to discover.
Located on the edge of Solihull, this course is within easy reach of Birmingham, Bromsgrove, Redditch, Coventry, Warwick, Stratford-upon-Avon, Droitwich Spa, Kidderminster, and Stourbridge.
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:
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an overview of foraging laws and safety best practice
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introduction to a number of edible species
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instruction on how to tell edible species apart from poisonous lookalikes
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information on where to find these species again
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recipe ideas
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wild food sample/s such as soup, jam, jelly, pesto, ferments, vinegar or cordial
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digital information sheet after the course
Date
Buy gift vouchers - here
Sunday 25 October 2026 - Book here (4 spaces left)
Cost and duration
Spring/summer £50 per person (inc fees)
Autumn £60 per person (inc fees)
12pm - 3.30pm
Location
South west Solihull, West Midlands - exact meeting point emailed two days before course
Terrain
Varying terrain, including grassland and woodland
Age limit
Participants must be aged 18 years or older - no children under 18 or babes in arms allowed on this course
Dogs
Dogs are not allowed to be brought along on this course
Parking
Free car park and streetside parking
Terms and conditions
Please read our terms and conditions here
Other nearby courses at Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Staffordshire, or Warwickshire
This is an educational course, there is no harvesting during the course. Samples are picked for identification purposes only.
We cannot guarantee what species will be growing on any given course date - this is the nature of foraging. As a rough guide, springtime and summer courses should be predominantly plant focused, with mushrooms sometimes found. Summer courses may also have fruits and flowers to learn about, with some mushrooms. Autumn courses should be more mushroom-focused than spring or summer courses but this is dependant on weather conditions preceding the course.
