Worcestershire Foraging Course

About this course 
 

Set on the edge of the Wyre Forest in the rolling Worcestershire countryside, Arley House and Gardens covers 1,600 of glorious countryside. With a tea room and expansive arboretum, it offers  an ideal environment wild food foraging course walk. This picturesque venue contains an abundance of wild greens and mushrooms to discover.

On the border of Worcestershire, Staffordshire and Shropshire, it is easy to reach from Birmingham, Kidderminster, Worcester, Dudley, Bromsgrove, Wolverhampton, Leominster, Shrewsbury and Cannock.

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When we meet up, we will have an introduction to foraging and plant/fungi identification before heading out to discover the wild food and poisonous lookalikes in the area.

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The course includes:
 

• 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

• 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 had been promising to do this for years and I’m so glad I did it with The Foraging Course Company. I was amazed at the amount of edible plants and berries that I’ve been walking past for years and how they can enhance our food and general well-being. The samples of jam and particularly the spicy [hawthorn] ketchup were a revelation. 

A lovely day and a really helpful and explanatory follow-up e-mail when I got home reminding us of what we learnt"

Martyn

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