for·age/ˈfôrij/ VERB (of a person or animal) Search widely for food or provisions.

Spring Forage – April 13^th Wild food in Bath (central) April 14^th and Bristol (area TBC)

japanese knotweed shoots

It’s may be the autumn that you start to think about foraging but the spring is when the adventure really begins. Spring for most is a joyous time of year, the cold dark days melt away and it’s as if they had never been around. The seemingly impossible starts to happen and from once bare soil a myriad of plants suddenly appear.

Let me be your guide through these salad days together we’ll find innovative ways to wow at your next dinner party, transform a picnic in the park to a wild food feast, top up that medicine cabinet or perhaps you just fancy a terrific day out with a lovely bunch of like minded people?

£40

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Summer Forage July 20^th Wild food in Bath(central) – July 21^st and Bristol (area TBC)

The sun is high in the sky and the lark is rising and the forager is getting busy. You really

Can you eat Wood Avens?

don’t have to walk far at this time of year to find wild food in abundance. I find this is a good time to forage if you want to see what has been in season and what is to come. It’s the time where I go hoarse as there is so much to talk about in the wild.

Normal price £40 – Book before 31^st December and get a free signed copy of Booze for Free. Group discounts? Email me to find out more. 

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Autumn Forage September 21^st Wild food in Bristol (Area TBC) – and 28^th Bath (central)

The autumn needs no introduction it is when we all start to think about wild food. Traditionally too this time of year would see whole villages of people out and about picking and gathering for the coming winter months.

With me as your guide I’ll take you through what is in season and will make good eating or what you can turn into delicious tasting booze for the coming Christmas period.

Normal price £40 – Book before 31^st December £40 including a free signed copy of Booze for Free. Want to book for 3 or more ask me about a discounted rate.

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About Andy Hamilton – Your course leader

Andy has been experimenting with wild food since the age of 8 when he wandered down to the bottom of his garden in search of nettles for nettle soup. Since then he has written two books (Selfsufficientish Bible and Booze for Free) and contributed to many more, appeared on various TV programs including BBC Autumnwatch, BBC Countryfile and the Alan Titchmarsh show. He’s led walks around the Eden project, consulted as a survival expert for TV, lived off a diet of wild food for two weeks, brewed almost anything that grows into some sort of booze, told Simon Mayo and 5 millions others how to make elderflower champagne, written for the Guardian and nursed many hangovers with wild plants.