Foraging courses run by forager are taught by Miles Irving. The aim is to equip you with confidence and knowledge of both plants and their habitats. Plant identification skills are a key part of the teaching, starting with the general characteristics of the plant families: you will leave knowing how to recognise plants from at least five of the major families, as well as having found, identified and eaten several plants from each! In the process you will also get a feel for what to expect to find in different kinds of places or habitats. We will visit at least two different habitats in the course of the day.
Courses are based at our home in Chartham, near Canterbury in Kent. From there we will travel to the foraging sites, before bringing our foraged bounty back to the house to prepare and eat.

Sunday courses are from 10-4.30 with a cooked 3 course wild lunch, cooked by a professional chef. You can either pitch in and help with the cooking or sit back and wait for it to be served up. We supply soft drinks, if you want to drink anything else, you are welcome to bring along your tipple. Before lunch we explore some inland habitats, such as woodlands, river sides, meadows and fresh water marshes; after lunch we go a bit further afield to discover edible coastal plants.

cost: £90 per person.
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Weekday courses are a bit more flexible, being aimed at teams or groups of people from businesses or other organisations. We can tailor a course to suit your needs, both in terms of content, location and duration. For example, we have a number of venues that can host one day or two day events for teams of chefs, with professional kitchen facilities available for wild food cooking workshops and accommodation in gorgeous rural surroundings.
cost: to be arranged, according to your requirements.
Payment by cheque is required in full when booking course places. Please book by e-mailing us at
information@forager.org.uk

Other events

On Sunday 16th August Miles will lead a wild food walk followed by a wild lunch at Hazeldene Organic Farm, Chesham, Buckinghamshire. Contact Tom Beeston at www.eatengland.org for details/ bookings.

On 19-20th September Miles wil be giving a talk and guiding a wild food walk as part of the Abergavenny Food Festival www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com/.

On 19-20th September Miles wil be giving a talk and guiding a wild food walk as part of the Abergavenny Food Festival www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com/.

On September 12th Miles will be exploring the banks of the Thames for wild food as part of the Thames Festival www.thamesfestival.org/.

Update: we have received very sad news that Frank Cook died on the 19th August. Frank was due to teach a course with us on October 25th, we will not now be running a course on that day.

Courses Dates

• Sunday 16th August: wild food walk and lunch at Hazeldene Organic Farm Chesham, Buckinghamshire.
• Sunday 29th August
• Sunday 11th October
• Sunday 25th October: joint wild herb walk with Frank Cook cancelled, see above
• Sunday 1st November
• Sunday 15th November
• Sunday 13th December