‘Extremely rated’ – The Guardian
‘Certainly one of Britain’s most devoted foragers’ – The Girl
‘A revelation!’ – BBC Good Meals Journal
Hello, I’m Robin Harford. Bestselling writer of Edible and Medicinal Wild Plants of Britain and Ireland and creator of Eatweeds.
Once you come on considered one of my foraging programs, I’ll train you learn how to safely establish wild edible vegetation and share with you the plant tales – together with their previous and current makes use of as meals and drugs and their folklore and historical past.
I’ve been instructing full-time since 2008 once I established my wild meals faculty. Many think about my wealth of information to be distinctive.
The fact is I’m merely a rustic lad (if somebody over fifty may be known as a lad) who’s deeply in love with vegetation and needs to share what he has discovered with others. So I sit up for seeing you at considered one of my occasions.
What you’ll be taught
- Find out how to safely establish wild edible vegetation. Robin will share a novel observe he discovered throughout his time with indigenous teams in South East Asia.
- Find out how to cook dinner, put together and protect wild vegetation.
- The previous and current makes use of of untamed vegetation as meals and drugs.
- The forgotten tales and folklore of untamed vegetation discovered round Britain.
- Sustainable foraging, security, your rights and the legislation are additionally lined.
How giant are the teams?
Teams are often not more than 14 individuals.
Worth and site
Time: 10 am-12.30 pm
Location: 10 minute stroll from Exeter Quay. The exact location is revealed after reserving
Group dimension: 10 individuals
Value: £70 per individual
Dates
- Saturday, sixth April 2024 – SOLD OUT
- Thursday, eleventh April 2024 – SOLD OUT
- Saturday, thirteenth April 2024 – SOLD OUT
- Saturday, twentieth April 2024 – SOLD OUT
- Thursday, twenty fifth April 2024 – SOLD OUT
- Saturday, twenty seventh April 2024 – SOLD OUT
- Thursday, ninth Might 2024 – SOLD OUT
About Robin Harford
I established my wild meals foraging faculty in 2008, and my foraging programs are listed on the prime of BBC Countryfile’s ‘Best foraging courses in the UK’.
I’m the creator of eatweeds.co.uk. Michelin chef Richard Corrigen really helpful this website for inclusion in The Instances Prime 50 Web sites For Meals and Drink.
I’ve travelled extensively, documenting and recording wild meals vegetation’ conventional and native makes use of in indigenous cultures. My work has taken me to Africa, India, SE Asia, Europe and the USA.
Sometimes I seem on nationwide and native radio and tv.
My work has been really helpful in BBC Good Meals journal, Sainsbury’s journal, The Guardian, The Instances, The Unbiased, The Every day Telegraph, and so on.
I’m additionally a member of the Society for Ethnobotany and the Botanical Society of Britain and Eire.
Suggestions and testimonials
Thanks very a lot, Robin, for one thing immensely greater than studying about wild vegetation you may eat! I a lot appreciated the primary half hour beneath a tree listening to your philosophy of foraging which completely chimed with – and put a lot extra eloquently – how I attempt to be amongst the pure world. I got here house conscious of a quiet however deep pleasure, and I’ve been telling my household and several other pals concerning the stroll ever since. – Margaret Turner
I used to be amazed to search out that I had spent three hours utterly absorbed on this planet of untamed vegetation, their properties (odor, style, really feel, and so on) and makes use of when I’ve been in a position to take action little lately with out ache and fatigue. I recognized utterly along with your introductory speak beneath the lime tree referring to stress, the way in which we dwell and getting out of all that by being absorbed on this planet round us that we simply don’t see. The timing of your course in my very own journey was simply what the physician ordered. Thanks a lot. – Prof Peter A. Revell
Many thanks for an enchanting foraging expedition round lovely Exeter final Saturday. I found many edibles which I had beforehand simply walked previous, and it was very fascinating additionally to listen to your views on the dietary values of untamed meals versus cultivated crops – all of it made a whole lot of sense. It was very good to satisfy you and to place a face to the title on my common Eatweeds e-newsletter. – Christine Wilkins
Sure, we beloved it utterly! have picked up just a few bits as we speak on my method house from work to point out the household. – Carissa Langford
Many thanks for organising the day it was extraordinarily informative. I’ll stroll by way of cities and the countryside far more conscious and with all my senses alert. I’m additionally recommending you to family and friends. – Andrew Neligan
Many thanks for a particularly informative and interesting tour of edible Exeter. Rob and I loved it very a lot and gained rather a lot from the expertise, not simply what to chomp on however your view of the good open air. – Lou Mogridge
The forage in Exeter was probably the most informative and galvanizing stroll that I’ve been on in ages. I discovered rather a lot and have already began utilizing the data that you just so generously handed on in my very own kitchen. Undoubtedly a brand new and enjoyable curiosity! – Daybreak Smith
I completely loved the wild meals foraging course in Exeter. I believed it was good. I actually resonated with all the pieces you mentioned, notably about getting out of 1’s head and into one’s physique. Certainly that was my major motivation for becoming a member of, as I are usually far to cerebral; and I want grounding. I’m a Overseas Alternate Dealer and typically I function far an excessive amount of ‘in my head’. Nevertheless, I are usually a significantly better dealer once I get out of my head, into my coronary heart and physique. – Cynthia Brown
