On this 3-hour Devon foraging course, you will be taken on an amazing journey through the secret foraging haunts of Exeter.
You’ll have your eyes opened and discover the delicious and highly nutritious wild food treats that are available for free right under your nose.
During this foraging course, you’ll uncover a secret world of foraging possibilities, and learn…
- How to identify wild edible plants around Exeter
- How to cook, prepare and preserve these plants
- About their mystery, history and folklore
- How to forage sustainably, safety guidelines, and the law
Robin Harford is a self-taught ethnobotanist and creator of www.eatweeds.co.uk, which is considered to be the UK’s leading wild food foraging site. He specialises in wild edible plants and has been teaching people about their local edible landscape throughout the UK since 2009. He is a co-director of Plants & Healers International, a non-profit that connects people, plants and healers around the world. He travels extensively documenting and recording the traditional and local uses of wild food plants in indigenous cultures, and more recently his work has taken him to Africa, SE Asia and Europe.
When & Where Are The Devon Foraging Courses?
Saturday, 8th April 2017
- Time: 10am-1pm
- Location: Central Exeter (location revealed after booking)
- Availability: FULLY BOOKED
- Cost: £50 (booking terms)
Saturday, 8th April 2017
- Time: 2.30pm-5.30pm
- Location: Central Exeter (location revealed after booking)
- Availability: FULLY BOOKED
- Cost: £50 (booking terms)
Here’s What People Have Said About Previous Devon Foraging Courses
”Thank you very much Robin, for something immensely more than learning about wild plants you can eat! I much appreciated the first half hour under a tree hearing your philosophy of foraging which absolutely chimed with – and put so much more eloquently – how I try to be amongst the natural world. I came home aware of a quiet but deep joy, and I’ve been telling my family and several friends about the walk ever since.” – Margaret Turner
”I was amazed to find that I had spent three hours completely absorbed in the world of wild plants, their properties (smell, taste, feel, etc) and uses when I have been able to do so little recently without pain and fatigue. I identified completely with your introductory talk under the lime tree relating to stress, the way we live and getting out of all that by being absorbed in the world around us that we just don’t see. The timing of your course in my own journey was just what the doctor ordered. Thank you so much” – Prof Peter A. Revell
”Many thanks for a fascinating foraging expedition around beautiful Exeter last Saturday. I discovered many edibles which I had previously just walked past, and it was very interesting also to hear your views on the nutritional values of wild foods as opposed to cultivated crops – it all made a lot of sense. It was very nice to meet you and to put a face to the name on my regular Eatweeds newsletter.” – Christine Wilkins
”Yes, we loved it completely! have picked up a few bits today on my way home from work to show the family.” – Carissa Langford
”Many thanks for organising the day it was extremely informative. I will walk through towns and the countryside much more aware and with all my senses alert. I am also recommending you to friends and family.” – Andrew Neligan
”Many thanks for an extremely informative and engaging tour of edible Exeter. Rob and I enjoyed it very much and gained a lot from the experience, not just what to chomp on but your view of the great outdoors.” – Lou Mogridge
”The forage in Exeter was the most informative and inspiring walk that I have been on in ages. I learned a lot and have already started using the knowledge that you so generously passed on in my own kitchen. Definitely a new and fun interest!” – Dawn Smith
”I thoroughly enjoyed the wild food foraging course in Exeter. I thought it was brilliant. I truly resonated with everything you said, particularly about getting out of one’s head and into one’s body. Indeed that was my main motivation for joining, as I tend to be far to cerebral; and I need grounding. I am a Foreign Exchange Trader and often I operate far too much ‘in my head’. However, I tend to be a much better trader when I get out of my head, into my heart and body.” – Cynthia Brown