‘Extremely rated’ – The Guardian
‘One in every of Britain’s most devoted foragers’ – The Woman
‘A revelation!’ – BBC Good Meals Journal
Hello, I’m Robin Harford. Bestselling creator of Edible and Medicinal Wild Plants of Britain and Ireland and creator of Eatweeds.
If you come on one in every of my foraging programs, I’ll train you safely determine 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 take into account my wealth of data to be distinctive.
The truth 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 stay up for seeing you at one in every of my occasions.
What you’ll study
- Learn how to safely determine wild edible vegetation. Robin will share a novel follow he discovered throughout his time with indigenous teams in South East Asia.
- Learn 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 regulation are additionally coated.
How massive are the teams?
Teams are often not more than 14 folks.
Worth and site
Time: 10 am-12.30 pm
Location: 10 minute stroll from Exeter Quay. The exact location is revealed after reserving
Group measurement: 10 folks
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 Could 2024 – SOLD OUT
About Robin Harford
I established my wild meals foraging faculty in 2008, and my foraging programs are listed on the high of BBC Countryfile’s ‘Best foraging courses in the UK’.
I’m the creator of eatweeds.co.uk. Michelin chef Richard Corrigen advisable this web site for inclusion in The Occasions High 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.
Often I seem on nationwide and native radio and tv.
My work has been advisable in BBC Good Meals journal, Sainsbury’s journal, The Guardian, The Occasions, The Unbiased, The Day by 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’ll be able to eat! I a lot appreciated the primary half hour below 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 residence conscious of a quiet however deep pleasure, and I’ve been telling my household and a number of other buddies in regards to the stroll ever since. – Margaret Turner
I used to be amazed to search out that I had spent three hours fully absorbed on the 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 fully together with your introductory discuss below the lime tree regarding stress, the way in which we reside and getting out of all that by being absorbed on the 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 stunning Exeter final Saturday. I found many edibles which I had beforehand simply walked previous, and it was very attention-grabbing additionally to listen to your views on the dietary values of untamed meals versus cultivated crops – all of it made a number of sense. It was very good to fulfill you and to place a face to the identify on my common Eatweeds e-newsletter. – Christine Wilkins
Sure, we liked it fully! have picked up just a few bits at the moment on my means residence from work to indicate the household. – Carissa Langford
Many thanks for organising the day it was extraordinarily informative. I’ll stroll by way of cities and the countryside rather 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 fascinating tour of edible Exeter. Rob and I loved it very a lot and gained lots from the expertise, not simply what to chomp on however your view of the nice open air. – Lou Mogridge
The forage in Exeter was essentially the most informative and galvanizing stroll that I’ve been on in ages. I discovered lots and have already began utilizing the information that you just so generously handed on in my very own kitchen. Positively a brand new and enjoyable curiosity! – Daybreak Smith
I completely loved the wild meals foraging course in Exeter. I believed it was good. I really resonated with the whole lot you stated, notably about getting out of 1’s head and into one’s physique. Certainly that was my principal motivation for becoming a member of, as I are usually far to cerebral; and I want grounding. I’m a Overseas Change Dealer and typically I function far an excessive amount of ‘in my head’. Nevertheless, I are usually a a lot better dealer once I get out of my head, into my coronary heart and physique. – Cynthia Brown
