Seasonal walks
✦ Identification skills
Learn where plants grow and how you can use them in food - learn which ones are poisonous too!
✦ Sensory learning
Always an invitation to touch, taste and smell as we use all our senses, curiosities and memories to reconnect.
✦ Accessible for all
We'll stick to the paths as much as possible and all foraging walks can be adjusted easily for wheelchair access.
Purdown Open Space overlooks the city with hedgerows and meadows ✦ BS7 9NP ✦
Saturday 22nd February : 10am - 12.30pm
Friday 11th April : 2pm - 4.30pm
Friday 27th June : 2pm - 4.30pm
Saturday 2nd August: 10am - 12.30pm
Conham River Park mixes riverside woodland, meadows and hedgerows ✦ BS15 3AW ✦
Friday 21st February : 2pm - 4.30pm
Saturday 29th March : 10am - 12.30pm
Saturday 31st May : 10am - 12.30pm
Friday 18th July : 2pm - 4.30pm
Eastwood Farm meanders down to the riverside through open space and woodland ✦ BS4, 4ED ✦
Friday 28th March : 2pm - 4.30pm
Saturday 12th April : 10am - 12.30pm
Friday 30th May : 2pm - 4.30pm
Seasonal workshops
✦ Learn with others
How to identify wild plants alongside others, great if you like listening, sharing ideas or asking questions.
✦ Take home what you make
Learn different ways to make herbal medicine and how to find and use the wild plants around you to do this.
✦ Hands-on learning
Forget reading about it, let’s meet the plants in their environments and embed the knowledge into memory.
✦ Conham River Park ✦
Floral medicine : skin healing
Saturday 31st May : 10am - 12.30pm
First aid plants : infused oils
Saturday 19th July 10am - 12.30pm
Immune support : berry harvest
Saturday 6th September : 10am - 12.30pm
Warmth all winter : fiery remedies
Saturday 11th October : 10am - 12.30pm
What you’ll do:
✦ Identification skills
Sharpen your identification skills and build on the knowledge you already have - you know more than you think.
✦ Sensory learning
We’ll be touching, tasting and smelling lots of wild edible plants, learning where they live and how to find them again.
✦ Poisonous plants?
Learn about poisonous plants too so you can feel confident and safe when you’re out foraging on your own.
✦ Time to ask questions
I always make time for listening to others and asking all kinds of questions.
✦ Debunk myths, learn facts
With misconceptions fully out there, you can leave with knowledge of how to find reliable information.
✦ A fresh perspective
Even if you’ve been to a green space before, we’ll look in places your eyes might not have wandered before.
Frequently Asked Questions
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All our walks are slow and will go at the pace of those with us.
If you have any additional needs e.g. finding uphill difficult, please let me know so we can make sure we adjust the route accordingly.
This is no problem and can be arranged for any walk or workshop so just get in touch.
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Yes! Life happens, so if you’d like to reschedule your walk, you can do. Just get in touch.
Please note: you can apply for a refund before 14 days of your original bookings date but reschedules made within 7 days of your event will be not be possible.
In this case, you can rebook onto another date with a 50% cancellation discount but unfortunately we can’t accommodate reschedules or refunds within a 7 day timeframe.
Any questions or queries with the above, please do let me know!es here
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Buses are available from the centre of town to most locations (+15min walk max) - they are all in BSX postcodes.
If you need help, get in touch and I can share some travel routes with you.
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If you are pregnant, do let me know, as above, we can adjust the walk for your pace no problem, this is also essential in case there are any contraindications with some plants we encounter.
If you’ve got a specific place in mind you’d like to explore which is easier for you, email me at maria@healingweeds.co.uk
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There is free parking surrounding all meeting points and places to lock up bikes.
You will be sent specific details about your meeting location in your booking confirmation email so you can make travel plans.
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Yes absolutely, we have an offer to learn with a friend. Receive 10% off your booking when you enter FORAGEPALS at the checkout when booking for two people. Applicable to any walk.
We also have discounts for NHS / Key Workers and bursaries available for those in financial difficulty, get in touch maria@healingweeds.co.uk to find out more.
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There’s plenty of time to ask questions, make notes, take photos and I will be encouraging a lot of touching, tasting and smelling these plants to help you recognise them again.
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A great foraging friend, dogs are welcome! Please send a message to let me know if you’d like to bring your dog, I will ask you consider the temperament of your dog and how they are with groups of people.
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Yes, I’ll send you resources after our time together.
I’m aways here to chat through anything you like afterwards and will support you as you continue learning about wild plants in anyway I can.
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I love having children join these events, so if your child is okay learning with adults, we’ll definitely make this relevant for them too.
If you can, consider learning with a small group of young people then all activities can be geared towards their collective learning.