Foraging Walks
Creative outdoor sessions for people who enjoy learning, making herbal preparations and spending longer with different plants across different locations.
These sessions include materials, smaller groups and more tactile time with plants.
Winter
Medicinal mushrooms like turkey tail, new ground growth like nettle and cow parsley.
Sat 21st Feb : 10am - 12.30pm ✦ Conham River Park
Sun 22nd Feb : 10am - 12.30pm ✦ Eastwood Farm
Sun 22nd Mar : 10am - 12.30pm ✦ Purdown Open Space
Summer
Flowers like yarrow and meadowsweet in bloom, apple trees with fruits, nettle seeds are forming.
✦ Sun 12th Jul : 10am - 12.30pm ✦ Eastwood Farm
✦ Sat 1st Aug : 10am - 12.30pm ✦ Conham River Park
✦ Sun 2nd Aug : 10am - 12.30pm ✦ Purdown Open Space
Spring
A fresh green carpet appears like sticky weed, tree leaves are tender like hawthorn and linden.
Sat 11th Apr : 10am - 12.30pm ✦ Eastwood Farm
Sat 2nd May : 10am - 12.30pm ✦ Purdown Open Space
Sun 3rd May : 10am - 12.30pm ✦ Conham River Park
Autumn
Ground growing seeds like burdock and plantain, trees develop berries and nuts.
✦ Sat 19th Sept : 10am - 12.30pm ✦ Purdown Open Space
✦ Sat 17th Oct : 10am - 12.30pm ✦ Eastwood Farm
✦ Sun 18th Oct : 10am - 12.30pm ✦ Conham River Park
These walks are for you if
✦ You want to find edible plants around you
✦ You want confidence and practical skills
✦ You love learning and sharing with others
✦ You want to use your local wild plants as food and medicine
What we learn
✦ Identification skills
Learn where edible and toxic plants grow, when to trust your judgement and how to safely forage on your own. You’ll leave with knowledge and a foundation in finding our most abundant wild food.
✦ Sensory learning
Always an invitation to touch, taste and smell as we use all our senses, curiosities and memories to reconnect. Recognise plants with confidence by drawing on these experiences.
✦ Accessible wild plants
All ages and abilities welcome, we'll stick to the paths as much as possible. If you have additional access needs, we can adjust our route and pace, get in touch - maria@healingweeds.co.uk.
Where we go
Eastwood Farm wanders down the hill to the riverside, through open space and woodlands ✦ BS4, 4ED ✦
Purdown Open Space overlooks the city with hilltop hedgerows and sloping meadows ✦ BS7 9NP ✦
Conham River Park merges with riverside paths, hedgerows and woodlands ✦ BS15 3AW ✦
