Let’s get outside. The medicine is already there.
Joyfully-led 2.5hr foraging walks through Bristol's parks and riverside paths; we learn to identify, understand and use the wild plants growing around us.
Always seasonal, sensory and practically transformative.
★★★★★ (130 Google review ratings)
What you’ll leave with
✦ Identification skills
Confidence to identify the most abundant edible and medicinal plants in Bristol.
✦ Practical knowledge
An understanding of when to harvest, how to use them and why this knowledge matters.
✦ Applied insight
A new relationship with every park, verge and riverbank you pass by for the rest of your life.
What's included in every walk
· 2.5 hours outdoors in a small group (max 15) so everyone gets space to ask questions and get hands-on
· All materials included · Sensory approach - we touch, taste and smell as we learn
· Fully accessible routes, adaptable to your needs · Certificate of participation on request (for CPD, community groups)
Book your season
Each walk is shaped by what's growing in each season. Spring brings tender green shoots and the first medicinal herbs. Summer brings bright flowers and the first seeds. Autumn brings rich berries, nuts, seeds and fungi. Winter brings nourishing roots, evergreens, the bark medicines and the things most people walk straight past.
"I walked the same park every day for five years. After one walk with Maria, I realised I'd never actually seen it." - 5-star Google review
Spring
Sticky weed, tender hawthorn leaves, wild garlic, linden leaves
£36 per person
2.5 hrs · small group · materials included · all abilities
"I didn't know any plant names before. I left with a whole new relationship with the park at the end of my road." - Sarah, Bristol
A fresh green carpet appears like sticky weed, trees are tender with hawthorn and linden leaves.
✦ Sat 11th April : 10am - 12.30pm ✦ Eastwood Farm
✦ Sat 2nd May : 10am - 12.30pm ✦ Purdown Open Space
✦ Sun 3rd May : 10am - 12.30pm ✦ Conham River Park
Summer
Yarrow in flower, meadowsweet, elder, nettle seeds forming
£36 per person
2.5 hrs · small group · materials included · all abilities
Sun 12 Jul · Eastwood Farm · Available
Sat 1 Aug · Conham River Park · Available
Sun 2 Aug · Purdown Open Space · Available
"Maria's knowledge is extraordinary. She turned a Bristol park into a living pharmacy." - Tom, Clifton
Flowers like yarrow and meadowsweet are in full bloom, trees develop fruits like apples, nettle seeds are starting to form.
✦ 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
Autumn
Ground growing seeds, burdock, plantain, trees with berries and nuts
£36 per person
2.5 hrs · small group · materials included · all abilities
Sat 19 Sept · Purdown Open Space · Available
Sat 17 Oct · Eastwood Farm · Available
Sun 18 Oct · Conham River Park · Available
“This was such an informative and enjoyable experience. Received this walk as a gift and it was one of the best gifts I've ever got!” - Orla, Bristol
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
Where we’ll 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