Riverside Foraging Walk - 23rd August
Almondell Country Park, Visitor Centre
£30.00
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Join me for a foraging walk, searching for wild herbs, summer fruits and fungi. We will look at wild spices such as hogweed seed, herbs including plantain and yarrow, and may even find summer fruiting mushrooms including chicken of the woods. Discover how to use wild flowers to brighten your cooking, and the plethora of wild greens that grow locally.
Ambling through the trees and alongside the Almond we will explore how to make wild food a staple and the benefits of doing so - from the nutritional to the cultural and philosophical. Throughout the morning gather the basic skills required to identify common edibles as well as how to avoid poisonous & inedible lookalikes.
The walk should last ~3 hours with the opportunity to stay a little later to ask chat and ask questions. We will meet outside the visitor centre, where ice-cream and snacks are available. Suitable for all ages and abilities with children welcome. As we will finish by the play park, this is the ideal location for keen young foragers.
Under 5s are free to attend, and older child tickets are £5
Accessible via public transport.
Meeting Point: Visitor Centre, Almondell Country Park, Broxburn, EH52 5PE
Time: 10am - 1pm
For a concession discount, type 'concession' in at checkout!