November Forage: Fungi and Finds - 8th November 10am

Join me for a my last full length foraging walk of the year. We will explore edible mushroom families including any late season species such as honey fungus (armillaria). Medicinal species we will discuss include turkey tail and birch polypore, as well as novel food legislation and how it impacts these natural medicines. As well as fungi, we will look for wild spices such as hogweed seeds and cloveroot, nuts such as acorns, and late season fruits including sloes and haws.

Ambling through the trees and alongside the river 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. We will look at the role and risks of identification apps, as well as how to use mushroom guidebooks and trusted internet sources.

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 center, please note the coffee machine requires coins. Suitable for all ages with children welcome - individual or family tickets. As we will finish by the playpark, this is the ideal loction for keen young foragers. Easily accessible via public transport (the nearest bus stop is in Calderwood).

Under 5s are free to attend, contact me for older child tickets, priced at £5.

Meeting Point: Visitor Centre, Almondell Country Park, Broxburn

Time: 10am - 1pm