Foraging Taster Sessions with Live Wild

This event is part of the Calderdale Festival of Food – two weeks of eating and exploring in Calderdale, from the 7th – 20th September. Discover more about the festival here.

Live Wild’s popular foraging and fungi courses in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire have been running for almost a decade. They focus on getting to know the land and its wild food in a deep, immersive way that makes it easy to continue learning, gathering and cooking at home.

Choose from either an immersive Foraging & Fungi Day Course including a cook up over the campfire, or a 90 minute Foraging Taster Session.

Join Live Wild foraging expert, Leonie, for a fun and informative foray into the practice of foraging. Your Taster Session includes:

• A general introduction to foraging, including how to forage safely and within the law
• An understanding of the season, and what wild edibles to look for
•  How to confidently identify a range of common edibles
• Tips on how to sustainably harvest and process wild foods
• A selection of seasonal wild food tasters, pre-prepared by Leonie

*Suitable for adults and young people age 12+ (all persons under 18 must be accompanied by an adult)

Your tutor:

Leonie is one of Live Wild’s founders and directors, and works with people of all ages to encourage confidence, competence and a sense of belonging in the outdoors. She is a qualified Bushcraft Instructor & Wild Food Teacher, with many years of experience teaching a range of programmes, including regular seasonal foraging courses in locations across the north of England. Leonie is known amongst her foraging colleagues for her particular skills in creating fire whatever the weather using traditional methods, her sharp and seemingly extra-sensory ‘mushroom vision’, and her ability to help people see the world in a completely new way through sharing her extensive knowledge and nature-based wisdom.

Dates:

Meeting Point:

Hardcastle Crags, Midgehole Road, Hebden Bridge, HX7 7AW