Leave the busy day-to-day behind and connect back to the peace of the natural world at our secluded woodland site near the beautiful town of Hebden Bridge. Wander in the wilds to discover a wide range of plants and mushrooms that can be used to make tasty and nutritious foods as well as potent medicines.
A big part of what excites us about foraging is tapping back into ancestral wisdom. As well as plant and fungi identification, we’ll introduce you to core bushcraft skills including an ancient fire lighting technique.
The course covers an introduction to the practice of foraging and its core principles, methods of preparation and cooking, folklore & history, and the nutritional & medicinal benefits of the plants and fungi we find.
You will be offered tasty wild samples along the way, from traditional preparations such as cordials, vinegars, fruit leathers & tonics to our more modern creations such as forager’s chocolate and hedgerow ketchup. The day also includes a cook up over the campfire.
Date
Title
Color
Post Date
April
Spend the day in a beautiful woodland and learn how to identify and prepare the abundant wild foods of spring!
Spend the day in a beautiful woodland and learn how to identify and prepare the abundant wild foods of spring!
This time of year is a highlight on the forager’s calendar. The woods are full of shoots, leaves, fungi, flowers, and sap that can provide nutritious food and potent medicine. Join us to explore these wild edibles and their many uses. The course includes:
An introduction to the practice of foraging and its core principles
A hands-on introduction to plant and fungi ID skills, using all the senses
Methods of gathering and preparing wild foods
Wild fermentation techniques
How to sustainably tap for birch sap
Folklore & history
Nutritional & medicinal benefits of the plants and fungi we find
An introduction to core bushcraft skills including an ancient fire lighting technique
Wild food samples to try along the way, pre-prepared by your guides
A cook-up over the campfire
Take some time away from the busy day-to-day and connect with your wild side in a secluded ancient woodland close to Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.
more
26/04/2025 11:00 am – 3:30 pm(GMT+01:00)
May
Spend the day in a beautiful woodland and learn how to identify and prepare the abundant wild foods of spring!
Spend the day in a beautiful woodland and learn how to identify and prepare the abundant wild foods of spring!
This time of year is a highlight on the forager’s calendar. The woods are full of shoots, leaves, fungi, flowers, and herbs that can provide nutritious food and potent medicine. Join us to explore these wild edibles and their many uses. The course includes:
An introduction to the practice of foraging and its core principles
A hands-on introduction to plant and fungi ID skills, using all the senses
Methods of gathering and preparing wild foods
Wild fermentation techniques
Folklore & history
Nutritional & medicinal benefits of the plants and fungi we find
An introduction to core bushcraft skills including an ancient fire lighting technique
Wild food samples to try along the way, pre-prepared by your guides
A cook-up over the campfire
Take some time away from the busy day-to-day and connect with your wild side in a secluded ancient woodland close to Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.
more
16/05/2025 11:00 am – 3:30 pm(GMT+01:00)
Spend the day in a beautiful woodland and learn how to identify and prepare the abundant wild foods of spring!
Spend the day in a beautiful woodland and learn how to identify and prepare the abundant wild foods of spring!
This time of year is a highlight on the forager’s calendar. The woods are full of shoots, leaves, fungi, flowers, and herbs that can provide nutritious food and potent medicine. Join us to explore these wild edibles and their many uses. The course includes:
An introduction to the practice of foraging and its core principles
A hands-on introduction to plant and fungi ID skills, using all the senses
Methods of gathering and preparing wild foods
Wild fermentation techniques
Folklore & history
Nutritional & medicinal benefits of the plants and fungi we find
An introduction to core bushcraft skills including an ancient fire lighting technique
Wild food samples to try along the way, pre-prepared by your guides
A cook-up over the campfire
Take some time away from the busy day-to-day and connect with your wild side in a secluded ancient woodland close to Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.
more
30/05/2025 11:00 am – 3:30 pm(GMT+01:00)
Spend the day in a beautiful woodland and learn how to identify and prepare the abundant wild foods of early summer!
Spend the day in a beautiful woodland and learn how to identify and prepare the abundant wild foods of early summer!
This time of year is a highlight on the forager’s calendar. The woods are full of shoots, leaves, fungi, flowers, and herbs that can provide nutritious food and potent medicine. Join us to explore these wild edibles and their many uses. The course includes:
An introduction to the practice of foraging and its core principles
A hands-on introduction to plant and fungi ID skills, using all the senses
Methods of gathering and preparing wild foods
Wild fermentation techniques for brewing (nettle beer is a favourite!)
Folklore & history
Nutritional & medicinal benefits of the plants and fungi we find
An introduction to core bushcraft skills including an ancient fire lighting technique
Wild food samples to try along the way, pre-prepared by your guides
A cook-up over the campfire
Take some time away from the busy day-to-day and connect with your wild side in a secluded ancient woodland close to Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.
more
31/05/2025 11:00 am – 3:30 pm(GMT+01:00)
June
No Events
July
Spend the day in a beautiful woodland and learn how to identify and prepare the abundant wild foods of early summer!
Spend the day in a beautiful woodland and learn how to identify and prepare the abundant wild foods of early summer!
This time of year is a highlight on the forager’s calendar. The woods are full of shoots, leaves, fungi, flowers, and herbs that can provide nutritious food and potent medicine. Join us to explore these wild edibles and their many uses. The course includes:
An introduction to the practice of foraging and its core principles
A hands-on introduction to plant and fungi ID skills, using all the senses
Methods of gathering and preparing wild foods
Wild fermentation techniques for brewing (nettle beer is a favourite!)
Folklore & history
Nutritional & medicinal benefits of the plants and fungi we find
An introduction to core bushcraft skills including an ancient fire lighting technique
Wild food samples to try along the way, pre-prepared by your guides
A cook-up over the campfire
Take some time away from the busy day-to-day and connect with your wild side in a secluded ancient woodland close to Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire.
more
05/07/2025 11:00 am – 3:30 pm(GMT+01:00)
August
No Events
September
No Events
The day will include:
Join us for an introduction to the fascinating world of fungi and their many uses
The day will include:
Our Foraging Course Gift Vouchers are a popular choice for Christmas and Birthday gifts. Once you’ve purchased a voucher, you can either print a copy or have it emailed to your recipient. They can then book themselves onto any Foraging Course of the same value in 2025. Courses take place regularly throughout the year with plenty of options to choose from. Click on the voucher image to make your purchase.
Live Wild’s Leonie Morris – Leonie is co-founder and director of Live Wild and works with people of all ages to help them rediscover the ‘wild nature’ both inside and outside of us. She is a qualified Bushcraft Instructor & Wild Food Teacher, with many years experience teaching a range of programmes including regular seasonal foraging courses across the north of England and our long-term Forager’s Journey programme. She is also a proud member of the Association of Foragers. Leonie facilitates our Questing With Fire rite of passage programme, and various nature-connection programmes for children. She is happiest when sharing foraging wisdom in a holistic context: using all of the senses, gathering respectfully and playfully with homemade baskets, building a fire to cook up finds – she is a strong believer that all food tastes best cooked together over a fire!
Live Wild’s Sophie Wren –Sophie’s foraging journey began during her years living on the inland waterways where, mooring up in different locations, she became fascinated by the plants, trees and fungi that surrounded her. Foraging fit very well with an off-grid way of living, and soon she was hooked! The unexpected gift was a depth of connection to the wild world that has been life changing. It wasn’t long before fungi became a fascination, and Sophie studied mycology with the Field Studies Council as well as soaking up wisdom from various mentors and elders in the foraging community. She teaches regular seasonal foraging courses and fungi identification walks with Live Wild in West Yorkshire, and in various locations across Northumberland. She also co-facilitates Live Wild’s Forager’s Journey programme alongside Leonie and is a proud member of the Association of Foragers.
By booking onto a Live Wild Foraging Course or Foraging Course With Wild Feast you accept the Terms and Conditions outlined here
Please note: