August 8, 2024
Summer Seaweed Forage
10:30 am
Come along to a late summer seaweed forage! Bring scissors and we'll make use of the low tide to harvest some delicious and healthy seaweeds.
Afterwards, we'll look at some wild greens and fungi, gather around and sample some of those foraged flavours in a wild food picnic..
£40
Seacliff Beach
August 22, 2024
Seaweed, Mushrooms, and Coast 9:30 am
Let's spend a late summer morning at the coast! Bring scissors and we'll make use of the low tide to harvest some delicious and healthy seaweeds. Afterwards, we'll look at some coastal greens and fungi, forage some seabuckthorn, gather around a fire (weather permitting) and sample some of those foraged flavours in a wild food lunch.
£45
Yellowcraigs Beach
September 13, 2024
Art Walk Porty Foraging Walk
3pm
Wild food chef and forager, Judith Lamb leads a short foraging walk through some of Seafield’s edgelands to explore edible food growing amongst our coastal ecologies. Join her to identify plants and taste some samples she provides on the walk
free
Portobello
September 21, 2024
Equinox Celebration:
Mushrooms, Seaweeds, Seabuckthorn
9:30am
Around the autumn equinox our shores are brimming with wild edibles; it's a perfect time to connect with nature through foraging. Seabuckthorn and a diverse array of mushrooms and seaweeds offers a bounty of flavors Emphasizing responsible foraging practices and wild food safety and culminating in a wild food picnic around a beachside fire, we'll celebrate the season and the local ecosystem.
£50
Yellowcraig
August 11, 2024
Summer Foraging
2:00 pm
Meadowsweet and fireweed, sorrel and yarrow, giant polypore and ripe berries and fruit all beckon in August.
See what edible wild herbs, mushrooms, and flowers grow in woods and grasslands and hedgerows in summer. Come along for a wander, bring a basket and scissors, and we'll collect some edibles and learn about which wild foods to find and how to prepare them this time of year. We will have wild food and drink samples to finish the course.
£35
Cammo
August 24, 2024
Collab: Ceramics, Forage, Feast
12:30 pm
Togerther with Ceramic Artist Michelle Lowe we will explore the edible and decorative species of Vogrie Country Park, work with white earthenware ceramic clay to create gorgeous botanical bowls, and finish the day with a seven course feast and fire cooking demonstration featuring foraged summer flavours and clay.
£75
Vogrie Country Park
September 15, 2024
Art Walk Porty Beach Cooking Event 6pm
Join us in celebrating the end of this year’s Art Walk Porty Festival with some wonderful beach cooking from wild chef forager, Judith Lamb.
Local, seasonal, foraged ingredients combine with artistry and unique flavour, a culinary delight! Not to be missed. Limited numbers afraid so please book early.
free/ £6 donation
Portobello
September 29, 2024
Autumn Woods
12:00am
During our foraging walk at Almondell Country Park, we’ll harvest the beautiful wild autumn bounty. We’ll walk through the mixed woodlands and along the river meadows, and discover which plants and mushrooms we can find. We’ll discuss identification features, responsible foraging practices, preparation suggestions, and, of course, similar looking toxic and inedible species. Suitable for all ages and skill levels and will include a picnic to sample food and beverages brimming with foraged flavours.
£40
Sold Out
Almondell
August 18, 2024
Summer Walking Lunch
11:30 am
Explore with me summertime on Corstorphine Hill. We will take a gentle walk through August woods and meadows, look at the edible and toxic wild plants and fungi that are emerging this time of year, discuss foraging laws, ethics, and safety, and taste the wild flavours we encounter in a minimum of fifteen delicious and surprising food and drink samples.
£50
Corstorphine Hill
September 1, 2024
Summer Forage
2:00 pm
At our Summer Foraging Course in Beecraigs Country Park, we will delve into the rich variety of summer plants and mushrooms. Topics will include identification characteristics, sustainable foraging methods, culinary preparation tips, and awareness of toxic and inedible counterparts. This course is designed for participants of all ages and experience levels and features samples of wild food and beverages.
£40
Beecraigs
September 19, 2024
Mushrooms, Seaweed, and Seabuckthorn
9:30am
Come and spend an exciting morning outdoors, collecting seaweeds, seabuckthorn and some autumn mushrooms. Learn how to harvest wild foods responsibly, safely, and sustainably and how to prepare them to make delicious and healthy foods and drinks . Finally, gather around and enjoy a delicious wild food picnic.
£40
Seacliff