Spring foraging  with lunch, and goodies to take home nr Frome/Bruton

Joanna Webber, Forager and Ayurvedic herbalist

Join us for a fun day of spring foraging, delicious lunch, and goodies to take home near Frome/Bruton on Sunday 6th April at 10:00 am

Church of St Mary the Virgin

Somerset foraging & wildcrafting workshops

I offer friendly Foraging workshops- guided by Ayurveda's seasonal wisdom and encouraging everyone to eat something wild every day- always tasty things to eat and drink as well as a handout and samples to take home.

Spring is the best time to cleanse with bitter, astringent and pungent plants such as dandelion, wild garlic, nettle, hedge mustard and cleavers. These are also all nutrient rich and help us recharge after winter. We'll go for a walk around Batcombe woods and fields foraging as we go. Please bring gardening gloves and a foraging basket or bag. We'll then head to my home to make some delicious recipes:<ul><li>Spring tonic herbal vinegar</li><li>Wild pesto,</li><li>Wild garlic salt</li><li>Wild garlic butter</li></ul>We'll also discuss how best to preserve foraged finds with sea salt, honey, apple cider vinegar or brandy. You get to take home two wildcrafted recipes to try, and a full handout with recipes.These will accompany a tasty vegetarian lunch (Spring greens soup with local sourdough bread). You get to take home a tasty herbal vinegar, wild garlic salt and a full handout of nutritional info and recipes to try at home."Thank you for such a wonderful day Jo, you really are so knowledgeable and an amazing person to learn from. Your home is beautiful and the food was absolutely delicious. I can’t wait to get stuck in to some of the recipes!" (Jessie B)"The Spring Foraging Workshop was a very enjoyable experience. Whilst harvesting seasonal edible and healing plants in the sunny woods and fields, we were given much information by Joanna - who is extremely knowledgeable about wild plants - and I learnt many new things. Joanna is very generous, and when we got back to the house we were given home made Dandelion cookies and herbal teas using the plants we had bet it foraging, as well as making pesto, tonic vinegar, and tasting delicious wild garlic butter. We were also given an epic handout with lots of information and recipes Very good value, and made new friends."My aim is for my workshops to be friendly and inclusive places where all are welcome. If you have mobility or other issues which may impact being able to walk across different terrains for an hour please do get in touch to discuss options.Dogs Welcome on leads on the walk part and can be left in car at my home for the wildcrafting part.