Family Half Term Foraging Walk
Thursday 20th February 2025
11:00am-1:00pm
Step into the world of wild food on this family foraging course for ages 7-12.
Learn about the edible world that surrounds you in a family-friendly environment. Snack on the tastes of nature and learn how to make your own fizzing sodas with wild food!
Adults go free!
Each child must be accompanied by one adult.
Set in the stunning South Downs National Park near Midhurst, GU29. An email with full location and details on what to bring will be emailed to you 2 days prior so keep an eye out on your inbox and junk emails.
Step into the wild and clear the mind with a 2 hour guided nature walk through the beautiful South Downs woodlands learning what the season has to offer. Deep dive into the natural world guided by professional foragers, scientists and herbalists. Learn the myths, folklore, history, medical uses and edibility of common and unusual wild plants, trees, fungi and berries in a way that is understandable to children.
Plan for the day:
Please arrive 10 minutes before the start time to allow for introductions and get settled. The walk will start with a safety talk and overview where you can have any questions answered before we begin. We will then head out into the South Downs woodlands to bathe in nature and learn about wild food. We will then make fizzing wild sodas with plants, flowers and berries that we collect.
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As much as we love your furry friends, they unfortunately do not love foraging! We do not allow dogs on our walks due to them getting frustrated with standing still, slow walking speeds and not getting the true attention they deserve. There are also dangers of them eating poisonous plants and fungi that we are waving around and making look extremely interesting. For the sake of your own sanity and the safety of your fur babies we recommend you leave your pooches at home.
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We recommend ages 7-12 on our family friendly courses.
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We head off into the wilderness of the forests and hedgerows where it is unfortunately not accessible with steep hills, rocky ground and wayward roots. Please do get in contact with us if you have any accessibility needs and we can see what we can do and if we have sites that are more suitable.
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We like to operate in smaller groups usually 6-12 people. This means that we can communicate effectively with everybody, all the little foragers can see and hear the important information and there is the least amount of impact on the environments we are foraging in.
