Wild Food with Liz Knight

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We are delighted to be working with Liz Knight, foraging course teacher and an author of three amazing books.

When Liz was in her 20s she bought a second hand wild flower ID book and found that the previous owner had scribbled notes in about how to eat the plants in the book – slowly she started eating them & became hooked, because wild food isn’t just free, nutritious and sustainable; it’s also often very delicious.

Since then she’s been on a mission to teach people about those plants. Her courses are designed to open your eyes to how the commonest of weeds can be transformed into the most exciting, nutritious and sustainable of foods.

A set lunch is also included on all of these courses. As well as general foraging walks, we are also offering specific courses for different needs.

If you book one of our experiences, you can also access a special experience rate to make a night or weekend of it.

 

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Wildly Hormonal

January 10

Little Christmas is a day  traditionally celebrated by women after the chaos of the festive season is past and it’s the perfect day to give our often frayed after Christmas hormones some self care.

Women have used plants to support their hormones for far longer than we’ve had HRT. Come and spend the day discovering how to support your body during its cycles and through peri/ menopausal years with herbs and food. We’ll make teas and tinctures that cool sweats, support sleep, calm our nervous systems and will feast on on a hormonal balancing lunch. (There won’t be a turkey in sight!)
 

 

Wildly Beautiful

February 14

The ultimate galentine? Spend the day giving your self some well deserved wild love. Wild plants make gentle, effective and toxin free skin & hair care – join us to make  hair tonics, cleansing oils, toners and anti aging moisturisers, along with discovering the wild plants to incorporate into our diets to make us glow from the inside with natural beauty. 
 

 

Foraging Walk

April 25, June 20, September 5

 Join Liz for a full day of foraging. Arriving at the hotel for a 10am start, you will spend the morning on the Site of Special Scientific Interest at the hotel learning about all of the plants that you probably have at home too. You will collect herbs, flowers and plants throughout the morning, which you will then use in the afternoon to make a tincture to take home with you. A foraged lunch is included. The course will finish at 4pm.

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Wildly Well

October 10

Come and learn how to turn plants into a store cupboard of products to keep you well this winter. We’ll gather the last of the seasons edibles before chopping & infusing them into delicious treats with medicinal benefits. As well as discovering common wild and garden plants you can forage for health through winter, you’ll learn how to make oxymels, tinctures, syrups and teas including:  
 
  • Immune boosting elderberry, blackcurrant and elderflower syrup
  • Throat soothing honeysuckle glycerites 
  • Warming rosehip fire cider.

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