Wild Food Foraging at Jesmond Dene

It  is a common belief that you need to live deep in the countryside to  enjoy foraging, but once you start to look closer  at the small pockets of green spaces hiding in plain sight around towns and cities, you’ll  wonder why you never saw it all before!

Come along to a Wild Food Foraging Walk and explore the incredible abundance of wild edibles, as we take a walk through Paddy Freeman Park and Jesmond Dene, an expanse of woodland and open park which runs alone the Ouseburn with wonderful plant diversity.

- What to Expect -

🌱You will learn how to correctly identify wild edibles, which can include flowers, fruits, foliage and fungi.

🌱How to forage safely and within the law.

🌱How to act sustainably when out and about.

🌱How to use wild food in the kitchen, including tips on how to prepare, store and preserve them and make the most of your harvest.

🌱We'll also look at the medicinal and nutritional benefits of the wild edibles we come across.

- What to Bring -

Please dress for the unpredicatable British weather, and wear whatever footwear you feel comfortable in. 

Feel free to bring a notepad and pen if you want to take notes along the way.

- Accessibility -

This route is  mostly along paved footpaths, but there are stairs along the route. There is plenty of parking nearby which is pay and display, with free blue badge parking There are toilet facilities available nearby at Paddy Freeman Park. If you have any accesibilty requirements I ask that you can please get in touch before booking just to make sure that this route is right for you.

- Extra Information -

Children under the age of 14 are free to attend all of the Wild Food Foraging Walks so long as they come along with a paying adult. 

An email will be sent out to all attendees a few days before the event to email addresses used during the booking process to confirm all of the details and meeting information. Please check your spam filters for these emails.