Foraging walk for wild edible and medicinal plants
What you'll do
Expect to taste, smell and touch these wild herbs and get to know them better. You will learn more about the plants you already recognise and find out about lots of new plants too!
You will leave with more confidence to find these herbs in your local environment and begin your journey into using them for food and medicine.
During your experience, your knowledgeable host Maria will pass on essential tips for foraging, including what to bring with you, how to harvest safely and responsibly, where to find the best plants and, most importantly, what you can do with them once you’ve found them.
Bristol is filled with secret green spaces and small pockets of nature that are waiting for you to explore. This is a wonderful opportunity to head out on an adventure and see the city with new eyes!
Please see additional instructions for meeting points, locations and postcodes! Any questions, get in touch beforehand
Minimum fitness level required.
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What you'll do
Expect to taste, smell and touch these wild herbs and get to know them better. You will learn more about the plants you already recognise and find out about lots of new plants too!
You will leave with more confidence to find these herbs in your local environment and begin your journey into using them for food and medicine.
During your experience, your knowledgeable host Maria will pass on essential tips for foraging, including what to bring with you, how to harvest safely and responsibly, where to find the best plants and, most importantly, what you can do with them once you’ve found them.
Bristol is filled with secret green spaces and small pockets of nature that are waiting for you to explore. This is a wonderful opportunity to head out on an adventure and see the city with new eyes!
Please see additional instructions for meeting points, locations and postcodes! Any questions, get in touch beforehand
Minimum fitness level required.
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Facilities
- Child friendly (0-16)
- Outdoors
- Parking
COVID-19 guidelines
- Due to government guidelines, this experience is limited to six people
- Social distancing will be maintained where possible
- The entire experience will take place outside
On the day
Meeting points: - 4th September – Eastwood Farm, BS4 4SX - 5th September – Eastville Park, BS5 6QL - 26th September – The Downs, BS9 3US - 10th October – Greenbank Cemetery, BS5 6HP - 17th October – Conham River Park, BS15 3AW - 14th November – Purdown Open Space, BS7 9NP - 5th December – Leigh Woods, North Road, BS8 3PZ
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About Healing Weeds
Healing Weeds started with a mission to share knowledge about the amazing plants that live around us and to empower people with practical skills to confidently make herbal remedies from these wild medicines. Foraging walks are a chance to find different plants, see where they grow and and learn more about how to harvest them and what healing properties they hold. Wild medicine workshops are practical courses, teaching you easy ways to process these plants, including how to make infused oils, decoctions, tinctures, tea blends and balms.
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Maria is passionate about sharing the powerful healing properties of wild plants. She created Healing Weeds to empower people with the knowledge and practical skills to make herbal remedies from locally foraged plants. Connecting directly with nature in this way improves our health and wellbeing in so many ways. Maria is on a mission to inspire us all to get back in our natural surroundings, discover nature’s beauty and help protect our access to these green spaces.
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What people are saying
A very enjoyable afternoon. Maria is a great teacher.
Absolutely loved this experience, Maria was such a brilliant host, so lovely and knowledgable. Had a great time foraging and learning lots and would definitely recommend this experience. I am now taking the tips I learnt and using them in my day to day life and can’t wait to get out and do my next solo forage!
Maria is the most wonderful guide to foraging. We were new to this coming in, but wanted to gain an understanding of what we could do with the natural herbs and plants around our local area. Maria was so lovely, welcoming and knowledgable - and I was surprised at how much of a good time I had! We learned so much from her about the local area, seasons, what the local flowers and herbs could do and how we can use them in our everyday lives.
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Upcoming dates
What people are saying
A very enjoyable afternoon. Maria is a great teacher.
Absolutely loved this experience, Maria was such a brilliant host, so lovely and knowledgable. Had a great time foraging and learning lots and would definitely recommend this experience. I am now taking the tips I learnt and using them in my day to day life and can’t wait to get out and do my next solo forage!
Maria is the most wonderful guide to foraging. We were new to this coming in, but wanted to gain an understanding of what we could do with the natural herbs and plants around our local area. Maria was so lovely, welcoming and knowledgable - and I was surprised at how much of a good time I had! We learned so much from her about the local area, seasons, what the local flowers and herbs could do and how we can use them in our everyday lives.
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