2025 Foraging Courses
Bookings will soon open for our 2025 Foraging Courses and Bushcraft Mushrooms courses, with initial dates are as follows and many more to be announced between March and mid-November of 2025. Gift Voucher recipients can take their pick from any courses with places available throughout the year.
Spring & Summer Foraging Courses – Initial Dates
- Saturday 1st March
- Sunday 2nd March
- Friday 14th March
- Thursday 10th April
- Saturday 26th April
- Friday 16th May
- Friday 30th May
- Saturday 31st May
- Friday 6th June
- Saturday 7th June
- Friday 4th July
ABOUT THE COURSES
Foraging Courses
Our foraging courses in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire come recommended by The Guardian newspaper. Each course includes:
- A thorough introduction to the fundamentals of foraging
- A wild food and fungi (season dependent) discovery and ID walk including hands-on interaction, stories, folklore, and herbalism
- A variety of wild tasters to try along the way, from cordials and ferments to sweet treats and tipples
- An introduction to an ancient firelighting technique
- A cook-up over the campfire
- An adventurous and relaxing day out in one of Yorkshire’s most beautiful wooded valleys.
Bushcraft Mushrooms Courses
Join us for an introduction to the fascinating world of fungi and their many uses
The day will include:
- Introduction to the practice of mushroom foraging and its core principles
- Introduction to the identification and classification of fungi.
- Uses of mushrooms for food, medicine, bushcraft and first aid.
- After an ID walk we will arrive at our secluded basecamp where you will have a go at an ancient firelighting technique using key species of fungi to catch a spark and kindle a flame.
- We will then cook up tasty edible mushrooms and make a medicinal drink over the fire.