Our popular foraging and fungi courses in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire have been running for almost a decade. We focus on getting to know the land and its wild food in a deep, immersive way that makes it easy to continue learning, gathering and cooking at home.
Leave the busy day-to-day behind and connect back to the peace of the natural world at our secluded woodland site near the beautiful town of Hebden Bridge. Wander in the wilds to discover a wide range of plants and mushrooms that can be used to make tasty and nutritious foods as well as potent medicines.
A big part of what excites us about foraging is tapping back into ancestral wisdom. As well as plant and fungi identification, we’ll introduce you to core bushcraft skills including an ancient firelighting technique.
The course covers an introduction to the practice of foraging and its core principles, methods of preparation and cooking, folklore & history, and the nutritional & medicinal benefits of the plants and fungi we find.
You will be offered tasty wild samples along the way, from traditional preparations such as cordials, vinegars, fruit leathers & tonics to our more modern creations such as forager’s chocolate and hedgerow ketchup. The day also includes a cook up over the campfire.
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2025 Foraging Course Gift Vouchers
Our Foraging Course Gift Vouchers are a popular choice for Christmas and Birthday gifts. Once you’ve purchased a voucher, you can either print a copy or have it emailed to your recipient. They can then book themselves onto any Foraging Course of the same value in 2025. Courses take place regularly throughout the year with plenty of options to choose from. Click on the voucher image to make your purchase.
2025 Foraging Courses
Bookings will soon open for our 2025 Foraging Courses with initial dates are as follows and many more to be announced:
Spring & Summer Foraging Courses
- 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
The day will include:
- An introduction to the practice of foraging and its core principles
- Plant and fungi ID skills
- Methods of gathering and preparing wild foods
- Folklore & history
- Nutritional & medicinal benefits of wild plants and fungi
- An introduction to core bushcraft skills including an ancient fire lighting technique
- Wild food samples to try along the way
- A cook-up over the campfire
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.
Foraging Tutors
Live Wild’s Leonie Morris – Leonie is co-founder and director of Live Wild and works with people of all ages to help them rediscover the ‘wild nature’ both inside and outside of us. She is a qualified Bushcraft Instructor & Wild Food Teacher, with many years experience teaching a range of programmes including regular seasonal foraging courses across the north of England and our long-term Forager’s Journey programme. She is also a proud member of the Association of Foragers. Leonie facilitates our Questing With Fire rite of passage programme, and various nature-connection programmes for children. She is happiest when sharing foraging wisdom in a holistic context: using all of the senses, gathering respectfully and playfully with homemade baskets, building a fire to cook up finds – she is a strong believer that all food tastes best cooked together over a fire!
Live Wild’s Sophie Wren –Sophie’s foraging journey began during her years living on the inland waterways where, mooring up in different locations, she became fascinated by the plants, trees and fungi that surrounded her. Foraging fit very well with an off-grid way of living, and soon she was hooked! The unexpected gift was a depth of connection to the wild world that has been life changing. It wasn’t long before fungi became a fascination, and Sophie studied mycology with the Field Studies Council as well as soaking up wisdom from various mentors and elders in the foraging community. She teaches regular seasonal foraging courses and fungi identification walks with Live Wild in West Yorkshire, and in various locations across Northumberland. She also co-facilitates Live Wild’s Forager’s Journey programme alongside Leonie and is a proud member of the Association of Foragers.
Terms & Conditions
By booking onto a Live Wild Foraging Course or Foraging Course With Wild Feast you accept the Terms and Conditions outlined here
Please note:
- Courses are suitable for people aged 14+. Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.
- Due to the sensitive nature of the site and the presence of food and fire, dogs are not permitted on courses