Foraging Courses
Come join us on a Wild Food UK Foraging Course, and expand your knowledge of both the edible and toxic plants and mushrooms that grow within the UK. We have over 30 fantastic venues to choose from – whether you wish to forage locally, or prefer to combine your course with a weekend break-away – from Edinburgh to Exeter, Suffolk to Snowdonia and all that’s in between!
Choose your place from the interactive map or calendar, or browse through the list of our current venues below.
Herefordshire, Eastnor Castle Spring Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 16th Mar 2025 | 18 | More Details | |
| 6th Apr 2025 | 18 | More Details | |
| 26th Apr 2025 | 18 | More Details |
Herefordshire, Eastnor Castle Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 26th Oct 2024 | 18 | More Details | |
| 16th Nov 2024 | 18 | More Details |
Herefordshire, Eastnor Castle Spring Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 16th Mar 2025 | 18 | More Details | |
| 6th Apr 2025 | 18 | More Details | |
| 26th Apr 2025 | 18 | More Details |
Herefordshire, Eastnor Castle Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 26th Oct 2024 | 18 | More Details | |
| 16th Nov 2024 | 18 | More Details |
Herefordshire, Drovers Rest Spring Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 15th Mar 2025 | 16 | More Details | |
| 19th Apr 2025 | 18 | More Details | |
| 24th May 2025 | 18 | More Details |
Herefordshire, Drovers Rest Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 13th Oct 2024 | 11 | More Details | |
| 27th Oct 2024 | 8 | More Details | |
| 8th Nov 2024 | 18 | More Details |
Herefordshire, Drovers Rest Spring Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 15th Mar 2025 | 16 | More Details | |
| 19th Apr 2025 | 18 | More Details | |
| 24th May 2025 | 18 | More Details |
Herefordshire, Drovers Rest Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 13th Oct 2024 | 11 | More Details | |
| 27th Oct 2024 | 8 | More Details | |
| 8th Nov 2024 | 18 | More Details |
Bryngwyn Manor, Raglan, Foraging Course with The National Garden Scheme
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time |
Cumbria, Ennerdale Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 27th Oct 2024 | 6 | More Details | |
| 8th Nov 2024 | 14 | More Details | |
| 17th Nov 2024 | 14 | More Details |
Online Zoom Foraging Course
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time |
Field Mycology and Mushroom Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 18th Oct 2024 | 0 | More Details | |
| 26th Oct 2024 | 1 | More Details |
Online Zoom Foraging Course
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time |
Field Mycology and Mushroom Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 18th Oct 2024 | 0 | More Details | |
| 26th Oct 2024 | 1 | More Details |
Cheshire, Lloyds Meadow Autumn Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 19th Oct 2024 | 0 | More Details |
Worcestershire, Rush Farm Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time |
Worcestershire, Ashton Under Hill Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 18th Oct 2024 | 10 | More Details | |
| 8th Nov 2024 | 5 | More Details |
Cumbria, Acorn Bank Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 12th Oct 2024 | 7 | More Details |
Kent, Badgells Wood Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 18th Oct 2024 | 4 | More Details | |
| 17th Nov 2024 | 2 | More Details |
Cumbria, Eden Valley Glamping Foraging Course
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 19th Oct 2024 | 12 | More Details | |
| 16th Nov 2024 | 14 | More Details |
Somerset, Frome Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 19th Oct 2024 | 0 | More Details | |
| 9th Nov 2024 | 0 | More Details |
North Wales, Snowdonia Foraging Courses.
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 12th Oct 2024 | 8 | More Details | |
| 13th Oct 2024 | 1 | More Details |
Ayrshire, Craigengillan Estate Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 18th Oct 2024 | 13 | More Details | |
| 9th Nov 2024 | 11 | More Details |
Hampshire, Ewhurst Estate Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 25th Oct 2024 | 8 | More Details | |
| 2nd Nov 2024 | 0 | More Details |
Cumbria, Hutton-in-the-Forest Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 10th Oct 2024 | 11 | More Details | |
| 25th Oct 2024 | 10 | More Details |
Lake District, Dalemain Mansion Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 20th Oct 2024 | 10 | More Details | |
| 10th Nov 2024 | 14 | More Details | |
| 15th Nov 2024 | 14 | More Details |
Yorkshire Dales, Castiles Farm Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 11th Oct 2024 | 0 | More Details |
Gloucestershire, Notgrove Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 26th Oct 2024 | 0 | More Details | |
| 10th Nov 2024 | 11 | More Details |
Norfolk, Thorpe Forest Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 1st Nov 2024 | 7 | More Details | |
| 2nd Nov 2024 | 0 | More Details | |
| 3rd Nov 2024 | -2 | More Details |
Shropshire, Bridgnorth Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 11th Oct 2024 | 0 | More Details | |
| 23rd Oct 2024 | 18 | More Details | |
| 9th Nov 2024 | 0 | More Details |
Staffordshire, Cannock Chase Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 19th Oct 2024 | 0 | More Details | |
| 6th Nov 2024 | 11 | More Details |
Buckinghamshire, Shenley Wood Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 20th Oct 2024 | 0 | More Details | |
| 10th Nov 2024 | 0 | More Details |
Carmarthenshire, Glynhir Estate Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 12th Oct 2024 | 8 | More Details | |
| 3rd Nov 2024 | 8 | More Details |
Surrey, Guildford, Chantry Woods Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 3rd Nov 2024 | 0 | More Details |
West Sussex, Crawley, Tilgate Park Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 12th Oct 2024 | 0 | More Details | |
| 10th Nov 2024 | 1 | More Details |
Hampshire, South Downs Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 19th Oct 2024 | 0 | More Details | |
| 9th Nov 2024 | 0 | More Details |
Surrey, Warlingham Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 2nd Nov 2024 | 0 | More Details |
Gloucestershire, Cirencester Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 25th Oct 2024 | 0 | More Details | |
| 10th Nov 2024 | 1 | More Details |
Herefordshire, Ross-on-Wye Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 19th Oct 2024 | 0 | More Details | |
| 9th Nov 2024 | 18 | More Details |
Cardiff, Bute Park Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 20th Oct 2024 | 0 | More Details |
Surrey, Banstead Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 20th Oct 2024 | 0 | More Details | |
| 16th Nov 2024 | 0 | More Details |
Edinburgh, Penicuik Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 26th Oct 2024 | 0 | More Details |
Cambridgeshire, Huntingdon Spring Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 21st Mar 2025 | 18 | More Details | |
| 9th May 2025 | 18 | More Details | |
| 28th May 2025 | 18 | More Details |
Derbyshire, Peak District Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 25th Oct 2024 | 4 | More Details | |
| 26th Oct 2024 | 0 | More Details | |
| 27th Oct 2024 | 0 | More Details | |
| 3rd Nov 2024 | 0 | More Details |
Hampshire, New Forest Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 11th Oct 2024 | 7 | More Details | |
| 12th Oct 2024 | 0 | More Details | |
| 13th Oct 2024 | 0 | More Details | |
| 26th Oct 2024 | 0 | More Details | |
| 27th Oct 2024 | 0 | More Details |
Devon, Exeter Spring Foraging Courses
| Available Dates | Spaces | Time | |
| 31st May 2025 | 18 | More Details | |
| 1st Jun 2025 | 18 | More Details |
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
30
1
3
12:00 PM - Hampshire, New Forest Autumn Foraging Course
12:00 PM - Herefordshire, Ross-on-Wye Foraging Course
12:00 PM - Badgells Wood Autumn Foraging Course
7
8
9
12:00 PM - Shropshire, Bridgnorth Foraging Course
12:00 PM - Hampshire, New Forest Autumn Foraging Course
11:00 AM - Cumbria, Acorn Bank, Autumn Foraging Course
12:00 PM - Hampshire, New Forest Autumn Foraging Course
12:00 PM - Herefordshire, Drovers Rest Foraging Course
12:00 PM - Hampshire, New Forest Autumn Foraging Course
14
15
16
17
12:00 PM - Badgells Wood Autumn Foraging Course
12:00 PM - Cheshire, Lloyds Meadow Foraging Course
12:00 PM - Herefordshire, Ross-on-Wye Foraging Course
12:00 PM - Somerset, Frome Autumn Foraging Course
12:00 PM - Eden Valley Glamping Autumn Foraging Course
12:00 PM - Cardiff, Bute Park Foraging Course
12:00 PM - Surrey, Banstead Autumn Foraging Course
21
22
12:00 PM - Shropshire, Bridgnorth Foraging Course
24
12:00 PM - Gloucestershire, Cirencester Foraging Course
12:00 PM - Hampshire, Ewhurst Estate Foraging Course
12:00 PM - Edinburgh, Penicuik Autumn Foraging Course
12:00 PM - Hampshire, New Forest Autumn Foraging Course
12:00 PM - Herefordshire, Drovers Rest Foraging Course
12:00 PM - Cumbria, Ennerdale Autumn Foraging Course
12:00 PM - Hampshire, New Forest Autumn Foraging Course
28
29
30
31
12:00 PM - Surrey, Warlingham Autumn Foraging Course
12:00 PM - Hampshire, Ewhurst Estate Foraging Course
Cumbria, Hutton-in-the-Forest Foraging Courses
10-01-2024 to
25-10-2024
The UK’s leading gardening charity aims to enrich everyone’s life through plants, making the UK a greener and more beautiful place. This makes Hutton-in-the-Forest a very special place to visit and forage!
Terrain type: 
Bryngwyn Manor, Raglan, Foraging Course with The National Garden Scheme
04/10/2024 to
04/10/2024
This autumn, we're excited to be offered the wonderful opportunity of collaborating with the National Garden Scheme at the beautiful Bryngwyn Manor!
Terrain type: 
Cumbria, Eden Valley Glamping Foraging Course
01-10-2024 to
16-11-2024
Eden Valley is situated in the stunning Cumbrian countryside. Located near Carlisle, Eden Valley Glamping has forests, meadows, hedgerows and ponds, which make it perfect for foraging!
Terrain type:
Cumbria, Acorn Bank Foraging Courses
01-10-2024 to
12-10-2024
Acorn Bank is a beautiful old estate, now owned by the National Trust. It's renowned for its magnificent walled gardens, including a fascinating culinary and medicinal herb garden, lily pond, herbaceous borders and traditional fruit orchards.
Terrain type: 
Worcestershire, Rush Farm Foraging Courses
01-10-2024 to
23-10-2024
Established hedgerows, species rich grassland and ancient pasture ensures that our courses here will cover a wide variety of plants and mushrooms throughout the year.
Terrain type:
Staffordshire, Cannock Chase Foraging Courses
02-10-2024 to
09-11-2024
Cannock Chase is a large area of natural deciduous woodland, coniferous plantations and lowland heath, creating a diverse environments for many wild mushrooms to flourish during the autumn months.
Terrain type: 
Derbyshire, Peak District Foraging Courses
04-10-2024 to
03-11-2024
The Peak District is incredibly rich in edible wild plants and mushrooms, making this one of our favourite locations to host our courses from.
Terrain type: 
Herefordshire, Eastnor Castle Foraging Courses
04-10-2024 to
04-10-2024
The arboretum here contains vintage Yews and exotic Victorian trees, including ‘the most magnificent collection of cedars in the British Isles’. We expect to find a good number of associated fungi in the Autumn.
Terrain type:
Online Zoom Foraging Course
10/04/24 to
14/08/24
Terrain type:
Surrey, Guildford, Chantry Woods Foraging Courses
05-10-2024 to
03-11-2024
Chantry Woods’ approximately 200 acres of woodlands are home to British Oak, Ash, Beech, American Redwood and Fir making it ideal for Summer and Autumn foraging.
Terrain type:
Herefordshire, Ross-on-Wye Foraging Courses
06-10-2024 to
19-10-2024
St Mary's churchyard in Linton is home to one of the oldest Yew trees in Britain, believed to be well over 1,000 years old! We will meet at the Alma Inn, a beautiful village pub in the Herefordshire countryside.
Terrain type:
Gloucestershire, Notgrove Foraging Courses
06-10-2024 to
10-11-2024
Notgrove is a beautiful Cotswold village, with rolling hillsides and various species of mature trees. The various environments around the village allow for plenty of flora and fungi to flourish.
Terrain type:
Kent, Badgells Wood Foraging Courses
06-10-2024 to
18-10-2024
Situated on top of the Kent Downs in an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, you'll find a private and beautiful woodland, designated as a local wildlife site and brimming over with nature.
Terrain type:
Hampshire, New Forest Foraging Courses
11-10-2024 to
27-10-2024
Join us on a foraging course and learn all about Nature's Bountiful Larder!
Terrain type:
Shropshire, Bridgnorth Foraging Courses
11-10-2024 to
09-11-2024
Terrain type:
Yorkshire Dales, Castiles Farm Foraging Courses
11-10-2024 to
11-10-2024
Little Seed Field sits within the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty surrounded by fields, meadows, coppices of woodland and ponds, making it a perfect place to come and learn about foraging for wild tasty edibles.
Terrain type:
West Sussex, Crawley, Tilgate Park Foraging Courses
12-10-2024 to
10-11-2024
This large West Sussex park’s mixture of broad-leaved woodland, heathland and lakes, make it the perfect place for a diverse range of wild foods to flourish all year round.
Terrain type:
Carmarthenshire, Glynhir Estate Foraging Courses
12-10-2024 to
02-11-2024
Glynhir Mansion is a beautiful, rural 17th century farmhouse, set in the stunning Welsh countryside in Carmarthenshire. The Estate provides a cornucopia of wild plant & mushroom species year-round, making this a superb venue for mushrooms later in the year.
Terrain type:
North Wales, Snowdonia Foraging Courses.
12-10-2024 to
13-10-2024
Cefn Coed is a magical setting for our foraging courses. This historical Welsh farm nestles within a sheltered valley, surrounded by its own 75 acres of farmland and forests, including ancient oak woodland - great for mushrooms!
Terrain type:
Herefordshire, Drovers Rest Foraging Courses
13-10-2024 to
08-11-2024
The Drovers Rest is a beautiful 16th century organic farm, nestled in the Golden Valley at the foot of the Black Mountains. The farm is surrounded by 200 acres of ancient woodland, riverside and common land boasting spectacular views.
Terrain type:
Ayrshire, Craigengillan Estate Foraging Courses
18-10-2024 to
09-11-2024
Craigengillan is an award-winning 3000 acre estate, set amidst the hills of the Southern Uplands of Scotland. Encompassing ancient native woodlands, pasture, wetlands, heaths and lochs, we're excited to see what we'll find here!
Terrain type:
Worcestershire, Ashton Under Hill Foraging Courses
18-10-2024 to
08-11-2024
Ashton under Hill is a lovely little village in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire. We will meet at the Star Inn, a friendly country pub in idyllic surroundings before heading off to discover what the area has to offer.
Terrain type:
Hampshire, South Downs Foraging Courses
19-10-2024 to
09-11-2024
Sitting in the midst of the South Downs, this impressive mix of open grassland and vast woodland provide a diverse habitat for a wide range of wild plants and mushrooms to flourish throughout the year.
Terrain type:
Cheshire, Lloyds Meadow Autumn Foraging Courses
19-10-2024 to
19-10-2024
Terrain type:
Surrey, Banstead Foraging Courses
20-10-2024 to
16-11-2024
There is a huge variety of edible plants in the South East, with Banstead being one of our favourite places to showcase what's on offer in this area.
Terrain type:
Cardiff, Bute Park Foraging Courses
20-10-2024 to
20-10-2024
Cardiff's Bute Park is a beautiful city centre park, and due to its mixed habitat is surprisingly plentiful in wild plant, flower and mushroom species throughout the year.
Terrain type:
Lake District, Dalemain Mansion Foraging Courses
20-10-2024 to
15-11-2024
The varied habitats of the Dalemain Estate parklands and gardens area provide a rich, year-round array of plants, trees and fungi for us to explore.
Terrain type:
Gloucestershire, Cirencester Foraging Courses
25-10-2024 to
10-11-2024
There is a rich flora present and with a number of mature oaks and beeches, we can hope to find a really interesting array of fungi, in season.
Terrain type:
Hampshire, Ewhurst Estate Foraging Courses
25-10-2024 to
02-11-2024
The Ewhurst Park team are embarking on an estate-wide biodiversity project, which makes this venue a very special place to learn about foraging.
Terrain type:
Edinburgh, Penicuik Foraging Courses
26-10-2024 to
26-10-2024
During these courses we will traverse meadows, woodland and hillside in the Flotterstone area of the Pentland Hills Regionall Park. We expect in the Summer & Autumn to find a wide variety of some of the best edible mushrooms around.
Terrain type:
Field Mycology and Mushroom Foraging Courses
26-10-2024 to
18-10-2024
Terrain type:
Cumbria, Ennerdale Foraging Courses
27-10-2024 to
17-11-2024
Low Gillerthwaite Field Centre is nestled at the base of Pillar, Steeple and Red Pike, making it a remarkable place for hosting our Autumn foraging courses.
Terrain type:
Norfolk, Thorpe Forest Foraging Courses
01-11-2024 to
03-11-2024
Thorpe Forests patchwork of conifer and broadleaf woodland provides the oppurtunity of finding a great range of gourmet mushrooms there this Autumn.
Terrain type:
Surrey, Warlingham Foraging Courses
02-11-2024 to
02-11-2024
This course begins at The Harrow, a charming country pub in Warlingham where there is a huge variety of wild edibles waiting to be discovered!
Terrain type:
Somerset, Frome Foraging Courses
09-11-2024 to
09-11-2024
We will be gathering for this course at East Woodlands Village Hall on the edge of Selwood Forest, a beautiful area in the Somerset countryside.
Terrain type:
Buckinghamshire, Shenley Wood Foraging Courses
10-11-2024 to
10-11-2024
These foraging courses will take place in Shenley Wood, a semi-natural ancient woodland mostly consists of Ash, Oak and Hazel. During the Autumn months we expect to find a range of edible mushrooms.
Terrain type:
Herefordshire, Drovers Rest Spring Foraging Courses
15-03-2025 to
24-05-2025
The Drovers Rest is a beautiful 16th century organic farm, nestled in the Golden Valley at the foot of the Black Mountains. The farm is surrounded by 200 acres of ancient woodland, riverside and common land boasting spectacular views.
Terrain type:
Herefordshire, Eastnor Castle Spring Foraging Courses
16-03-2025 to
26-04-2025
The arboretum here contains vintage Yews and exotic Victorian trees, including ‘the most magnificent collection of cedars in the British Isles’. We expect to find a good number of associated fungi in the Autumn.
Terrain type:
Cambridgeshire, Huntingdon Spring Foraging Courses
21-03-2025 to
28-05-2025
We will meet at the Brampton Mill, a beautiful riverside pub along the Great Ouse, near Huntingdon.
Terrain type:
Devon, Exeter Spring Foraging Courses
31-05-2025 to
01-06-2025
These courses will be held in the environs of the Riverside Valley Park, in the area around the Double Locks, a beautiful canal-side pub on the outskirts of Exeter.
Terrain type: