Seasonal Wildfood Foraging & Cooking

Join us for a day of wild food, learn how to identify common plants or ‘weeds’, learn about their properties and then make some tasty food to share around the campfire.

Course Description

Come and join us for a day of learning about some of the commonly found wild foods available, what the benefits of them are either from a nutritional or medicinal point of view and, where appropriate, turn them in to something tasty.

Subjects Covered

  • The Law: What is the UK law regarding foraging of wild plants. We will also work to a foraging 'code of practice' that allows you to harvest but not deplete resources for wildlife and nature.

  • Nutrition: how wild plants are frequently highly nutritious and what their health benefits are, also the medicinal properties that we can harness which have been known and used for centuries.

  • Reading: we can advise on suitable books to work from to help with plant identification and will have some examples available to look through on the day.

  • Campfire Cooking: using the available bounty to produce delicious food and drinks. We will produce a highly nutritious and tasty soup for lunch which will be accompanied by simple campfire breads* and, for those that fancy, some woodland garlic butter freshly ‘churned’ at camp. Once lunch has been tidied we will look at some further culinary treats and drinks along with a simple salve which is good for bites, stings, cuts or just pain dry skin.

  • Involvement: a fully hands on day 😊

  • Bring: a plate, cutlery and mug, we will provide hot drinks throughout the day.

Notes:

  • * there will be gluten free options available.

  • Any recipes used on the day will be available for you to take home and use again and again.

  • We will be running a course in spring and autumn to make use of the different trees, plants, berries & seeds that each season provides.

Course Details

Location: Peak District

Course Length: One Day

Start/End: 09:30-16:30

Max Course Size: 8

Price: £70

Course Dates

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  • Great value for money, when you saw what the kids learnt and how much fun we all had.

    I thought it was pitched brilliantly for the age of the children, more challenging and more involved than I was expecting and much better for it. The way you managed to get 7 children all safely having a go at starting their own fires... meanwhile the big fire getting toasty for the marshmallows etc, the perfect way to end a party. We could have had fun for 4 hours easily, it felt a shame to end.

    Gail

  • I had a great time on the Level 1 Bushcraft course!

    The weather was miserable but Peter was attentive and good humoured, always had a brew on over the fire and made sure that the activities could be done under the canopy as well as in the rain!

    Learnt lots of new skills and Peter told us about the benefits of various trees and bushes without it being dry. Peter also took photos and gave us access to the box so we could re-live the memories from the comfort of the sofa! I hope his new woodland offers even more!

    Hannah, Introduction to Bushcraft 1 day course

  • Thank you so much for today. It was wonderful - I don't think it could have been better.

    Callum was going to phone you to say thank you but he fell asleep!!

    Laura Hill, Introduction to Bushcraft Day

  • Bushcraft isn’t all about fire but we all know that’s the most rewarding skill to learn; I have since gone on to make fire by bow drill on my own after this course!

    I was bought a day course from my sister for a Christmas present to attend Red Oak Bushcraft day course and I only have positive praise for the course and Peter, the instructor. The course was organised but relaxed and Peter was never far away to offer advice when required. I learnt a lot for a relatively short Bushcraft course.

    Graham Chesterfield, Introduction to Bushcraft 1 day course

  • All of the students were super proud of themselves because they could light fire without matches and told their teachers and friends how it’s done!

    M Lomas, Buxton Community School, Introduction to Bushcraft Day

  • You were brilliant company, and a brilliant bush craft aficionado!

    Just wanted to say thank you so much for such a fantastic day!! We all enjoyed every minute of it - both us adults the bigger kids and even Gracie! The kids started the fires each night in our cottage with the fire steels and we all now are professional fire starters so thanks for those skills too!

    Kirsty Collings, Family Bushcraft Day

  • A really fun way to spend some quality family time, thanks!

    We went on a fantastic family bushcraft day with Red Oak Bushcrafts. It was really well paced day that the whole family (my wife & I and our 2 children aged 6 & 7) thoroughly enjoyed. The kids were never bored and stayed well engaged while we felt that we were also learning something worthwhile.

    John Hobson, Family Bushcraft Day

  • The brownies had a great time firelighting in the woods!

    They had to use their communication and teamwork skills to enable them to light their own little fires. After the initial whole group instruction, the leaders took the time to show each group how to practice and develop their firelighting skills. It was a very informal setting but they still covered literacy and numeracy skills and also re-enforced manners from the brownies! The brownies got to toast their marshmallows at the end and sing a campfire song. Definitely be back!

    Brown Owl Methodist Brownies, Buxton, Private Booking

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