Getting engaged with wild foods brings out your adventurous spirit, satisfies the drive to be more self-reliant, and fulfills the desire to connect more intimately with the earth and its bounty. It sets you on a path to be a student of the plant world, an investigator, an observer, a detective of the secret life of plants.

Each walk starts at 11.00 and lasts around 2,5 -3 h 

Meeting point: Malmö, Västra Hamnen, Propellergatan 10 a

Walk guided by Agata Bielska from Meadow Lab, foraging and wild food educator

The language of the course: English

Each participant will receive a list of plants with names in English and Swedish + botanical names

You will learn:

How to start learning about wild edible plants

How to identify and use a minimum of 10 wild edible plants

What safety rules must be followed when collecting wild plants

Which plants are in season in spring

Where to look for them

How to observe cycle of plant’s life and how to look for tastiest wild edibles all year around

Which parts of the plant can be used as a food and how to choose the tastiest

Tried and tested suggestions on cooking, processing tips and recipe ideas

Information of nutritional and medicinal benefits

What to Bring:

Comfortable, weather appropriate clothing and footwear

Camera

Notebook and pen

Bottle of water or drink

Cup, plate and cutlery for trying homemade tasters made with wild ingredients at the end of the walk

Also please bring your own hand sanitizer and use as necessary on the course