AUTUMN RETURNS | Sunday 30th October 11-2pm: Mindful forage & wild plant learning + homemade tea, Hampstead Heath
AUTUMN RETURNS | Sunday 30th October 11-2pm: Mindful forage & wild plant learning + homemade tea, Hampstead Heath
AUTUMN RETURNS | Sunday 30th October 11-2pm: Mindful forage & wild plant learning + homemade tea, Hampstead Heath
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AUTUMN RETURNS | Sunday 30th October 11-2pm: Mindful forage & wild plant learning + homemade tea, Hampstead Heath

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"Feel full of joy for people and nature" Izzy

"Tamara brought us carefully into a magical and ancient world of plants that I haven't stopped thinking about since." Freddy

"This course helped me to go slower to notice the smaller things, smaller things which have huge power." Hugo

When? 

Sunday 30th October 11-2pm: Mindful Autumn forage & wild plant learning + homemade tea, Hampstead Heath

What to expect?

A deep dive into autumn’s riches. In collaboration with Plant Listening (Tamara Colchester) this autumn foraging walk is an invitation to explore the magnificent trees and parkland of Hampstead Heath. Walking as a group in the ancient way of the hunter-gatherer we will seek out the many wild plants that appear at this time of year. 
Some of the special herbs, mushrooms and trees we will learn encounter are the apotraic Rowan, soothing Rosebay Willowherb, wise Elder, Rose, Hawthorn, Bramble, invigorating Nettle seed and immune-boosting Birch Polypore along with any of the other healing (and poisonous!)  mushrooms and plants that we find in our path. 
A gentle 2.5 hour meander, packed full of ethnobotanical tales, we will finish up with a wild tea in a secret glade as we go over the plants learnt and how best to prepare them for winter. All participants will also receive a pdf containing information about all the plants met, along with recipes and storage methods.
  • Learn over 15 wild autumnal plants and fungi, and how to work with them as food and medicine.
  • Explore traditional preparation & storage techniques
  • Learn about local birds and mammals using ancient animal tracking techniques
  • Be nourished by a wild tea amidst the trees

We will then have tea and cakes on the Heath with some of the plants we've collected together.

Meet our host!

Plant Listening (Tamara Colchester) is a wild food teacher and writer who guides people in the old ways of foraging as a route to a simpler, more connected way of life. Trained by renowned wild food teacher and author Ffyona Campbell, she now travels the UK reintroducing people to our wild heritage. Incorporating her interest in psychotherapy and healing (she trained at Tavistock & Portman), she specialises in using foraging and tracking techniques as a means of helping those suffering from PTSD, Depression and Anxiety, as well as those who are simply interested in deepening their relationship with their environment and the food we eat. @plantlistening

"A brilliant way to spend a Sunday morning, who would have thought foraging could be such fun!" Nicholas