Step into the wild and learn to forage for botanical herbs and wild edibles with confidence. This interactive workshop will guide you through identifying seasonal plants, understanding their medicinal properties, and exploring their unique flavour profiles; before bringing them into the kitchen to create beautiful, nourishing dishes.
You’ll gain practical knowledge about plants that are both abundant and safe to identify. The plants shared during the workshop are carefully selected for ease of recognition, with no dangerous look-alikes to worry about. You can feel grounded and assured as you forage.
What You’ll Learn
How to confidently identify a selection of edible and medicinal plants
The traditional and modern uses of each plant
Flavour profiles, from bold and pungent to delicate and aromatic
Which herbs are best for cooking, tea blending, and natural garnishing
How to incorporate wild botanicals into everyday meals
You’ll discover plants with strong, distinctive flavours that can elevate savoury dishes, gentle leaves and flowers that brew into delicate teas, and beautiful botanicals that add colour and vibrancy to your plate.
What’s Included
Guided plant identification and education
Hands-on cooking and preparation
Shared food made on the day
Recipes to take home and recreate
This workshop is designed to reconnect you with the landscape around you. Building your confidence, sharpening your senses, and deepening your relationship with the plants that grow at your feet.
Follo museum • Belsjøveien 17, 1443 Drøbak, Akershus, Norge