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Join us for a wild food & wild skills session.
A WILD FOOD WALK AND A BUSHCRAFT LESSON COMBINED.
A morning exploring the edible delights of one of South East London’s most interesting wild areas, followed by an introductory bushcraft lesson looking at one of the basic essentials of survival, in this case cordage. The event will last for about 4 hours, involving safely picking and eating various leaves, berries etc as we go along with various new foods and drinks to try (made from different wild ingredients we’ve previously picked, cooked, fermented, pickled etc), learning to identify plenty of edible plants and discussion touching on numerous topics including, nutrition, medicine, herbalism, botany, cookery, horticulture and history.
Bushcraft Cordage.
Cordage, otherwise known as string is something certainly taken for granted in modern urban life. It is so cheap and accessible it has become just another disposable item of the utility draw in our kitchens. However, when spending any length of time in the outdoors, cordage becomes an invaluable necessity and there never seems to be enough. For the last hour of this extended walk you will learn how to make your own cordage from natural fibres, using both plants and trees. You’ll never run out of cordage again!
John Rensten’s (Forage London’s founder and author) book The Edible City can be purchased here.
