Hastings Foraging Workshop

www.homegrownbotanica.co.nz

Foraging Workshop led by Felicity of Homegrown Botanica in a private & wild garden in Hastings NZ. Bookings essential.

Step into nature to discover a world full of wild, edible plants.

Focusing on abundant, delicious & nutritious edible weeds & commonly found plants, you’ll leave this workshop eager to forage in your own backyard & neighborhood.

We’ll take a wander around the a private property to find, identify, taste & discuss edible plants growing freely & abundantly.

You will learn:
~ the basic principles of sustainable & ethical foraging & wild harvesting
~ the botanical names of plants as well as their multiple common names
~ how to confidently identify 10-20 wild plants, with lots of details about lookalikes & toxic plants to avoid
~ nutritional & medicinal properties of each plant, including how to prepare simple healing remedies at home
~ how to prepare each plant for maximum nutrition & flavor, we’ll discuss simple recipes & tips for cooking each plant
~ the folklore & hisotry of each plant, how our ancestors foraged for & ate what we now call ‘weeds’. Many of these fascinating & often funny stories help us to connect with the plants, our ancestors and allow us to remember each plant better.

You’ll leave feeling empowered with the knowledge needed to build better local food resilience & food security. You can skip going to the supermarket after this workshop, instead gathering your own wild greens for dinner.

Class sizes are limited to allow lots of space for your questions, so book early to avoid missing out. After booking you’ll be sent an email with exact location & further details for the workshop.

To find out more about Felicity and her offerings, check out @homegrownbotanica on social media or www.homegrownbotanica.co.nz

Any queries please email [email protected]

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REVIEWS FROM PAST WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS:

Excellent guide on edible weeds:
Felicity was a knowledgeable guide on how to find, collect, and eat ‘weeds’. Most valuable to me was the key identifying features so we could be sure what we were gathering was the real deal, and what was the most likely things they could be confused with. It was helpful to hear the stories about the plants to help the knowledge stick. There was a scrumptious salad to eat at the end, and I could feel my body crying ‘I can feel this doing me good!’ as I ate. So good!
Felicity has a lovely way about her that made all of the participants comfortable about asking questions. Recommend attending if you feel you need some hand-holding to feel brave enough to eat something not from the garden or shop. I’m hoping she’ll do another with different plants so I can expand my knowledge. Jackie Thomas-Teague

Highly recommend any budding weed eaters attend Felicity’s foraging work shops, held in her fabulous garden, see, touch taste and gain knowledge on the nutritional value of each weed, whilst learning what to avoid. Felicity is a wealth of knowledge, extremely approachable and skilled at bringing a group of strangers together in learning. Here’s a pic of my salad from my garden after today’s session  – Vickie Chandler

I’ve been looking for a way to get more fresh greens into my diet and I love the idea of foraging for them. Felicity’s Wild Edible Greens workshop was the perfect way to learn how to do this. She taught us how to ID easy to find, nutritious and safe to eat weeds and how to use them in tasty ways. It was also great to learn which lookalikes to avoid too! – Nicky Boughtwood

Felicity hosted a super workshop in her garden last Saturday. Thank you Felicity for sharing your knowledge and inspiring us all to continue foraging and being at one with nature. It was great to meet other like – minded people. Loved the chickweed pesto, dandelion vinegar and wild weed salad! Felicity has a lovely way of imparting her knowledge and her passion shines through. Makes you just want to get out there and forage forever! – Raewyn Howes

Thanks so much for today, Felicity. It was incredibly informative and you delivered the info so well. I can’t wait to share what I’ve learnt with my girls, and make my own version of that delish salad and pesto! Love your work  – Norrita Attwood

Absolutely loved the foraging workshop. Great info, great setting. It’s turned a desire into a fave hobby and have planted Kawa Kawa, onion weed and stinging nettle already. Loving finding chickweed popping up in the garden, can’t wait to make some delicious pesto. Tu meke! – Julie Southcombe

Felicity,. thanks so much for sharing your great knowledge & passion on the wild edibles workshop last weekend. Loved it all – your wonder full weed garden, the gorgeous fresh garden salad & the pesto yummmm! Thanks for offering Homegrown Botanica to Kapiti and for being such a radiant guide towards greater health & harmony. – Jules Barber
I went to a Wild Edible Greens workshop with Felicity and really enjoyed it. Even plants I already knew were edible, I learned about in a lot more detail and feel really confident at identifying the plants and their lookalikes. Thanks Felicity – Caroline Arrowsmith

I attended the wild edibles workshop a few weeks ago. It was a completely eye opening experience. Thank you Felicity for sharing your wealth of knowledge and enthusiasm. I was taken back by the nutritional and medicinal qualities of these so called weeds. The course was wonderfully finished off by eating the delicious produce, made from the wild greens we had just learnt about. I have now devoured all the Dandy Lyons and Chick weed on my section and looking assist my neighbours in getting rid of theirs. Also,my eyes are drawn to the abundant crops of Nasturtium and Plantain….everywhere! A great workshop and one I would highly recommend. – Callum Ferguson

Knowledgeable in a down to earth way and great products – Suzanne Fahey