WILD FOOD TASTER WALKS:
Price £12.50 per person /
under 16s free
2 to 3 hour guided walks in various locations around West
Cornwall. Winter and Spring walks often start at the Fat Hen headquarters and
late Spring and Summer walks at various coastal and inland locations around
the Penwith Peninsula. The walks take place throughout the year between February
and November.
During
the walks Caroline will show you the edible wild herbs, flowers, fungi, seeds,
roots, seaweeds, berries, salads and vegetables in season. Each walk takes in
2 or more of the following habitats: hedgerows, waysides, fields, seashores,
clifftops, streams and woodland. You will learn about the culinary and medicinal
uses for these plants and historical facts about how they came to be where they
are in our semi-wild landscape.
You will discover how to incorporate these plants into your diet in a creative
and delicious way and will be inspired to try some of the Mediterranean, Middle
Eastern, Far Eastern and traditional British recipes that Caroline will recount
to you during the walk.
Caroline will teach you how to forage sustainably, legally and with an awareness
of the dangers of picking poisonous or contaminated plants.
These walks are ideal for anyone with an interest in the countryside, food and
nature. They are a great way of re-connecting with the source of our food and
will leave you feeling invigorated and wanting to learn more.
If you can’t find a date that suits you on the calendar please contact
Caroline to arrange a private walk in the location of your choice anywhere in
Cornwall.
(Minimum price £50 or £12.50 per person for a private walk + travel
expenses at 0.35p/mile).
WILD FOOD TASTER DAYS:
Price £55 per person (10am – 4 pm)
3 - 4 hour forage on West Cornwall's beaches, cliff tops, woodlands and hedgerows
gathering seaweeds, herbs, flowers, salads and vegetables followed by a 3 course
wild food lunch cooked communally and eaten back at Fat Hen's headquarters.
You
will learn everything written above (see description of wild food taster walks).
However, you will learn in more depth than on a walk as you will be picking
the plants yourself, cooking with them and eating them. There's no better way
to learn than to pick and eat it yourself. . We supply baskets and scissors
for the day.
You will get an opportunity to cook some of the foraged wild foods as a group
in Fat Hen's kitchen and will get to try various preserved and dried wild foods
and beverages from Fat Hen's store cupboard.
This taster day will teach you how to use those wild foods found in season at
that time of year. You will get ideas for at least 10 different recipes and
will get to forage at least 15 different wild edible plants.
'Davey is an ecologist by training and her practices are impeccable: only
harvest enough for yourself from abundant or pest species (the delicious chive
like three cornered leek is one, as is the humble nettle); use scissors to protect
the roots; and always seek permission to forage on private property'
Bring your team from work or get together with some friends
to come on a day of foraging and cooking with Caroline. These days can be organized
for groups up to 10 and will take the format of a wild food taster day.
“The
foraging, cooking and feasting day laid on by Fat Hen was one of the best team
building days we have done in over ten years.
' The Cornwall College Project Services department is a high performing and
tightly knit group of people who take team building very seriously. We try to
have 3 days a year out of the office to do team building, in a setting unassociated
with work but which still requires the team to function together, often in circumstances
which positively challenge the normal team structure and relationships. Fat
Hen provided exactly the right setting and activities to do this. It was a very
interesting day, great fun, and we got to eat the fruits of our labours, which
were delicious.'
Matthew Borne, Director of Strategic Development, Cornwall College Group
dates | booking
CONSULTANCY:
Price £200 per day (+ travel expenses @ £0.55/mile)
Are you a landowner who would be interested to find out what wild food resources
you have on your land? With a background in ecology and over 10 years working
as an ecological consultant with CEC Ltd, www.cec.gb.com, Caroline has the expertise
to come and carry out a botanical survey of your land with particular emphasis
on mapping edible and invasive plants with any other wildlife management information
you may require.
This consultancy can take the form of a visit to your farm with
a verbal or written report with hand annotated or digitally produced maps.
The report will include photographs of the plants, historical facts and recipe
ideas and maps indicating the location of wild edible plants.
Advice on native planting to enhance habitats for wildlife and to enhance edible
plant resources can also be given.
Contact Fat Hen for a bespoke booking for groups of up
to 30 people. These can be wild food walks, day courses with lunch or wild food
dinners. I can travel anywhere in Cornwall and Devon to run an event.
PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL FORAGING DAYS
Price £120 per day 9.30am - 5pm
If you are really keen to learn about our wild edible plants in greater depth
and to get a real taste of foraging professionally come on a private foraging
day with Caroline.
On this day you will be taken to all the habitats that Caroline forages in in
West Cornwall: beaches, cliff tops, heathland, woodland, coastal grassland,
streams, hedgerows, farmland, derelict ground and estuary and will get a really
good overall grasp of what plants are in season and how to use these plants
in cooking.
A day like this can be long and tiring and it is essential that you are fit
and active. We will cover a lot of ground and pick a lot of produce.
You need both Wellington boots and walking shoes/boots, waterproofs, sun cream,
a packed lunch and water to drink.
WILD FOOD DINNERS
Price on application
We can come to you or you can come to us. We can accommodate up to 30 people
here in the Goat Barn for a wild food lunch or dinner or we can come to you
anywhere in Cornwall. Fat Hen works in collaboration with Lime Tree Event Catering
for large wild food dinners:
