Foraging Walk

Name: Foraging Walk
Start: 2024-09-28T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-09-28T16:00:00+01:00
Location: Coole Eco Community, Co. Offaly

Schedule

Sat Sep 28 2024 at 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Coole Eco Community, Co. Offaly | Athlone, WH

Learn how to identify and use the abundance of free food and medicine growing around us. We will go for a walk on our lush, biodiverse organic farm and discover some of the edible plants available in garden, field and hedgerow habitats. We will make a delicious herbal tea using some of the plants we find.
Time: 2pm – 4pm
Cost: Adult: €20 – €30
Child: €5
2 – 4 child bundle: €10
Facilitators: Patricia Barrett and Siobhán Lavelle
.This will be a relaxed and friendly workshop with lots of opportunities to ask questions.
Sliding scale is to accommodate people on lower incomes. Please pay what you can afford to help balance out costs.
Barter offers may be accepted. Please contact us to discuss this option.
Book soon as places are limited.
If you prefer to pay in cash, please phone or text PJ 0874162268
ABOUT THE FACILITATORS
Patricia has been foraging for 20+ years and now, with her children, enjoys roaming the hedgerows and turning foraged plants into food and medicine. She is a qualified horticulturist, is currently training as a herbalist and has many years of experience facilitating groups.
Siobhán is a qualified horticulturist with 14 years’ experience. She has been foraging on a daily basis for 5 years, making her own herbal remedies and obtaining a portion of her diet from wild plants.