Foraging Experience

Where is it? Haslemere area in Surrey or Sussex/Hampshire.

Who’s it for? Anyone!

I look forward to welcoming you on a general Foraging walk accompanied by my good friend and “Mushroom Mentor” Paulo.

In the past I have veered away from including Fungi in my sessions but that’s all about to change! I have learnt a huge amount from Paulo when accompanying his forays and we are teaming up to give a more complete service to the budding forager! 

Our walks will start after the Spring Equinox and will be 2-3 hours duration at a gentle stroll pace so that we don’t miss out on what is growing around us.

We have various locations to run our forays on but they will usually be within 15 kilometers of Haslemere.

As a further temptation, each session will have some form of wild food edible snacks involved – this may be a simple foraged salad or maybe a stir fry using various mushrooms, perhaps washed down with a native herbal tea!! 

In order to provide a close personal service there will be a maximum of 12 people per foray and everyone is encouraged to get involved and ask questions! 

If you require something a little more bespoke, or perhaps a foraging session on your own property, then please get in touch and we will make a plan that suits your needs!

Book A Foraging Experience

If you are interested in a foraging walk, please send me an email with your walk requirements and I will reply with an itinerary and a guideline to costs.

Every walk is a bespoke adventure designed just for you!

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Check Out My Testimonials

What a fantastic day, lovely birds and lovely birdsong, beautiful carpets of blue, white and yellow flowers and a bit of sheep husbandry thrown in for good measure!
JKApril Walk
Not just a bird walk at all: timber extraction, coppicing, badger setts and arable farming went alongside 21 species of bird recorded!
HNJanuary Walk
Brilliant all-round naturalist, infectious enthusiasm, effective educator and easy-going raconteur. Total environmental entertainment.
Prof. Chris FeareHaslemere
With his acute hearing, he is often able to identify a bird before it is seen – as with the crossbills that flew overhead.
MHDecember Walk
It was a joy and a relief for 25 members to hear the birds of Frillinghurst and Grayswood giving their spring songs and calls on 13th April.
Haslemere Natural History Society
We resisted Jon's invitation to sample the yellow crab apples strewn over the path – he warned that they were the sharpest he had ever tasted.
MHDecember Walk
Jon passed on words of wisdom at the start “birds are put off more by wind than rain”, “humans hear more when ears are cupped”, “a group leader is more likely to share his sweets with a quiet group!” Fruitful words: the calls/songs of 19 species were identified.
JBMay Dawn Walk
Jon's walk led from clay in the valley with mature woodland, past traditional pasture with ponds, towards sandier soils with coppiced chestnut. What a variety!
MTNovember Ramble
Great to see you last night and thanks for the pheasant prep lesson, I really enjoyed it: you are a good teacher.
CMWild Food Evening
I just wanted to thank you so much for being such a total star with xxxxxx this afternoon. Both he and xxxxxx were blown away by the whole experience, especially your bothering to talk them through it so personally. God knows if it will have any permanent effect on him, but we really, really appreciate the trouble you took.
MWTherapy Walk
It was great to learn so much from you about the birds and environment. Thank you especially for introducing me to Stonechats. I have now looked them up and was pleased to find out they were behaving exactly as they are supposed to!
JPWalk
Thank you for your patience and helpfulness all the way through the assessment process.
LPTherapy Walk
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