The Walking Foraging Experience
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Availability
All year round
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Duration
3 hours
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Price from
£15 per adult, £7.50 for children aged 6 and above
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Suitable for
Suitable for all ages, individuals, couples, families or groups. Dogs welcome & Bespoke foraging sessions are available for participants with limited mobility.
Introduction
Dalton Moor Farm is a small award winning vegan fruit farm in East Durham. The Farm are passionate about regenerating and supporting our natural environment for the benefit of all life.
The School of Sustainable Living and Wellbeing aims to empower visitors and students through skills and knowledge to live more sustainably and to become more confident, happy, healthy and self-reliant.
Foraging Walks are one of many fun, educational experiences. Your Hosts love to share their knowledge and skills.
At the start of the walk, your host, Jenny will explain all about foraging responsibly, legally and safely. You will learn how foraging differs from shopping for food.
You will then spend time exploring the farm and its varied habitats, meeting, eating and learning about a variety of plants, some familiar and some not.
Jenny will tell you about their unique characteristics, stories and uses, with suggestions of how to find, harvest and prepare them.
By the end of the walk, a whole new world of plants will have been revealed to you. You will have discovered how to use all your senses to explore nature and will be seeing the world with new eyes. Jenny will encourage you to decide on two or three plants to focus on for honing your new found foraging skills and will explain to you why it is important to do this.
At the end of the walk you will have the opportunity to visit the farm shop if you wish, to peruse the natural products grown and made on the farm.
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Why this experience is great for you
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Learn from an experienced forager and teacher, how to begin or develop your foraging journey.
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Experience the stunning beauty of the environmentally friendly farm.
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Reconnect with the natural world and forgotten wild foods.
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Engage with your world with refreshed senses.
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Discover amazing flavours of the wild.
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Depart with confidence to start incorporating two or three foraged foods into your life and the enthusiasm to continue learning.
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Get access to a private foraging group on Facebook (included in the price of your walk).
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Facilities and additional information
Equipment needed: No special equipment is needed, but you are encouraged to bring a notebook and pencil and/or a camera to record the plants you meet on the walk.
Weather: The walk will continue in all but the most extreme bad weather, you are advised to always dress for all likely eventualities. If in doubt please call the host ahead of your experience. It is advisable to wear sturdy boots / wellies throughout the year and to keep arms and legs covered, to avoid bites, stings and scratches.
Parking: There is ample free parking at the School of Sustainable Living & Wellbeing
Food and Drink: You may wish to bring something to drink or a snack for refreshment. Please note this is a vegan farm and we ask you to respect our values during your visit, Please bring only plant based foods and drinks onsite. Dalton Moor Farm also aim to keep single use plastic bottles off the site, so encourage you to bring refillable water bottles with you.
Toilets: Accessible Toilets are available.
Additional info: Dalton Moor Farm is a hidden gem. A beautiful natural environment with a range of regenerated and rewilded habitats. Experience the embrace of Mother Nature.
Location
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