CPRE Hedgerow Foraging Walk
Join CPRE Hampshire on September 23rd for their hedgerow foraging walk exploring Compton Down.
Foraging expert and wild jam maker Jennifer Williams will help you learn more about the benefits of wild foraging.
Tickets cost £12 per person and spaces are limited.
About the walk
Join CPRE Hampshire for a hedgerow foraging walk, exploring Compton Down near Winchester, to learn about nature’s late summer bounty in Hampshire’s beautiful countryside. Jennifer Williams, award winning wild jam maker, will be sharing her secrets from the native hedgerow where she gets her inspiration.
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Tickets are limited so please book soon to avoid disappointment.
More information:
Please bring water and suitable shoes for walking along (potentially) muddy footpaths and drinking water. We also encourage you to bring a flask of hot water and we can steep foraged herbs to make a wild hedgerow tea as we walk!
We will walk along the hedgerows of Compton Downs, identifying, collecting and tasting what we find. Jen will also teach us how to prepare and what we can make with the foraged delights we find along the way. We will end our walk where we started where we will be able to taste some of the creations Jen makes!
She explains
I run around hedgerows, I pick, forage and prepare the delights for jars. I am at one with the seasons, the growing moments in the garden and hedgerow, watching how it changes, it’s magical to me. It’s all I am. This is where I belong, growing, hunting, gathering, and of course in the kitchen, that my happy place, it’s where I feel at home.
The long days have suddenly becoming shorter, as if nature is telling me to preserve, pickle and gather in all the bounty. However my days are not shorter, they are long in hours if not daylight so I can fill my shelfs with jars of all sizes and shapes.
I just love it.