Make crystallised flowers
Crystallised flowers make great decorations for cakes and biscuits and they’re really easy to make!
Blackberry vinegar
Blackberry vinegar is a thick, sweet and sour vinegar similar to balsamic vinegar. It’s really easy to make and has so many different uses.
Make a foraged blackberry and apple crumble
This classic blackberry and apple crumple recipe is so easy to make and is the perfect balance of sweet and tart flavours.
Spore prints from King Alfred’s cakes
Prints made from the spores of King Alfred’s Cake fungus.
Make pickled wild garlic buds
This pickled wild garlic bud recipe allows you to preserve the incredible flavour of wild garlic for a little bit longer. It’s a really easy recipe and a great way for children to get involved in foraging for food.
Homemade mint and lemon sugar scrub
If you’ve been spending lots of time outdoors or gardening, then this homemade sugar scrub made with lemon and fresh mint is perfect to help keep your hands hydrated and soft.
Foraged nettle spanakopita
Spanakopita is a traditional Greek dish made with fresh greens and feta and layers of golden flaky filo pastry. It’s most often made with spinach but also tastes delicious with foraged nettles.
Roasting foraged chestnuts
Sweet chestnuts are such an autumn treat and delicious when roasted and dipped in melted butter and salt. They taste sweet and slightly nutty and are really nutritious. If you’re lucky enough to have a sweet chestnut tree nearby, then you can forage your own which is such a fun thing to do with children.
Make blackberry ice cream
This is a simplified recipe for blackberry ice cream that you can make with foraged blackberries. It’s really easy and quick to make and so, so tasty with a really intense blackberry flavour!
Make dandelion honey
Sweet, golden and blossomy but this honey is made from dandelions not bees! Dandelion honey is a great plant-based honey substitute and tastes just like the real thing.
Make wild garlic houmous
Wild garlic is sprouting up everywhere at the moment and it’s perfect to use instead of ordinary garlic to make houmous. It adds a really fresh flavour and an amazing bright green colour.
Make wild garlic butter
Wild garlic is only available March-May so recipes to preserve wild garlic are really worth it. This wild garlic butter can be frozen and only needs three ingredients: butter, wild garlic and salt.
Make elderflower cordial
Elderflower cordial is great to have on a hot summers’ day with some ice and a slice of lemon. Elderflowers are beautiful delicate white flowers that can be found growing in hedgerows, parks, and woodland. They are usually flowering from late May until the end of June.
Fruit picking
Going fruit picking is a great way to get your kids outdoors and more connected with nature, they will love it as they will be able to eat the fruit.