Southland Foraging Workshops
The first of two foraging workshops was enjoyed by twelve people on Thursday 12th March 2015. The workshop was run by Maggie Elford and Chris Rance. Foraging is described as “to search widely for food or provisions”. We didn’t seach too widely but the aim of the workshop was to identify the plants widely available in Southland to use and eat (and a few that are poisonous!). Also, to give people new to Southland an idea of the fruit, nuts, herbs, weeds and native plants that grow well in our Southland region.
After a walk through the property indentifying plants and talking about their uses, we adjourned to the education Centre to sample some foraged foods including – elderflower cordial, elderberry truffles with panacotta, nettle pesto, nasturtium wraps, horopito crackers, dandelion coffee and a selection of tissanes – manuka, lemon verbena and chamomile.
Everyone seemed to really enjoy the evening – for foraging notes, a list of species discussed and some recipes see the foraging notes in the workshops section of the website. There are just a couple of places left on the workshop on the 19th March - book by emailing Chris.
Posted: 15 March 2015