Spring Forage & Wild Food Cooking Demo

Come and discover spring with us in beautiful Suffolk landscape  and learn how to get the taste of the wild in your diet.

Spring is the time of rebirth in nature when vibrant green plants burst into growth, packed full of vitamins and minerals and providing a tonic for the body after the cold dark days of winter.

All our Spring foraging takes place on Arger Fen near the village of Bures in the heart of rural Suffolk when we focus on the best wild vegetables and herbs including wild garlic, alexanders, hog weed, water cress, broom,  cleavers, cow parsley and even the common nettle. 

During the day we’ll walk through the many different habitats in the reserve talking about, but not picking (the subtle difference between a foray and forage), a wide variety of plants and a selection of fungi. Following this, we are lucky enough to go onto an area of private land, outside the nature reserve, where everyone can forage wild garlic before Carl cracks on with his amazing cooking, in the field kitchen, turning your foraged finds into delicious lunchtime treats including the best wild salads, hedgerow pestos, spring soups and lots more.

Every forager receives a Goodie Bag complete with recipes and a selection of wild food products including hedgerow pesto, wild soup and sour dough bread .

Tickets cost just £50 to include refreshments, the guided forage, cooking demo and Goodie Bag. If you are buying the ticket/s as a gift, please do let us know and we can email you a Gift Voucher cover to use for your ticket. Just email justine@suffolkmarketevents.co.uk 

FAQs

What are my transport/parking options getting to the event?

We will meet everyone at the small Arger Fen Reserve car park at 10.30am. Parking is free.

Google Map link to Arger Fen car park.

By Car : Arger Fen is between the vilages of Nayland and Bures in Suffolk. On the Bures-Nayland road, 1.5ml east of Bures is a crossroads. South is signposted Smallbridge Hall and Wormingford. North is Churchs Seed Store and Arger Fen. Follow the road north past the seed store to the Arger Fen car park on the right. Meet at the car park. Parking is free.

By Train: Nearest station is Bures on the Marks Tey to Sudbury Line.

By Foot/Bike : Argen Fen is about 1ml from Bures Station. Cross the bridge into the village. Follow the High Street and Cuckoo Hill to join St Edmunds Way Path at Fysh House Farm. At Over Hall Farm follow the road north to Arger Fen.

What do I need to bring?

The forage will last a 2- 3 hours and you will cover a fair distance in this time. The  ground can be slippery, muddy and uneven and you must be prepared to forage in all weather conditions.

Please wear waterproof footwear, ideally walking boots otherwise wellies will do. Please bring suitable waterproof clothing in case of wet weather and always have a warm coat with you. In dry sunny weather, we recommend you have a bottle of water, sunscreen and a hat.

It is a good idea to bring a basket for foraging, a notepad and a camera/Smartphone if you wish to take photos for identification purposes  and a large pair of scissors for cropping wild garlic.

Foragers Feast and Suffolk Market Events are not responsible for accidents or illness. Please inform the organisers of any medical conditions, allergies or food intolerances.

We have permission from the Suffolk Wildlife Trusts Ranger for the Foray and from the land owner for the wild garlic forage.