Wild larder UK

Wild larder UK Plant foraging classes in the Dorset area.

Wild larder focuses on wild first aid and food and will arm you with the knowledge you need to practice safe foraging of plants.

Beauty 💚
05/05/2025

Beauty 💚

Foraged dandelion roots, scarlet elf cups and hazel catkins. Also spotted a unicorn turd 💚. A blessed day indeed.
15/03/2025

Foraged dandelion roots, scarlet elf cups and hazel catkins. Also spotted a unicorn turd 💚. A blessed day indeed.

Hello everyone! Spring is springing and it's time to start posting again 💚.Last Friday, I teamed up with Brogan of HEAL ...
09/03/2025

Hello everyone!

Spring is springing and it's time to start posting again 💚.

Last Friday, I teamed up with Brogan of HEAL THY SELF The Ancient Art of Healing (a wonderful complimentary therapist, who gives the world's best massage), to make this stunning Viola odorata (sweet violet) glycerite. A glycerite is used as an alternative to an alcoholic tincture, suitable for children and those with sensitivities to alcohol. Vegetable glycerine itself is mildly laxative.

🌺 Violets have secret underground flowers, which may not see the light of day, but still go to seed! Sounds like fairy magic, but ok.

🌺 Viola odorata has been used for centuries in Europe as a pulmonary remedy, to ease dry coughs with it's mucilage action. This action paired with its anti-inflammatory properties, are excellent for reducing pulmonary inflammation (inflammation of the lungs).

🌺 The flowers and leaves are high in vitamin c.

🌺 The plant contains high levels of rutin, which strengthens capillaries, and salicylic acid: the compound that aspirin is made from for reducing pain.

🌺 You can make a beautiful syrup with the flowers and as a ph indicator, it can change from violet to pink when lemon is added, eventually turning green over time. Pretty cool!

🌺 Pinched from Brogan, because it's cool af "They’re used in love magic, often worn as an amulet to increase your love chances as they are considered an aphrodisiac." Thanks Brogan 💚.

P.s. In the name of sustainability and general courtesy towards the plant allies, we never take more than 1/3 and always give thanks. In this instance, as well as saying thank you, we cleared some rubbish from the area, giving our hands a light coating of fragrant fox p**s.

They're finally listed 💚.In the interest of keeping things fresh apart from the mushrooms, I'll be doing limited prints ...
30/10/2024

They're finally listed 💚.

In the interest of keeping things fresh apart from the mushrooms, I'll be doing limited prints of everything.

All prints are hand embellished with gold and white acrylic. They look great paired with a gold frame for a special gift.

https://www.numonday.com/shop/amanita_art-store/

These amaretto infused, chocolate dipped jelly ears with Himalayan salt and orange, were a big hit at the session yester...
12/12/2022

These amaretto infused, chocolate dipped jelly ears with Himalayan salt and orange, were a big hit at the session yesterday. My favourite foraged treat 💚.

So happy with how this turned out 💚.If you would like to book your child on to the crown-making and foraging workshop on...
01/12/2022

So happy with how this turned out 💚.

If you would like to book your child on to the crown-making and foraging workshop on the 11th, I would encourage you to bring any special feathers, or light trinkets you would like to incorporate into this to make it extra special and personal. I'm going to keep adding to this one over time with special things we find 💚.

In picture number 3, we have an amazing winter edible: black mustard / Brassica Nigra. Look out for a rough textured pla...
30/11/2022

In picture number 3, we have an amazing winter edible: black mustard / Brassica Nigra. Look out for a rough textured plant with serated, pinnately lobed leaves. These plants have yellow, cruciform flowers (four petals in the shape of a crucifix), appearing in spring. Mild at first, this plant builds up a fiery punch in the mouth. A real treat in cold weather. As an extensively cultivated plant, it escapes extensively too!

I love coming across these gorgeous teasels, who never dropped all their seeds, before they got wet and begun growing out of the plant 💚.

The little selection of things laid out to dry, are for the crown making workshop on the 11th.

Very excited for our festive foraging Sunday on the 11th 💚.We'll be running a kids crown making workshop in the morning,...
30/11/2022

Very excited for our festive foraging Sunday on the 11th 💚.

We'll be running a kids crown making workshop in the morning, where we'll go out and find things to make our own fairy headdress, accompanied by delicious nettle cake, served with fruits.

The adult session will be all about the food and art. We will forage for winter greens to make a delicious seasonal soup, amaretto and dark chocolate wood ear mushrooms, forest chai, rosehip and acorn mince pies, and wood avens mulled wine 💚. We'll also be using the foraged inks to make little mushroomy Christmas decorations.

Contact Rachel at rachel@happyriver.co.uk to book a place.

16/11/2022

Check out this video from Happy River Retreat of our class. I loved seeing some of the artistic creations using the inks I made 💚.

What an amazing day! I'm utterly exhausted but it was so worth it. Thank you so much to Hagen Rose for championing the m...
13/11/2022

What an amazing day! I'm utterly exhausted but it was so worth it. Thank you so much to Hagen Rose for championing the mushroom aspect of the day. Rachel from Happy River Retreat was an amazing host 💚. So heartening to meet (and see again) so many kind, wonderful people. Thank you to Michelle for the photos 💚.

An award winning photo I'm sure you'll all agree. I never was much cop at taking pictures of food. Hopefully tomorrow, w...
12/11/2022

An award winning photo I'm sure you'll all agree. I never was much cop at taking pictures of food. Hopefully tomorrow, when it's plated up in all it's resplendent glory, it will look the part.

Anyway, here's the hogweed-spiced orange and dark chocolate slice for tomorrow's class 💚

Well true to the nature of well, nature, you can always expect the unexpected. The blue has turned a gorgeous green of i...
10/11/2022

Well true to the nature of well, nature, you can always expect the unexpected. The blue has turned a gorgeous green of its own accord.

Here are some Amethyst Decievers, ready for a colour changing ink demo on Sunday (couldn't resist trying out a bit of acid for the pink at the bottom there) Exciting!

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