Galloway Wild Foods – Foraging in Scotland's bountiful Southwest

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Upcoming events

Early Spring Forest & Hedgerow Foraging Walk & Wild Food Picnic A, Galloway, SW Scotland

Guided foraging walk exploring the identification, sustainable harvesting, culinary and medicinal uses of early spring plants, tree sap and fungi, with a wild food tasting picnic in the forest afterwards.

Early Spring Forest & Hedgerow Foraging Walk & Wild Food Picnic B, Galloway, SW Scotland

Guided foraging walk exploring the identification, sustainable harvesting, culinary and medicinal uses of early spring plants, tree sap and fungi, with a wild food tasting picnic in a warm woodland classroom afterwards.

Low Spring Tide Coastal Foraging & Wild Food Picnic A, Galloway, SW Scotland

A guided forage exploring coastal spring greens, seaweeds, shellfish, succulents and herbs, with foraged tasters throughout and a wild food tasting picnic. Timed for a low spring tide.

Seasonal Tips from Mark

How To Pickle Wild Mushrooms

Everything you need to know about pickling wild mushrooms: best species to use and how to prepare them; 3-2-1 pickle mix; adding wild and tame spices; troubleshooting and top tips; storage; how to serve and eat them.

Sea Buckthorn - Identification, Edibility, Distribution, Ecology, Recipes

This is the most striking and delicious of all our UK berries in my opinion - once you get over their nose-scrunching acidity! They are exceptionally good for you, being rammed with antioxidants and vitamin C. They are mostly found coastally, but are starting to be introduced - or introducing themselves - to more inland locations...

Hogweed Seed Parkin Cake Recipe

This wild spiced cake is so delicious that I serve it on all of my foraging walks...Its flavoured with the seed casings of common hogweed which have a delicious ginger-meets-cardamon flavour

Hen of the Woods - Identification, Edibility, Distribution, Medicinal Uses, Ecology, Sustainable Harvesting

One of the most beautiful, delicious, healthy wild mushrooms you can find - the "big game hunting" of fungi foraging!

Wild Mushroom Paté Recipe

This vegetarian wild mushroom paté recipe is a delicious, easy and versatile way to use the wide range of fungi that often come back from a foray, as well as those old jars of dried mushrooms lurking at the back of your store cupboard from previous autumns.

Elderberry Vinegar Recipe

No matter how hard I try when serving my wild food tasting menus, this elderberry vinegar always steals the show when served as a simple wild salad dressing. It is fruity, thick and very sweet, with a depth of flavour that puts it on a par with, if not beyond, the very finest balsamic vinegars. It actually got a "wow" from the team at Andrew Fairlie's restaurant at Gleneagles...