Foraging is fun, exciting and cheap! It's a great hobby to enjoy as a family or with a fellow passionate forager! One of the most frugal hobbies you can enjoy. It is essentially free to visit parks, nature trails, or your backyard (or a friend’s!).
You’ll get outside regularly and eat highly nutrient-dense wild edible food. (It is essential to make yourself familiar with foods before consuming them.)
Foraging can be non edible - think flower arrangements, pressed flowers and dried flower arrangements.
Key items include protective clothing, a cutting tool, a basket or bag to carry your harvest, and field guides to properly identify plants and mushrooms. Sometimes you don’t even need all of these, but generally speaking, you’ll need them on most short outings. You’ll need a more comprehensive set for a longer, more remote outing.
- Never eat a plant you haven’t properly identified or you wouldn’t risk your life on.
- Only harvest what you will use.
- Mindfully harvest plants that are not abundant and may be at risk.
- Harvest so that no one would know where you’ve been. be mindful of natural habitats etc (native plants may be off limits)
- Never harvest where someone has sprayed, places which are commonly sprayed or have high pollution. Railroad tracks, under power lines, busy roadsides, city parks, etc.
Foraging Tools
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SOPHIE CONRAN Gardening Trug - Galvanized
Collector Series Fruit and Flower Snips - Blush
Wooden Storage Crate - Extra Large
FloraBrite Gardening Flower / Fruit Snip - Pink
Groundbreaker Spade - Large - RHS Endorsed
Machete with Carbon Steel Blade and Wood Handle - 500mm / 20"
Garden Digging Fork - RHS Endorsed
FloraBrite Gardening Pocket Pruner - Pink
SOPHIE CONRAN Harvesting Basket - Small Buttermilk Cream
CORONA Thinning & Grape Shears **CLEARANCE**
x MARKET LANE - Clarabell Basket Liberty of London
Long Sleeve Garden Gloves - Kangaroo Paw - Green Hands
Garden & Florist Scissors with Sheath - Large
Machete with Carbon Steel Blade and Wood Handle - 660mm / 26"
Machete with Carbon Steel Blade and Black Polypropylene Handle - 610mm / 24"
Machete with Carbon Steel Blade and Black Polypropylene Handle - 660mm / 26"
Sprout Ladies' Long Sleeve Gloves - Olive
Bolo Machete with Carbon Steel Blade and Wood Handle - 380mm / 15"
Groundbreaker Spade - Small - RHS Endorsed
QUALITY PRODUCTS | Scratch Protectors Gauntlet Gardening Glove Green - Small - Pair
Machete with Carbon Steel Blade and Black Polypropylene Handle - 550mm / 22"
SUNDAY AFTERNOONS Adventure Hat - Eucalyptus
Machete with Carbon Steel Blade and Wood Handle - 560mm / 22"
Rock & Root Trowel - Ash Handle 140mm
Hand Pruner / Secateurs - Slate Blue
Machete with Carbon Steel Blade and Wood Handle - 610mm / 24"
GENTLEMENS HARDWARE Pen Knife Pocket Multi-Tool Wood Handle w/ Titanium Coated Stainless Steel Tools
SUNDAY AFTERNOONS Adventure Hat - Cream / Sand
N8 Olive Wood with Sheath - Gift Boxed