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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SUNDAY AFTERNOONS Garden Visor - Natural
QUALITY PRODUCTS Scratch Protectors Gauntlet Gardening Glove Green - Large - Pair
BURGON & BALL FloraBrite Yellow Gardening Bypass Secateurs
TRAMONTINA Machete with Carbon Steel Blade and Wood Handle - 480mm / 14"
ESSCHERT DESIGN Wire Oval Harvesting Basket / Trug - Medium
ESSCHERT DESIGN Foldable Chair & Tool Bag
ESSCHERT DESIGN Wire Oval Harvesting Basket / Trug - Small
ESSCHERT DESIGN Metal Harvesting Basket - Set of 3
ESSCHERT DESIGN Aged Zinc Bucket - 5L
BURGON & BALL Collector Series Micro Secateurs - Olive
SNAKEPROTEX EXPEDITION Snake Protection Chaps - Small
ESSCHERT DESIGN Square Wire Basket - Set of 3
DARLAC PROFESSIONAL Pruner Secateurs - Bypass
OPINEL N8 Folding Pruning Knife / Grafting Billhook - 04109
VICTORINOX Pocket Floral Knife - Green
WOLF GARTEN Comfort Plus Bypass Gardening Secateur
BURGON & BALL RHS Gift Secateurs - Asteraceae
ANNABEL TRENDS Long Sleeve Garden Gloves - Kangaroo Paw - Tan Hands
ESSCHERT DESIGN Long Wire Basket - Large
TRAMONTINA Machete with Carbon Steel Blade and Black Polypropylene Handle - 300mm / 12"
TRAMONTINA Machete with Carbon Steel Blade and Wood Handle - 450mm / 18"
ESSCHERT DESIGN Oval Wire Basket - Medium
SOPHIE CONRAN Apron - Ticking Stripe
MARTHA'S VINEYARD Wood Handled Secateurs - Ash
BOB COOPER Snake Bite & Venomous Creatures Kit
SNAKEPROTEX EXPEDITION Snake Protection Chaps - Medium
TRAMONTINA Machete with Carbon Steel Blade and Wood Handle - 250mm / 10"
ESSCHERT DESIGN Herb & Flower Drying Rack With Hanging Sign
OPINEL N10 Folding Pruning Knife / Billhook - 04110
ANNABEL TRENDS Sprout Ladies' Long Sleeve Gloves - Navy
WOLF GARTEN Comfort Plus Anvil Gardening Secateur
Leather Handled Secateurs
SUNDAY AFTERNOONS Adventure Hat - Black
BURGON & BALL Perennial Spade - RHS Endorsed
CORONA Machete - Corn Knife 18"
HEAVEN IN EARTH Waxed Canvas Utility Bag
ANNABEL TRENDS Sprout Ladies' Long Sleeve Gloves - Red
BURGON & BALL RHS Gift Pruner & Holster Set - Asteraceae
WOLF GARTEN Basic Plus Bypass Gardening Secateur
TRAMONTINA Machete with Carbon Steel Blade and Wood Handle - 400mm / 16"
DARLAC PROFESSIONAL Left Hand Pruner Secateurs - Bypass
BURGON & BALL Collector Series Bypass Secateurs - Red
CORONA Houseplant / Floral Shear - 1 1/4 in
SOPHIE CONRAN Garden Trowel in Gift Box
URBAN GREENS Ergonomic Garden Snips