You will probably have already heard that Jim has handed over the reins of Forage Box to some bloke called Gavin. Well this is me!
What wild elements can you introduce to your festivities?
Here's how to start your mushroom foraging adventure
Is foraging sustainable? Yes, and then some...
The Wildbiome Project 2025 is complete!
Jim uses his platform as The Outdoor Guide's Foraging Expert to take a deep dive into foraging law
Jim launches his tenure as The Outdoor Guide's Foraging Expert with a personal introduction
The second month of the Wildbiome Project 2025 is complete!
What is it like living with someone eating only wild food?
The first month of the Wildbiome Project 2025 is complete!
Why are so many neurodivergent people drawn to foraging? Three Forage Box tutors share their experiences
Jim chats to Bassenthwaite Lakes Station, who are a regular host of our workshops
The third and final diary entry written in advance of the Wildbiome Project 2025
Joel explores the picking, eating and decision-making when foraging this common plant
Jim invites you to join us on one of our popular foraging workshops
The second part of two autumn diary entries in advance of the Wildbiome Project 2025
A closer look at some 'wild snacks' that have been served on recent 'Forage & Nibble' workshops
The first part of many updates about my involvement in the exciting Wildbiome Project in Spring 2025
Jim talks you through our new foraging calendar
What it takes to be a Forage Box tutor
By purchasing workshop tickets, you agree to these terms
What to bring with you on a Forage Box workshop
Find out more about returning an item and our event refund policy
The Elusive Chanterelle: A Shropshire Forager’s Tale
To answer this big question, we hand over to expert (and all-round good egg) Daniel Butler of Fungi Forays.
Nick explores how to find the time for finding wild food with a modern lifestyle
A short video about finding St. George's Mushrooms - a true gourmet ingredient only found in spring
It's the biggest foraging 'celebrity' of spring, so here is a short video going into the detail and nuances of foraging wild garlic
Jim cooks a pie on a campfire using foraged ingredients!
A comprehensive guide to foraging for wild garlic
Jim demonstrates the best way to collect delicious birch sap
Jim quickly runs through how the menu on a 'Forage & Feast' workshop might look
Armed with my camping gear, lobster pot, hot smoker and stove, I head off into the British coastal wilderness for a night unlike any other.
Why ethics is just as important as sustainability when foraging
Forage Box's Safeguarding Policy
It's the middle of December and things have become quiet in the foraging world. Is there a better time to make myself a drink?
It's a safari, not a zoo
"This is a new favourite herb of mine!"
A flavoursome, hearty dish!
You just can’t beat an al fresco salad on a hot summers day can you!?
Served with New Potatoes, Fennel and Bistort Leaf Salad, and a Garlic Mustard Mayo
Another pesto recipe for this notorious wild leek
If you've never made your own gnocci before, it is easier than it looks!
Sea purslane is a great alternative to marsh samphire, or other coastal vegetables
This gorgeous autumnal risotto is packed with rich flavours
This recipe is a pure celebration of one of my favourite foraged ingredients
A beautiful dish, made by pulling many wild elements together.
This is an effortless dish that would make for a show-stopper starter
Fresh pasta I find really lends itself to using just butter or olive oil along with fresh herbs, including wild Sea Purslane
A beautiful pesto made from an invasive allium
Make the most of nature's larder with this fish tortilla recipe
This show-stopper recipe looks sensational but is curiously easy, relying very much on the quality of its ingredients.
With a taste between celery and parsley but more sophisticated, young Alexander leaves can be roughly chopped and used as a fragrant garnish
I just can't get over the vibrant colours on this plate!
The mild bitter flavour of the leeks combined with juicy capers, gherkins and lemon juice make for a sumptuous tartare sauce
This recipe combines wild garlic with peppery rocket, courgettes and lemon zest.
The acorn flour in this dish gives the fresh pasta a delightful nuttiness
Foraging and Cooking on a Kayaking Adventure
Foraging, Cooking, Hiking and Swimming in The Lake District
In this video, Jim cycles out to the woods in search of ground elder before heading home to make a Bloody Mary in the garden.
An elderflower sparkling wine recipe video
A slow-paced adventure foraging wild mushrooms
Featuring Nelly the dog!
Limpets, Winkles, Seaweed and more!
Camping in the woods and foraging for wild mushrooms
This video is the final part of a three-part series, showing just how easy it is to include foraged ingredients in cheap, everyday meals.
This video is the second of a three-part series, showing just how easy it is to include foraged ingredients in cheap, everyday meals.
This video is the first of a three-part series, showing just how easy it is to include foraged ingredients in cheap, everyday meals.
Sometimes you just need to go for a dangle in the woods.
St. George's Mushroom, Spruce Tips, Firelighting and Cooking
Sounds posh. Probably is. Delicious, though.
What is Forage Box?
Jim shows Nihal and Hannah some wild mushrooms before cooking them lunch in the woods.
Filmed on a recent trip to Sweden to visit a foraging buddy.
An article written for 'Wisdom of Old' magazine
Why I chose to be a professional forager
Find out which workshop type is the one for you
I decided to use salmon to go with the sea salty flavour of the sea spinach. Even my kids wolfed it down!
We answer some of the questions you might have
We chatted to the lovely folks at cumbria.com to run them through how our foraging events in the area work and how to join in.
There we are, in at number 5!
Foraging for wild food starts in the garden
Read the thoughts of Mancunian Matters journalist, Eleanor Taylor, as she spends a sunny Sunday with Forage Box's Ibrahim in Chorlton.
How foraging can be used as a tool for uniting communities and spreading love not labels.
How foraging can improve our wellbeing
A conversation about the relationship between foraging and wellbeing with the lovely Jolene, host of the Joy Ethic Podcast
An article written for the food magazine Wicked Leeks, focusing on seasonality and foraging
Exploring social media and foraging
Why you should get your wellies on and what you can find if you head off into nature this winter
20 sustainable gift ideas for this Christmas
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a wild snack near Oxford
A 3-hour workshop with a foraging expert, which includes ID guidance, picking wild ingredients and using them to prepare a meal
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a wild snack near Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil
A 4-hour session combining the community-led control of invasive species, Himalayan Balsam, plus discounted foraging tuition with an expert!
Join Rachel Lambert from Wild Walks Southwest for a low tide seaweed forage! (Link is to a third party event listing)
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a wild snack near Worcester
A 5-hour course with a foraging expert, which includes ID work, tasting wild ingredients and a wild-inspired feast at The Fold, Bransford
A 2-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a walk at Calderstones Park
A 2-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a walk at Frodsham Hill Woods
A 3-hour session with a forager and community herbalist, including finding medicinal and edible wild species, and making a wild oxymel
A 5-hour course with a foraging expert, which includes tasting wild ingredients and a wild-inspired picnic in Sheffield
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a wild snack in Bakewell
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a wild snack in Sheffield
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a wild snack in Lincoln
A 5-hour course with a foraging expert, which includes tasting wild ingredients and a wild-inspired picnic with Alpkit in Keswick
A 4-hour workshop in rural Northamptonshire. Expect foraging for wild ingredients and using them to create your own wild wood-fired pizza!
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, tasting wild ingredients and a wild snack at a beautiful private venue in Gayton
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a wild snack at Holker Hall in Cumbria
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, tasting wild ingredients and a wild snack at Kiplin Hall
Spend 6+ hours with a foraging expert, finding and tasting wild ingredients before heading back to The ReWilding for a wild, fireside feast!
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a wild-inspired afternoon tea
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a wild snack in Stainton
A 6-hour workshop with a foraging expert, which includes ID guidance, picking wild ingredients and using them to prepare a 3 course meal
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a wild snack in Kirkby Lonsdale
A 5-hour course with a foraging expert, which includes ID work, tasting wild ingredients and a wild-inspired feast at Arley Hall, Cheshire
A 5-hour course with a foraging expert, which includes tasting wild ingredients and a wild-inspired picnic at Forage Box HQ
A 5-hour course with an expert, which includes ID work, tasting wild ingredients and a wild-inspired feast in The Forest Of Bowland
A 5-hour course with a foraging expert, which includes ID work, tasting wild ingredients and a wild-inspired picnic at Alderley Edge NT
A 5-hour course with a foraging expert, which includes ID work, tasting wild ingredients and a wild-inspired feast at The Station, Richmond
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a wild snack in Leeds
A 2-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a walk near Kippax
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a wild snack near Stanmer Park
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a wild snack near Wild Park
A 2-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a walk at Letchmire Pastures
A 6-hour tuition course with a wild food expert, which includes small game wild butchery, foraging for wild food then cooking it all on an open fire!
A 6-hour tuition course with a wild food expert, which includes wild butchery, foraging for wild food then cooking it all on an open fire!
A 3.5-hour workshop with a foraging expert exploring wild fermentation in Heversham. Includes tasters, picking and fermenting for yourself!
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a wild snack in Kendal
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a wild snack in The Forest Of Bowland
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a wild snack in Crooklands
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a wild snack in Caldbeck
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a wild snack at the Smithills Estate
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a wild snack in Arnside
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a wild snack in Heversham
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a wild snack at Low Sizergh Barn
A 2-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a walk at Chesters By The River
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a wild snack at Graves Park
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a wild snack near Ledbury
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a wild snack in Dunham Massey
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a wild snack in Lymm
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a wild snack at Chorlton Water Park
A 6-hour workshop with a foraging expert, which includes ID guidance, picking wild ingredients and using them to prepare dinner at The Fold
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, tasting wild ingredients and a wild snack in Ambleside
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a wild snack at Dalton Crags Wood
A 6-hour coastal workshop with a foraging expert, which includes ID guidance, picking wild ingredients and using them to prepare dinner
A 4-hour workshop with a foraging expert, which includes ID guidance, picking wild ingredients and using them to prepare dinner
A 6-hour workshop with a foraging expert, which includes ID guidance, picking wild ingredients and using them to prepare dinner
A 3-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a wild snack at Bassenthwaite Lake Station
A 2-hour session with a foraging expert, including ID work, finding and tasting wild ingredients, and a walk in Far Sawrey
East meets West Wales in this healthy seasoning
We've teamed up with Found Food to bring you an online foraging course that is perfect for beginners
Jammy and tart - liven up those boring chips!
BIGGER BOTTLE. The first batch of our new wild hot sauce! Fiery and fragrant, with lashings of wild garlic and heat!
Step aside, boring old sloe gin!
Sloe, hawthorn, blackberry, wild plum and elderberry!
A traditional Victorian recipe revived to celebrate the glory of elderberries
Learn what is in season each month with this beautiful, hand-painted monthly calendar
The perfect bit of kit for keen foragers looking to pick on-the-go!
The fourth batch of our wild hot sauce! Tangy, acidic, fiery!
A printed voucher entitling the holder to a 6-hour foraging session, including a cooking session preparing wild ingredients found on the day
A printed voucher entitling the holder to a 3-hour foraging session, including a cooking session preparing wild ingredients found on the day
A printed voucher entitling the holder to a 5-hour foraging session, including a wild feast
A printed voucher entitling the holder to a 3-hour foraging session, including a wild snack
A printed voucher entitling the holder to a 2-hour foraging session
Adds an umami punch to any dish
Like a feisty sour beer made with a tart coastal berry
Infused with dried pine to create delicious and woody pine notes. Made using foraged ingredients.
The next batch of our wild hot sauce! A pungent sweet chilli sauce made from the underrated Guelder Rose berry for a fruit edge
Mushroom cocoa powder? Pretty much!
Packed full of vitamins and minerals, this Wild Garlic Pesto packs a punch as a super-tasty, foraged and vegan superfood.
The second batch of our wild hot sauce! Herby, punchy and feisty!
Use as part of a dipping sauce selection for dim sum
A bit passionfruity and very grapefruity - a true breakfast superfood!
A robust white wine made from a gorgeous wild plum
The first batch of our new wild hot sauce! Fiery and fragrant, with lashings of wild garlic and heat!
Light, crispy, floral. Made using foraged ingredients.
Smoky, complex and herbal. Made using foraged ingredients.
Dark, moody and robust. Made using foraged ingredients.
Crisp, light, refreshing. Made using foraged ingredients.
Fresh, green and bright. Notes of cucumber, rosemary and eucalyptus.
Juicy green apples, honey and herbs with spiced vanilla and molasses to finish
Dark stone fruits with hints of bitter chocolate and spice. Gently warming with a texture of crushed velvet
One of our favourite mushrooms. Meaty, umami, chunky.
Not unlike a typical, fruitier red wine. Beautiful stuff.
Not quite celery, not quite parsley, not quite broccoli - something far sweeter and more aromatic!
Highly nutritious and with a great salty-umami balance
Hand-made at the foot of Dartmoor by WyldCraft Wyllow on behalf of Forage Box.
A deliciously tangy chutney made from dandelion roots
Like Szechuan pepper!
Rich and meaty - these are gourmet mushrooms at their best
Versatile, nutrient-rich powder made from our most recognisable native plant.
A delicate treat to mark the start of spring.
Wild celery salt that sits so comfortably on the rim of a Bloody Mary glass.
