Category: Plants

Eat Your Christmas Tree! This Douglas Fir and Apple Membrillo Recipe is the perfect thing to make with your christmas tree when it’s no longer needed. by Forager Megan @flintandfern Hold your horses before you take your Christmas tree to the curb. Did you know you can eat it?? I…

English Oak  / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Winter / Edible Common Names Oak, English Oak, Pedunculate Oak Botanical Name Quercus robur Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order – Fagales  Family – Fagaceae Physical Characteristics for Oak A large deciduous tree, growing up to 30-40 metres when fully grown,…

Sweet Chestnut / Edible / Autumn Sweet chestnut is a large deciduous tree, reaching up to 30 m when fully grown.  Leaves The leaves are about 16–28 cm long, 5–9 cm wide and oblong with a pointed tip and a toothed edge. The leaves are quite glossy.  Flowers Long, yellow…

This Elderflower Energy Ball Recipe is a great way to utilise the elderflowers in creating something that great for you and works really well as a snack during a hike. Ingredients for this Elderflower Energy Ball Recipe: 1 cup of rolled oats 1/2 cup of ground almonds (or other nuts/seeds…

This Vegan Elderflower & Lemon Drizzle Cake is a delicious wild and vegan elderfower and lemon drizzle cake that is great with a nice cup of tea on a sunny spring afternoon.   Ingredients for our Vegan Elderflower & Lemon Drizzle Cake: 200g plain flour 50g ground almonds 2 teaspoons…

Sea Leek / Edible / Summer / Autumn Common Names Sea leek, Wild Leek, Sea Leeks Botanical Name Allium ampeloprasum Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Asparagales Family – Amaryllidaceae Physical Characteristics for Sea Leeks  Sea leek is a Biennial. The thick ‘stem’ is actually a tightly wrapped bundle of…

Broadleaf Plantain / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible Common Names Broadleaf plantain, Waybread, White man’s footprint  Botanical Name Plantago major Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Lamiales Family – Plantaginaceae Physical Characteristics for  Broadleaf plantain The plant is a rosette-forming perennial herb, with leafless, silky, hairy flower stems.…

Sea Radish / Edible / Spring / Summer  Common Names Sea radish Botanical Name Raphanus Maritima Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Brassicales  Family – Brassicaceae Physical Characteristics for Sea Radish Sea radish is a Biennial growing 0.8 m (2ft 7in) It the first year only a rosette of leaves forms,…

Clovers / Edible / Spring / Summer   Common Name Clover Botanical Name Trifolium pratense (red clover) Trifolium repens (white clover) and their relatives  Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Fabales  Family – Fabaceae Physical Characteristics of Clover Depending on conditions, Red Clover plants can grow up to 80 centimetres…