Category: Plants

  Recipe from @the_road_to_connorThis recipe is Part soccata, part omelette – I made this super simple and absolutely delicious dish for lunch. Ingredients 1 cup of chickpea flour 1 scant cup of water 2 eggs, 1 grated courgette 1 handful of wild garlic and 1 of common sorrel – finely…

This Wild Garlic Buds Pickle is a great way to utilise the wild garlic buds just before they open in to flower, we use these like a garlic version of capers and they work well as a garnish to salads, but my absolute favourite is to chuck them on top…

These crispy wild garlic pesto potatoes are super easy to make and full of flavour. The potatoes are first roasted, then fried with pesto so they get golden and a bit crispy, with some tasty charred bits. They go great as a side with meat or eggs, or just on…

Sea Purslane / Spring / Summer / Edible Common Names Sea Purslane Botanical Name Halimione portulacoides Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Caryophyllales  Family – Amaranthaceae Physical Characteristics for Sea Purslane  Sea purslane is a bushy perennial that sprawls along over each other and the ground, growing to 75cm in…

Sea Buckthorn / Summer / Autumn / Winter / Edible   Common Names Sea Buckthorn, Buckthorn, Tang Bush, Sea Berry. Botanical Name Hippophae Rhamnoides Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Rosales Family – Elaeagnaceae Physical Characteristics of Sea Buckthorn Sea Buckthorn is a dioecious shrub or small tree growing from…

Sea Beet / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Winter / Edible Common Names Sea beet, Wild spinach Botanical Name Beta vulgaris maritima Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Caryophyllales  Family – Amaranthaceae Why not watch our Sea Beet foraging video? Physical Characteristics of Sea Beet Sea beet is a…

Rock Samphire / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible Common Names Samphire, Stone Samphire, Rock Samphire, Sea Fennel Botanical Name Crithmum maritimum Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Apiales  Family – Apiacea Physical Characteristics for Rock Samphire Rock Samphire is a fleshy perennial growing to 30cm tall and wide.…

Rowan / Spring /Summer /Autumn / Edible   Common Names Rowan, Mountain Ash, witch wiggin tree, keirn, cuirn Botanical Name Sorbus aucuparia Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Rosales Family – Rosaceae Physical Characteristics for Rowan It occurs as a tree or shrub that grows up to between 5 and…

Ribwort Plantain / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Edible Common Names Narrowleaf plantain, English plantain, Buckhorn plantain, ribleaf,  lamb’s tongue. Botanical Name Plantago lanceolata Scientific Classification Kingdom – Plantae Order –Rosales Family – Rosaeae Physical Characteristics for Ribwort Plantain The plant is a rosette-forming perennial herb, with leafless, silky,…

Yarrow / Spring / Summer / Autumn / Winter / Edible Common Names Arrowroot, bad man’s plaything, bloodwort, carpenter’s weed, death flower, devil’s nettle, eerie, field hops, gearwe, hundred leaved grass, knight’s milefoil, knyghten, milefolium, milfoil, millefoil, noble yarrow, nosebleed, old man’s mustard, old man’s pepper, sanguinary, seven year’s love,…