Project Eco-Agric Uganda

Our Wild Food Walks are located in the stunning Surrey Hills.

We cover an array of different environments and habitats throughout the year, starting in March and running until November.

On our plant walk you will have a hands on experience  tasting and smelling the plants, you will learn a new set of skills to take with you on your walks and to bring into your kitchen.

Walks last roughly 2.5 to 3 hours, on arrival you will be treated to a Bilberry and Nettle seed energy ball as we wait for others to arrive. At the end of the walk there will be wild cupcakes to enjoy.

A handy leaflet will be given to take home, Wild Garlic or Top Ten Edible Wild Plants, depending on which walk you attend. 

Walks are £30pp.

Kids under 14 come for free.

Well behaved dogs on leads are welcome.

Please check the landing page and our Facebook page to see when the walks are launched, season starts in March. 

First walks in 2025 will go live in February.

Our walk will start at a Witch's cave, we will listen to the local folklore just as I was told it as a child…

We will walk through woods, alongside a lake and up to a stunning wild flower meadow, stopping at each plant and discussing their identifying features and if edible, their culinary uses.

We will also listen to the wonderful folklore associated with each plant that we see.

Our walk will end in a stunning wild flower meadow and Emily will have seasonal cupcakes with a foraging twist for you to enjoy. There will also be a handy leaflet on the “Top Ten Edible Wild Plants“ for you to take away.

The walk will last approximately 2.5 hours.

Please take a look at our landing page or our facebook page for more information and dates.

Our Wild Workshops are held every month from February through to December. 

Forage & Ferment workshops and Wild Medicine workshops are repeated as they are very popular.

Our workshops are held in a wonderful location, the Therapy Gardens, Normandy, Surrey.

The Therapy Gardens is a horticulture and education charity that uses gardening to generate positive change. They work with adults and teenagers with learning difficulties, physical disabilities and mental health challenges and offer school-age teenagers interventional education opportunities. 

This Mushroom workshop is brilliant for anybody who is looking to start growing their own mushrooms at home.

Not only will you learn how mushrooms grow, but you will learn how best to grow them in your home, gardens and allotments.

Learn how different mushrooms prefer different growing techniques and habits.

Learn about inoculating straw, inoculating logs, grain spawn and other growing techniques.

This is a hands-on workshop where we will work with Oyster grain spawn to an inoculate pasteurised straw in a sterile environment.

Learn how different mushrooms prefer different growing techniques and habits.

Learn how to cultivate mushrooms at home.

Leave with your own bucket of Oyster mushrooms to grow at home.

Sample functional mushroom Tea & Coffee

Get a punnet of fresh oyster mushrooms from the Murphys Mushrooms to enjoy whilst you wait for yours to grow!

Bring a preloved 5 litre bucket 

Course lasts roughly 4 hours 

£60pp

Provider: Fruits of the Forager – trading name of Emily Murphy
Customer: Individual/s or group paying for services

• Descriptions of events are for guidance only and Fruits of the Forager reserve the right to change details as necessary, with the least inconvenience possible to the Customer. The Provider is not held by contract to provide any event until payment is made in full and prices are as advertised (or as agreed in writing).
• The Provider reserves the right to ask to leave/have removed any participant from a walk/event at any time if their behaviour is deemed to be inappropriate on any level.
• All walks/events have, where possible, been subject to a risk assessment. Where this is not possible, the walk/venue may be risk assessed as it proceeds. The natural environment may be subject to change for a variety of reasons at any time, which is why this method may be necessary.
• On events that involve more complex activities, such as workshops, Fruits of the Forager and associates are there only for verbal support and guidance, with the physical safety of the Customer remaining the full responsibility of the individual or supporting parents/carers.
• The Customer is to ensure they are physically able to participate in all activities and have given full details of any health needs, including allergies, and must bring along any medicines or health equipment that they may require, such as inhalers or epi-pens. These remain the responsibility (and on the person) of the individual to which they are prescribed and must not be administered by any other party, unless they are medically trained and have accompanied the individual concerned for the purpose of providing this level of support.
• It is for the Customer to ensure that they are aware of the potential risk of outdoor and wild food activities, and acknowledge that every care is taken to avoid potential risks and injuries. Full and final responsibility rests with the individual themselves for their own safety and wellbeing, as well as that of any children in their care or adults requiring additional support. All children and animals are the sole responsibility, and should be under the control of, the parent/owner. Adults with any additional needs (requiring outside support) should be supported by their carers at all times.
• All risk is assumed by the Customer, including acts of God, injury, death, and/or loss to their person and/or property knowingly and voluntarily. Personal belongings are the sole responsibility of each customer and no liability is accepted for any personal belonging unless it is due to Fruits of the Forager’s negligence.
• Be aware that some walks, parts of walks and/or activities may require a certain level of basic fitness and/or agility such as climbing a steep hill, navigating mud/sand or, during workshops, handling saucepans/containers of hot liquid. If you have any concerns or queries, please contact Fruits of the Forager before purchasing your ticket and every care will be taken to work with you, and adaptations made wherever possible in order to remain inclusive.
• All guidance given by Fruits of the Forager and associates is for informational purposes only. Customers should listen to any information given and take full responsibility when using it for their own wellbeing, seeking medical advice where appropriate. This includes, (but is not exhaustive of) ingestion and any resulting poisoning, possible allergies and intolerances, topical application, inhalation (or any other methods of contact) of any plant, (seeds berries, flowers, or any other product of) fungi, (or any organic matter) syrup/tincture/salve/cream or other product. Please note that the provider is not a medical herbalist and cannot give medical advice, therefore all of the above should be checked by a qualified medical professional prior to use where there are any concerns, including possible contraindications with any existing medications.
• It is essential for health and safety that the Customer always listens to and adheres to reasonable instructions by the provider and to arrive prepared, including appropriate clothing and footwear, in the understanding that the event will go ahead in all weathers, unless dangerous. Responsibility for slips, trips, falls and any other personal injury cannot be taken by Fruits of the Forager, however every care and measure will be taken to assist any injured party to a place of safety, and healthcare professionals called to the scene and access assisted where appropriate. 

Liability

Though the Provider makes every effort to minimise risk to the Customer such risks as are usual for any outdoor/workshop activity may remain. Consequently, the Customer acknowledges that there are circumstances in which an accident could occur without the Provider being at fault and accepts that they are taking part in the activity/workshop at their own risk.

• a) The Provider only accepts liability for physical injury to a client that is shown to result from negligence on the part of the Provider.
• b) The Customer acknowledges that other loss, damage and expense (including, without limitation to; loss of money, loss or damage to clothes and possessions, losses arising from the cancellation of an outdoor activity/workshop) is not the responsibility of the Provider and that the Provider’s liability is limited accordingly.

N.B. 

For further information, and with any concerns or queries about mobility or any other additional needs, contact Emily directly. 

Associates of Fruits of the Forager are volunteers and any views or opinions expressed by them are not necessarily the views of Fruits of the Forager. If there are any concerns, please raise these with Emily directly and she will deal with them accordingly.

By making a payment and booking, you are entering a binding contract with Fruits of the Forager based on the above terms and conditions.

Alterations & Cancellations 

·  A minimum of 72 hours’ notice is required to refund a cancellation by the customer, after which tickets may be transferred but not refunded.

·  Whilst all reasonable efforts are made to deal with such contingencies there may be occasions when the provider, through no fault of her own, is forced to postpone, alter or cancel an event, bring an event to an early close or to make minor or significant changes. 

·  These circumstances include; minimum numbers not reached (the nature of a course requires a minimum number of participants for it to be viable), natural variables, extreme weather, illness, transport issues, natural disasters, acts of God, epidemic or terrorist activity, as well as any other unforeseeable situations.

·  All efforts to be made to inform the clients of these changes as soon as is practically possible, this may be very short notice before the event or even during. In circumstances where an event is cancelled or the date is changed, the client can book on the next available date at their convenience. 

Delays

·  If you know you are going to be late please make every effort to let the provider know (by mobile, NOT email) The Provider will wait for up to 10 minutes for late comers before commencing the course. Customers are welcome to join late, but it is up to them to catch up, the Provider will help with this as much as possible.  

·  If the Provider is late, she will endeavour to let the Customer or someone in the group know, and please note her mobile number for this reason. If the Provider’s transport is cancelled or severely delayed the walk/event may need to be postponed or cancelled. If this is the case, you will be reimbursed the amount paid for the walk/event and/or offered an alternative date.

Complaints Procedure

In the unlikely event that a Customer has cause for complaint about an event, the complaint should be made to the Provider during the event in order that corrective action can be taken, if appropriate. However, should a problem not be resolved, complaints should be made in writing within 28 days of the relevant walk. To the extent permitted in law the Provider will not be liable in respect of claims first intimated later than 28 days from the close of the relevant walk.