SEAL BROOK WOODLAND SCHOOL

This course has been designed to give you an in-depth look into every aspect of using the natural world to your advantage when it comes to surviving or living in the wilderness.

 

The course will start by examining the current UK laws relating to foraging and hunting and will then go on to study all aspects of keeping yourself and others safe whilst sourcing wild food.

 

We will then go on to examine the edible, medicinal, mechanical and poisonous aspects of both plants and trees, including positive identification features and how to collect and process the useable aspects.

 

The items available to forage depend on the seasons and spring and autumn are two of the best times of the year so we run a course in each season. Depending on what is about we will collect a number of items that we can use or process to have with our lunch which will consist of wild game (Rabbit, pigeon or trout) that you will prepare and cook yourself. With our lunch we will also learn how to make and cook a traditional form of unleavened flat bread.

 

After lunch we will go on to examine a range of trapping and snaring techniques that can be used to source protein in the wild in an emergency as well as an introduction to natural cordage to make these traps.

 

Venue: Seal Brook Wood, Netherseal, South Derbyshire

Dates:  Spring Forage 13th April 2025, Autumn Forage 14th September 2025

Times: 0930 - 1700

Cost: £75

Minimum age: 9 years old (all minors must be accompanied by an adult)