The past four year’s foraging and preserving workshops have been an inspired journey through the seasons and landscapes of Northampton and an education in wild food knowledge & crafts.

These sessions are run in collaboration between The Food Library; Rob Gould, Cotswold Forager; and most importantly, the land that sustains us.

Time & location each day – 10am-2pm(ISH), meeting at The Workshop for Sustainability, NN26PQ. More information about what to expect is below.

Lunch is included in the ticket price and is a one-off menu from Michael incorporating delicious home-grown & foraged finds with fermented treats & preserves.

Cost £65 (£125 for Saturday Forage & Sunday Ferment combined 2 day ticket)

Buy a 1-day ticket here

Buy a 2-day ticket here

To book now, purchase your ticket by following the links and emailing your lunch request (including allergies) to Michael@food-library.co.uk

Foraging Saturdays 2025

Rob takes us out, into and beyond the streets we walk every day, and into the pockets of nature that we possibly forget. These brilliant, seasonal workshops offer direct access to providing real hands on experiences, & knowledge with identifying edible plants found from everywhere in your garden, park, nature reserve. 

You will experience the land differently. Let’s get outside and go wild together.

Saturday April 5th
Saturday June 21st (as part of Summer Solstice Residential)
Saturday September 20th

Times – 10am-2pm
Cost £65 (£125 for Saturday Forage & Sunday Ferment combined 2 day ticket)

Buy a 1-day ticket here

Buy a 2-day ticket here

Fermenting Sundays 2025

The Foraging Saturdays are followed by our Fermenting Sundays,  enabling you to produce truly healthy, flavour some additions for your meals, & preserving what you forage and what you grow. With fermentation you don’t have to rely on the jars you buy from the supermarket, you fill your own jars, with your own food which is good for the gut and full of heart. Each workshop will focus on ferments such as salt-based and lacto-based ferments such as krauts, kombucha, pickles, kimchi, miso and other delicious condiments. Aprons and equipment provided, we may ask you to bring a jar or the odd ingredient depending on what is being made.

Sunday April 6th
Saturday June 21st (as part of the Summer Solstice Residential)
Sunday September 21st

Times – 10am-2pm
Lunch included
Cost £65 (£125 for Saturday Forage & Sunday Ferment combined 2-day ticket)

Buy a 1-day ticket here

Buy a 2-day ticket here

To book now, purchase your ticket by following the links and emailing your dates to Michael@food-library.co.uk