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HF invites you to enjoy an amazing walking tour, foraging for wild foods, learning what plants are edible & the medicinal benefits.Cookery lesson available & half day experience with lunch
06/08/2026
A day in Howth Foraging tour in the morning followed by a trip with Howth Cliff Cruises with my family who are visiting. Great to see so many insects and wild flowers surviving the drought! Remember to only take a little if Foraging at this time, we have to take huge care of our wildlife when resources are scarce 💚
05/08/2026
Meet Jo Nagai: 10-year-old Japanese student who discovered butterflies can remember their time as caterpillars A 10-year-old student from Japan has captured worldwide attention after his fascination with butterflies led to a remarkable scientific study that is challenging long-held assumptions about insect memory. Jo Nagai, an elementary school student from Kobe, spent years carefully observing the Asian swa...
Ragwort
Worth more then it's weight in Rag!!!
Stop and think before you decide to cut down that Ragwort please.
I stumbled upon this amazing little Ragwort ecosystem yesterday whilst on the hunt for blackberries.
It's a vital food source at this time of drought for our pollinators. Wild bees, wasps, parasitic wasps, butterflies & flies all dinning out on this nectar rich honey pot!
Ragwort
Worth more then it's weight in Rag!!!
Stop and think before you decide to cut down that Ragwort please.
I stumbled upon this amazing little Ragwort ecosystem yesterday whilst on the hunt for blackberries.
It's a vital food source at this time of drought for our pollinators. Wild bees, wasps, parasitic wasps, butterflies & flies all dinning out on this nectar rich honey pot! Listen in x
Are they here yet?
Blackberries are GO!!!
They are early this year, in fact everything is. The hot weather across Europe and here in Ireland has speed up the fruiting & seeding process. This is something I watch every year, a hot Summer always brings early fruit, however not always the juiciest harvest. Check my video for tips on picking wild blackberries.
Trees sense a lack of water and rush to finish their life cycle so they can pass on their genes before dying. This process is a brilliant survival mechanism triggered by environmental stress. Water deprived blackberry canes recognise environmental threats and prematurely shift their remaining energy away from plant growth and directly into seed production. These clever plants are fine tuned into the environment around them. Extreme heat and dry soil trigger plant hormones like ethylene, which speeds up ripening and forces fruit to mature before it reaches a normal size.
This season, remember to just take what you need and leave fruit for our foraging pals the butterflies, bees, wasps, birds & small rodents.
Are they here yet?
Blackberries are GO!!!
They are early this year, in fact everything is. The hot weather across Europe and here in Ireland has speed up the fruiting & seeding process. This is something I watch every year, a hot Summer always brings early fruit, however not always the juiciest harvest. Check my video for tips on picking wild blackberries.
Trees sense a lack of water and rush to finish their life cycle so they can pass on their genes before dying. This process is a brilliant survival mechanism triggered by environmental stress. Water deprived blackberry canes recognise environmental threats and prematurely shift their remaining energy away from plant growth and directly into seed production. These clever plants are fine tuned into the environment around them. Extreme heat and dry soil trigger plant hormones like ethylene, which speeds up ripening and forces fruit to mature before it reaches a normal size.
This season, remember to just take what you need and leave fruit for our foraging pals the butterflies, bees, wasps, birds & small rodents.
Easy Home-made lemonade
2 litres of filtered water
Juice of 2 -3 lemons
1/2 lemon sliced
3 sprigs of fresh mint, stems too,
Chamomile or daisy flowers
3 desert spoons sugar
Monarda flowers & stem to mix and infused.
Really tasty & refreshing
Easy Home-made lemonade
2 litres of filtered water
Juice of 2 -3 lemons
1/2 lemon sliced
3 sprigs of fresh mint, stems too,
Chamomile or daisy flowers
3 desert spoons sugar
Monarda flowers & stem to mix and infused.
Really tasty & refreshing
25/07/2026
Bullrush pollen!
Bullrushes are edible and super high in vitamin C.
I was collecting the pollen from the male cat tails last week. The pollen can be used as a flour substitute. It is best used as a thickening agent and added to wheat flour for extra protein and flavour.
The spring flowers can be harvested and boiled or roasted like corn, the flavour is similar to asparagus.
You can remove the leaves and outer layers of the stalks like you would leeks. The inner part tastes like cucumbers. It's important to forage from a clean water source and best to cook them incase of water contamination. FYI be careful for leeches as I've found them hiding inside before.
The brown part is inedible yet great for starting a fire not recommended ATM!!! The fluffy seeds can be used to stuff pillows too.
Bullrushes were an important food staple for native American Indians and in Italy they used the Rushes to weave seats for chairs and even baskets for wine.
They are excellent for filtration and wildlife. Perfect for nesting wild foul and also a food source. Popular with insects even though they ignore the flowers, many insects rely heavily on bullrushes for food and shelter. The pollen is high in starch so European bees avoid them, they can't process the starch. Yet the Asian bees rely on the pollen.
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| Monday | 9am - 6pm |
| Tuesday | 9am - 6pm |
| Wednesday | 10am - 6:30pm |
| Thursday | 9am - 6pm |
| Friday | 9am - 7:30pm |
| Saturday | 12am - 6pm |
| Sunday | 11am - 3pm |