Transition Finsbury Park

Pascale and GuyJUNE 25TH
Following on from last months' successful forage we decided to track some of the salad leaf plants we found last time, such as hogweed and cleavers. We found wild cherries that were ready to eat and tried out thistle stems. We also found some burdock and rose bay willow herb.
On leaving Parkland Walk, Jo Homan was excited to see two guys, Guy and Pascale, picking flowers from a nearby lime tree - apparently these can be dried used for a tea. Guy has been foraging his whole life and is confident about identifying edible fungi. He said he'd be happy to help with future events. This month's food foraging was covered by Haringey Advertiser so we should have some press coverage.

We plan on having a plum-focused event at the end of July - we will forage plums and then make them into jam etc. If you know of any available plum trees near you please let us know.
See also the write up in the Tottenham and Wood Green Advertiser and a PDF of the feature is attached below.

MAY 2010
parkland walkOn Friday 21st May 2010 about 20 people foraged for free wild food along Parkland Walk, just off Finsbury Park. We were led by Gemma Harris and Phil Mason but others chipped in the occasional bit of information. We found hogweed, cleavers, garlic mustard, plantain, ash keys and many other edible plants there for the taking. People were excited and generally amazed that there are so many edible plants found in abundance. The event was so popular we decided to make it a regular event.

Very short videos here and here.

Please see below for a couple of hogweed and cleavers recipes.