A short walk takes us through the garden centre and out onto a public footpath cutting through open grassland and hedgerow.

This is where things shift. The path is narrow in places. Grass grows high. Nettles and bramble don’t politely step aside. That’s part of the experience.

We’ll move slowly, stopping often. Looking closely at what’s growing: what’s edible, what’s not, and how to tell the difference with confidence.

You’ll learn through:

• Sight, smell, and taste
• Simple identification techniques
• Understanding habitat, not just memorising plants

This way we’ll build up confidence and familiarity.

On this landscape, we will mostly find wild herbs and green leaves, the kind that quietly grow underfoot and are often overlooked. But we may be lucky to find some berries in the right season. We’ll pick a few samples for further discussion, but we won’t harvest.

After around two hours, we make our way back. You’ll notice things differently: what was invisible at first starts to stand out.