As part of the Green Streets celebrations Rebecca Beinart came with her Field Kitchen to share her foraging knowledge with us.
12 of us met at the Suspension bridge and made our way along the river to the nature reserve at the side of the Wilford bridge.
Armed with brown paper bags (for possible goodies on the way) we set off. Blackberries, mugwort, plantains, red and white clover, horse raddish, jack in the hedge, nettles, dead nettle, silver weed and dock were some of the herbs I can remember, more can be seen on Rebecca's website.
At the end of our trip we sat down next to the lake and taste some wonderful nettle and sage bread, some freshly brewed mugwort tea with some blackberry bakewell cake.
The evening was cut short by a heavy rain shower but it did not dampen the wonderful experience.
I would like to take this opportunity to say Thank you to Rebecca to sharing her expertise and give us her time.
