Banks Peninsula has an abundance of wild edibles and to find over 100 species in a day is quite common. Learning which ones are edible, tasting them and preparing them for a meal brings us back to our roots as hunters and gatherers.
We not only feed our bodies with highly nutritious food that has not been tempered with through breeding techniques to increase shelf life and transportability, but we also feed our soul, reduce stress and reconnect to our primal inner being. For millions of years humans ate what they gathered on a daily basis. That we are removed from growing and foraging our food and are now buying it from a supermarket is only a blink in the timeline of human evolution. Connecting to our roots can have a significant effect on us.
During this foraging tour you will learn about many edible greens that are widespread throughout New Zealand and that can be found in many backyards. Cornelia will explain their nutritional and medicinal value and easy ways to prepare them.
The tour starts at the waterfront in Pigeon Bay at 10am. We will walk and forage for edible greens and seaweeds. After this we will demonstrate a couple of dishes and enjoy a nutritious foraged lunch together.
In the afternoon Cornelia will demonstrate how to make a herbal tea with foraged ingredients and a topical healing salve with wild herbs for wound healing, eczema and dry skin. You will walk away with a handcrafted salve to use at home (value: $21.90).
Timeline:
10am Gathering at Pigeon Bay Waterfront (details via email)
10:10am - 1pm: Foraging tour to find, identify and gather wild edible and medicinal plants and seaweeds. We will also view and taste other common weeds found in gardens and backyards.
1 - 1:30pm: Cooking and tastings at Pigeon Bay Hall
1:30 - 2:30pm: Lunch with foraged ingredients
2:30 - 3pm: Demonstration on how to turn wild medicinal plants into a herbal healing salve to aid wound healing
What you get:
- hands on, practical skills & knowledge that you can use in your own life
- identify confidently a range of wild edible and medicinal plants and become empowered to incorporate those into your everyday lifestyle for better health & well-being
- booklet containing over 15 wild edible and medicinal plants in detail with images, nutritional and medicinal value and a range of recipes
- delicious and nutritious lunch
- 1x 25g herbal healing salve freshly made at the demonstration (value: $21.90)
Booking required.
For questions please contact Kai: [email protected]
More about Cornelia Holten
MEd (Integrative Learning), Certificate in Organic Horticulture and Herbal Medicine
Cornelia is a soil health educator and herbalist with a passion for soil health, growing nutritious food, DIY, herbs, and self-sufficiency.
A certificate in Organic Horticulture, intensive training with Dr. Elaine Ingham's Soil Food Web School, an Apprenticeship in Herbal Medicine at Valmai Becker's Phytofarm, training in Allan Savoury's Holistic Management, Permaculture Design with Geoff Lawton, hands-on training with natural cheese maestro David Asher and living on a farm in Pigeon Bay equip her with a lot of knowledge and practical experience about soil health, holistic food systems, growing and preparing nutritious food and fermentation. A Masters Degree in Integrative Learning at Endicott College enables her to weave her vast knowledge together to run easy to understand and fun workshops.
Together with her husband Kai, she is teaching workshops on soil health, whole foods, fermentation, cheese and bread making and regenerative gardening.
A thirst for knowledge and a passion for new scientific studies keep her well informed on those topics.
