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Rewilding & Foraging Weekend
Foraging & RewildingWeekend workshop

Rewilding & Foraging Weekend

Rùnach Àrainn · Isle of Arran, United Kingdom

Read the landscape, gather wild food, and help nature return on a rewilding island holding off the Scottish coast.

Forage coast, woodland, and meadowCook a wild-gathered feastPlant hedgerows that feed people and wildlife

What you'll learn

  • Identify and gather wild food safely
  • Understand seasonality and sustainable harvest
  • Read a landscape for rewilding potential

What the land gains

  • Wild-food hedgerows and the orchard expanded
  • A foraging and identification trail created

The host site

Rùnach Àrainn

Rùnach Àrainn

Nature-led yurts on a rewilding island holding

On a UNESCO Geopark island, three Scottish-made yurts sit in an orchard meadow given over to nature. The holding is a quiet experiment in rewilding, wild food, and letting the land lead.

Your teacher

Amara Okafor

Amara Okafor

Clinical herbalist & wild-food forager

4.9 · 87 reviews · 12 yrs teaching