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Seasonal Foraging and Wild Plant Medicine Walks from Embodied Evolution

Connect With Nature

Learn more about the Wild
Discover the varieties of edible plants native to your local area and ways to prepare them.

Follow The Seasons

Opening your eyes to the world around you
Gain a day-to-day awareness of plants and trees as they change.

Explore The Wilderness

Seasonal Foraging & Wild Medicine
In just a few hours learn to identify new plants and trees and meet other like minded people.

Have You Ever Wanted To Know More?

Introducing you to wild food and how plants have been used in traditional medicine, these walks can start you on your foraging journey.

Learn how to step outside of your normal day to day life and look at the world around you with new eyes. They also including a few simple snacks and drinks for the full sensory experience.

My passion is also shared through my Facebook group Embodied Evolution Nature

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Did you Know?

Click the pictures below for some quick nature facts:

UK Nature Berry

Sloe: Traditionally infused in alcohol to make Sloe Gin, picked in Autumn.

UK Nature Walk

Cherry Blossom: This edible blossom can be made into syrups and jams.

UK Nature Walk

Sweet Chestnuts: This seed can be roasted and eaten

UK Nature Walk

Wild Garlic: A sign of spring the leaves, flowers, seeds and root can be eaten

 

Open Your Eyes To The World Around You...

Up until recently most people would have had knowledge of the plants and trees and had a day-to-day awareness of the living world.

It fills me with JOY to find out what is around me and my natural curiosity and love for nature have seen me develop an interest in the use of wild plants for food and medicine.

Follow the seasons from Spring to Autumn and watch the world come ALIVE.

Seasonal Foraging and Wild Medicine Walk

Join Katy on a guided walk
£35 per person

Location: Borehamwood, Hertfordshire

Walk Time: 2.45 - 3 Hours

An introduction to the local wild plants and trees

Learn about wild food and foraging guidlelines

Discover edible plants, how to prepare and eat them

Find out about using plants in traditional herbal medicine

Try wild food snacks and drinks

The information on the walk is aimed at adults, children are WELCOME (prices availble when booking) and the walk is fun and interactive. It is not a specific children's foraging walk and we will also be walking at an adults pace.
This walk is for pleasure and education purposes only. It is not a substitute for a consultation with a Qualified Medical Herbalist and no treatment should be undertaken based on the information provided

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Private Walks are also available, please Contact Katy for more details

Testimonials

What people say about the walks

  • I have had the privilege of being part of a few forage walks with Katy. Her knowledge, wisdom and enthusiasm brings you deeply into the experience. I know so little about plants and foraging, but she made the experience tangible and easy to follow. Her walks are so experiential. We tasted, touched smelled. I came away feeling more connected to our natural world and more knowledgeable. I cannot recommend her enough.

    Nikki

  • My 7 year old daughter and I had a brilliant time on one of Katy’s children’s walks. Katy was able to keep her engaged from begging in to end and we both learnt lots of new things. The day after the walk my daughter took all the clippings she had collected into school as she wanted to show her friends. Even now, a few weeks later, she points out the things she learnt about on the walk - it has really helped to spark her interest in looking at the plants around her more carefully, and makes walks round the park far more interesting!

    Helen and her Daughter

  • Today I went on Katy Neale’s nature walk. I can’t begin to describe how much I enjoyed it. As soon as we entered the park, an area that previously I would have ignored, Katy demonstrated was rich in herbs. We learnt about trees, hedgerows and herbs. We learnt to use our senses to identify which plant we were looking at - I won’t be able to look at an oak tree again without thinking of chickens feet. Katy is so knowledgeable but teaches you in a non scientific sensitive way, and she managed to make 1 1/2 hours pass so quickly. I cant wait to go again and see what grows in the different seasons. It was the most wonderful morning. I would definitely recommend you go

    Lisa

  • Today I went on Katy Neale’s nature walk. I can’t begin to describe how much I enjoyed it. As soon as we entered the park, an area that previously I would have ignored, Katy demonstrated was rich in herbs. We learnt about trees, hedgerows and herbs. We learnt to use our senses to identify which plant we were looking at - I won’t be able to look at an oak tree again without thinking of chickens feet. Katy is so knowledgeable but teaches you in a non scientific sensitive way, and she managed to make 1 1/2 hours pass so quickly. I cant wait to go again and see what grows in the different seasons. It was the most wonderful morning. I would definitely recommend you go

    Anon

Other Information

  • Location

    The walk is held in Borehamwood, WD6, Hertfordshire, just outside London.
    Further details of the location are given on booking.

    Train - Thamelink Elstree and Borehamwood Station. It is a 10-15 minute walk to the location

    Car - There is parking near the walk location.

  • What to Bring

    Appropriate clothing and footwear for the outdoors - The ground can be very muddy and uneven

    A Cup - there will be a chance to have some hot tea

    Small container or bag - For gathering wild edibles

    Water and a snack - If you need

    Gloves - for harvesting Nettle

    LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY ALLERGIES OR FOOD INTOLERANCES - There will be snacks to try

  • Toilets

    There are no toilets within the park. The closest toilets can be found at the train station or within the Tesco Superstore.

  • Covid

    Please ensure you are sympton free before attending the walk.

About Katy

Growing up in London I had little access to nature, but I always loved the idea of magic.

I spent hours reading, especially fantasy books. I was captivated by the fairy’s and witches who knew how to use the plants and trees around them for food and healing. In my 20’s I started to re-discover this ‘lost knowledge’ and studied Sensory Herbalism and alongside this I added foraging. Over a decade later I started to share this knowledge with friends and family and then started to run walks to help others open their eyes to the magic I had seen

More from Embodied Evolution

I have always loved healing and holistic health and I also run retreats and workshops combining my passions.
Day to day I have my own Physiotherapy Clinic and Group Pilates Classes.
To find out what else is offered by Embodied Evolution, please have a look here - embodiedevolution.co.uk