The magic of Mushrooms - Foraging Walk and Meal
- Adult (£65.00)
- Child 7-16 (£30.00)
- Child 0-6 (£0.00)
- Dates: 14 September 2025 / 14 September 2025
- Duration: 1 days
- Location: Pertshire
- Focus: Mushroom foraging and identification course led by a lifelong expert. The walk concludes with a seasonal alfresco meal.
- Category: Foraging Workshops
- Instructors: forager & food preservation expert Szymon (Foragerium)
Step into the forest with The Magic of Mushrooms — a seasonal foraging walk through the woodlands of Perthshire, guided by a lifelong forager with deep roots in wild food traditions and mushroom ecology.
Late summer and early autumn are a wonderful time to forage for fungi. However, mushrooms can be temperamental — their fruiting depends on the health of the mycelium, recent rainfall, and fluctuations in daytime and nighttime temperatures. While we’ll explore a variety of habitats and increase our chances, nature offers no guarantees — we may not find every species we hope for, and we’re not aiming to fill baskets but to deepen understanding.
Together we’ll learn how to confidently identify wild mushrooms, explore their role in the ecosystem, and share stories of their uses in food, medicine and folklore.
The walk ends with a warm, alfresco meal prepared using wild, seasonal ingredients.
🕘 Time: 09:00 – 13:00
📍 Location: Perthshire (exact location shared 7 days before the event)
🍽️ Includes: Foraging walk, mushroom identification session, and wild-inspired outdoor meal
Whether you’re a curious beginner or have some foraging experience, this gathering is for you.
Children are welcome with adult supervision – no age limit, just curiosity and care.
"The time we had with Szymon was just wonderful. I wanted it to go on and on, and I know others in our group felt the same. His love and knowledge of his subject shone through combined with humour and fascinating connections between the practice of foraging and plant science, and language, culture, history and chemistry. All with a light touch and great rapport with the group. Strongly recommended!"
-Kate Allan, Edinburgh.
✨ Booking essential. Small group. Slow pace. Plenty of flavour.
Instructors
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Szymon Szyszczakiewicz
Szymon is a biologist, permaculturist, forager and food preservation expert. Brought up in a self-sufficient family in rural Poland, Szymon learnt his skills at the knees of his elders and became passionate about sharing this knowledge. After completing a BSc in Environmental Biology, he founded the Foragerium in Edinburgh to provide workshops translating hunter-gathering skills into the modern world with minimal impact on the environment. His workshops include wild plant and mushroom foraging and how to process the season’s bounty into ferments, preserve, pickles and smokes. Szymon is a member of the Association of Foragers.