Original Outdoors is an established North Wales skills training provider.
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Email: office@originaloutdoors.co.uk
Original Outdoors
Ruthin, Denbighshire, LL15 1UL
£500.00 – £700.00
The Private Woodland Foraging day from Original Outdoors is an introduction to edible plants, fungi and other wild foods in the fields and woodlands of North Wales.
Once you have booked a private foraging and wild foods day, we will be in touch to arrange a date with you. If you have a specific date in mind, please contact us to check availability.
Any of our public courses can be booked as a private event, or we can create a day or event to meet your specific requirements. We also offer training for organisations and agencies.
For more information, please contact us directly or read more here
We sell gift vouchers for almost all of our public skills courses. For more information about the process, please contact us or read more here
If you already have a course voucher to redeem, please read more here
Original Outdoors runs foraging courses and wild food walks throughout the spring, summer and autumn. Each course follows a walk through fields, woodlands and along tracks, with a syllabus built around what is available in that season.
We also offer this authentic course as a private event which can be tailored to suit your group, with a choice of locations which our professional foragers know intimately.
Our Foraging and Wild Foods course is one of our original courses, and certainly the most popular. We have been running foraging courses in North Wales for hundreds of clients every year for well over a decade.
This course has evolved over that time into what, we think, is the best and most relevant UK introductory foraging course we can offer. We will look at between 20-30 edible species, a few of the notable toxic and potentially dangerous species - and how to identify and work with each of them.
We will focus on those species that are commonly found in the UK and northern Europe.
As you would expect, this is primarily a course about food and edibility, but we will also be looking at the historic and modern medicinal uses of the species we come across.
These courses are dictated by the pace of nature. They are seasonal and we cannot guarantee any particular species or fruit/seed/leaf/mushroom will be on display during any particular course. We will be talking about species that are not yet ready to harvest but will be ready in a few months.
We will also be talking about the concept of foraging in the modern world, why it can be vital for everything from mental health to understanding our society - plus the laws and ethics of foraging in 21st century Britain.
The leader for this course is a professional forager with many years of professional experience working with international brands, charities and conservation projects.
If you would like to book a Private Foraging Day, please Contact Us to enquire about availability.
If you would like to book a Private Woodland Foraging day, please contact us to enquire about availability
The Foraging and Wild Foods Course from Original Outdoors usually takes place at the edge of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB near the beautiful market town of Ruthin. However we have access to several locations in the North Wales area.
A mix of ancient woodland, pasture and ancient trackways is home to edible wild plants, trees and fungi.
Please note that the map below is only to show the general area - full joining instructions and meeting point will be sent out by email between you booking a place on the course and around 30 days before the course commences.
There is no special equipment necessary for this entry-level foraging walk, however we ask that you are prepared for the weather of the day and walking for several hours on an unprepared surface in a woodland, open fields and on forest tracks.
Check the forecast before coming out and dress appropriately.
We recommend that you bring with you:
Yes, this course will take place in most weather conditions, including rain. We will contact participants directly if there is any need to postpone or alter the course.
Yes – but each course is focused on what is available in that area at that time. The availability of fungi (and particularly the edible species) is dependent on many conditions including temperature, humidity and even soil disturbance. We always talk in detail about mushroom foraging and mycology, but we cannot guarantee a good selection of edible species in the area on any given date.
Yes – but it will have to be on a lead at all times and be well behaved, with both humans and other dogs around. Please let us know if you are bringing one! You are responsible for your own dog at all times.
You will need to be 18yrs old on the date of the course, or attending with your parent/s or legal guardian.
There is no strict lower age limit, but you can probably decide for yourself if your child will enjoy walking and talking about edible wild species.
No, this course takes place in a privately owned woodland, there are no facilities provided, however there are public toilets in the nearby town of Ruthin.
We can be more flexible with timings for private bookings with the only restriction being daylight hours.
There is no cooking usually involved on this course.
The course lasts for 4 hours and we will be away from the cars for this time, we recommend that you bring a bottle of water with you for the duration, and any snacks that you may require. We will be pointing out edibles which you can taste along the way, but these will not form a full meal!
If you have any concerns or questions then please contact us and we can discuss this with you. By booking a place on this course (for yourself or others) you/they are agreeing to our terms and conditions and that you/they are physically capable of safely attending this course which takes place on tracks, slopes and often unprepared ground.
The primary instructor for this course is Richard Prideaux, the lead instructor for Original Outdoors.
Richard has spent the majority of his adult life working in the great outdoors. He specialises in wilderness skills, foraging and teaching search operations to our professional clients at our sister site outdoorprofessional.co.uk.
Amongst other things he is a qualified mountain leader, spent several years as an active member of one of the North Wales mountain rescue teams and regularly appears on screen and in print talking about foraging, bushcraft and survival and other essential outdoor skills.
Richard lives near Ruthin in North Wales.
Amy Green is another of our instructors at Original Outdoors, having joined us in January 2020.
She grew up between Manchester and the Peak District and has always spent as much time as she can outside; walking, climbing trees, taking photos and studying the life around her.
Since moving to Wales 10 years ago, she has worked in wildlife conservation and developed her knowledge of foraging, ethnobotany and bushcraft. As well as being proficient in these subjects, Amy is interested in heritage skills and can scythe, build dry stone walls, lay hedges and undertake ecological surveys for a number of different protected and rare species. She also enjoys cooking with wild ingredients and makes amazing flavoured gins out of foraged edibles.
Amy lives near Ruthin in North Wales.
Original Outdoors runs foraging courses and wild food walks throughout the spring, summer and autumn. Each course follows a walk through fields, woodlands and along tracks, with a syllabus built around what is available in that season.
We also offer this authentic course as a private event which can be tailored to suit your group, with a choice of locations which our professional foragers know intimately.
Our Foraging and Wild Foods course is one of our original courses, and certainly the most popular. We have been running foraging courses in North Wales for hundreds of clients every year for well over a decade.
This course has evolved over that time into what, we think, is the best and most relevant UK introductory foraging course we can offer. We will look at between 20-30 edible species, a few of the notable toxic and potentially dangerous species - and how to identify and work with each of them.
We will focus on those species that are commonly found in the UK and northern Europe.
As you would expect, this is primarily a course about food and edibility, but we will also be looking at the historic and modern medicinal uses of the species we come across.
These courses are dictated by the pace of nature. They are seasonal and we cannot guarantee any particular species or fruit/seed/leaf/mushroom will be on display during any particular course. We will be talking about species that are not yet ready to harvest but will be ready in a few months.
We will also be talking about the concept of foraging in the modern world, why it can be vital for everything from mental health to understanding our society - plus the laws and ethics of foraging in 21st century Britain.
The leader for this course is a professional forager with many years of professional experience working with international brands, charities and conservation projects.
If you would like to book a Private Foraging Day, please Contact Us to enquire about availability.
If you would like to book a Private Woodland Foraging day, please contact us to enquire about availability
The Foraging and Wild Foods Course from Original Outdoors usually takes place at the edge of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB near the beautiful market town of Ruthin. However we have access to several locations in the North Wales area.
A mix of ancient woodland, pasture and ancient trackways is home to edible wild plants, trees and fungi.
Please note that the map below is only to show the general area - full joining instructions and meeting point will be sent out by email between you booking a place on the course and around 30 days before the course commences.
We sell gift vouchers for almost all of our public skills courses. For more information about the process, please contact us or read more here
If you already have a course voucher to redeem, please read more here
There is no special equipment necessary for this entry-level foraging walk, however we ask that you are prepared for the weather of the day and walking for several hours on an unprepared surface in a woodland, open fields and on forest tracks.
Check the forecast before coming out and dress appropriately.
We recommend that you bring with you:
The primary instructor for this course is Richard Prideaux, the lead instructor for Original Outdoors.
Richard has spent the majority of his adult life working in the great outdoors. He specialises in wilderness skills, foraging and teaching search operations to our professional clients at our sister site outdoorprofessional.co.uk.
Amongst other things he is a qualified mountain leader, spent several years as an active member of one of the North Wales mountain rescue teams and regularly appears on screen and in print talking about foraging, bushcraft and survival and other essential outdoor skills.
Richard lives near Ruthin in North Wales.
Amy Green is another of our instructors at Original Outdoors, having joined us in January 2020.
She grew up between Manchester and the Peak District and has always spent as much time as she can outside; walking, climbing trees, taking photos and studying the life around her.
Since moving to Wales 10 years ago, she has worked in wildlife conservation and developed her knowledge of foraging, ethnobotany and bushcraft. As well as being proficient in these subjects, Amy is interested in heritage skills and can scythe, build dry stone walls, lay hedges and undertake ecological surveys for a number of different protected and rare species. She also enjoys cooking with wild ingredients and makes amazing flavoured gins out of foraged edibles.
Amy lives near Ruthin in North Wales.
Yes, this course will take place in most weather conditions, including rain. We will contact participants directly if there is any need to postpone or alter the course.
Yes – but each course is focused on what is available in that area at that time. The availability of fungi (and particularly the edible species) is dependent on many conditions including temperature, humidity and even soil disturbance. We always talk in detail about mushroom foraging and mycology, but we cannot guarantee a good selection of edible species in the area on any given date.
Yes – but it will have to be on a lead at all times and be well behaved, with both humans and other dogs around. Please let us know if you are bringing one! You are responsible for your own dog at all times.
You will need to be 18yrs old on the date of the course, or attending with your parent/s or legal guardian.
There is no strict lower age limit, but you can probably decide for yourself if your child will enjoy walking and talking about edible wild species.
No, this course takes place in a privately owned woodland, there are no facilities provided, however there are public toilets in the nearby town of Ruthin.
We can be more flexible with timings for private bookings with the only restriction being daylight hours.
There is no cooking usually involved on this course.
The course lasts for 4 hours and we will be away from the cars for this time, we recommend that you bring a bottle of water with you for the duration, and any snacks that you may require. We will be pointing out edibles which you can taste along the way, but these will not form a full meal!
If you have any concerns or questions then please contact us and we can discuss this with you. By booking a place on this course (for yourself or others) you/they are agreeing to our terms and conditions and that you/they are physically capable of safely attending this course which takes place on tracks, slopes and often unprepared ground.