A full day of high-summer foraging and wild food cookery at Scorrier Estate, near Redruth.

High summer's fattening harvest — fruit ripening thick along every hedge, with the first hints of autumn to come. FRUITING is the third session of The Forager's Almanac, our year-long seasonal foraging course through Cornwall's woodland and hedgerow.

This is a full day out, not a short walk. We spend the morning foraging together, then spend the afternoon turning what we've found into a shared, late lunch — real cooking and preparation skills, not just a taste.

We won't give you a species list here. Part of what makes a seasonal session worth doing is arriving without foreknowledge and discovering what late summer has decided to offer this particular week.

A note on venue: this session is based at Scorrier Estate, near Redruth — but the wild larder doesn't always wait where we'd like it to. We may move the venue to wherever the harvest is at its most bountiful that week. You'll know the plan in good time before the day

What's included

A full day, 10am–3pm, led by our instructor team

A late lunch cooked from the morning's forage

Reference & Recipe sheet landing in your inbox, post course

Good to know

Maximum 15 places on this session

Sensible outdoor footwear and weatherproof clothing required -we go out rain or shine

Please let us know of any allergies or dietary requirements ahead of the day, as the afternoon includes a shared, cooked lunch

We never encourage eating anything on a single identifying feature - proper ID always uses multiple confirmed features

Sustainable harvesting throughout: we take only what we need, and always leave enough for wildlife

Designed for adults; get in touch if you'd like to bring a young person along

The year keeps rolling

FRUITING is one of four seasonal sessions in The Forager's Almanac — and this is a rolling programme, not a fixed cohort. Our next session, Harvest, follows on Saturday 23 October — fungi, nuts and fruit all ripening together before the year turns. If you book the full set of four from here (£190 per person, a saving of £30 against booking individually), your year simply continues into next spring: FRUITING → HARVESTING → AWAKENING → FLUSHING. Reference sheets land in your inbox right through, including the quiet months between sessions. Join our mailing list for 10% off your booking.

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