Wild Greens Foraging Experience - Simon’s Town

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Celebrate World Ocean Day by learning about sustainable foraging and the value and deliciousness of wild coastal plants & seaweeds.

Join Reserve Edge Wild Food on a Wild Greens Foraging Experience at Miller’s Point, followed by a 3-course wild food Sunday lunch at Bonne Esperance heritage home and guest house. 

SCHEDULE: 11am to 3pm

11:00 - Meet at the Miller’s Point car park for a seaweed and dune plants forage at low tide. 

12:30 - Depart for Bonne Esperance for lunch. 

12:45 - Wild plants demonstration; beverages & seaweed-inspired snacks

13:30 - 3-course organic seaweed-inspired plant-based lunch

WHAT IS INCLUDED: 

• Rock pool seaweed forage at low tide
• Wild plants talk with samples
• Wild food snacks and drinks
• A delicious 3-course lunch based on ingredients foraged
• Foraging PDF booklet with seaweed and wild plant identifications and recipes
• Optional craft beer sample from Reserve Edge’s home brewery

WHAT TO BRING:

• Beach gear, rain jacket, slip-slops or booties
• A bucket / packet / basket, and scissors or a knife, if you want to forage seaweed to take home with you. A cooler box in your car is suggested for transporting your seaweed home.
• If you want to collect mussels to take home, please get a mollusc collecting permit at the post office or online: https://www.fishing.dffe.gov.za/ords/r/epermit/mlep/home?session=1219794557203
• Cameras, water bottle, a sense of humour and an appetite!

SUITABLE FOR VEGANS AND VEGETARIANS: Our meals are all plant-based. Please let us know well in advance if you have any food allergies or special requirements, so we can cater accordingly.

WHO IS THIS FOR: 

• Anyone who has an interest in wild, foraged food
• Chefs or home cooks wanting to discover new ingredients 
• Food lovers wanting to enjoy the diverse wild flavours of edible seaweeds and dune plants, and discover their unique umami flavours
• People interested in healthy living, coastal living and self-sufficiency

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