by Debs | Mar 9, 2025 | Nature Challenge
Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum) Description: Wild Garlic is characterized by broad, smooth, lance-shaped green leaves that grow in pairs from the base. When crushed, the leaves emit a strong garlic scent. From April to June, it produces white, star-like flowers in...
by Debs | Mar 9, 2025 | Nature Challenge
3. Wild Chervil / Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) Description: Wild Chervil, or Cow Parsley, has delicate, feathery green leaves with a lacy appearance. It produces small white flowers in umbrella-like clusters during spring and early summer, supported by hollow,...
by Debs | Mar 9, 2025 | Nature Challenge
Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum) Description: Alexanders feature large, glossy, bright green leaves divided into three leaflets per stem. They produce yellow-green umbrella-like flower clusters in spring, and their hollow stems often exhibit a purplish hue. Where to...
by Debs | Mar 9, 2025 | Nature Challenge
Cleavers (Galium aparine) Description: Cleavers, also known as “sticky weed,” have long, straggly stems with tiny hooked hairs that cause them to cling to surfaces. Their leaves are slender, lance-shaped, and arranged in whorls of 6-8 per node. What to...
by Debs | Dec 11, 2023 | Nature Challenge
Foraging| Pine Needles Pine trees belong to a group of wild edible conifers, which also includes spruce and fir trees. What do fresh pine needles taste like? Pine needles have a stronger, more woodsy flavor profile than spruce and fir which tastes more citrusy. Try...
by Debs | Apr 11, 2021 | Nature Challenge
Both Mark and I have been in awe of the nature to see on site, every day brought a new sighting, but the landing butterflies were one of my favourite moments. The way they sat quietly on our arms showing their iridescent colours was just perfect. In the main I think...
