Pyracantha
Pyracantha Key identifying features: ✅ Clusters of small round berries with a dark star-shaped calyx at the bottom✅ Glossy, evergreen leaves✅ Thorny shrub Pyracantha almost
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Haws ketchup
A beautiful rosy red, slightly tangy ketchup, with a depth that’s reminiscent of fruit chutney and tomato ketchup combined — but uniquely autumnal.This makes a
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Hawthorn
Hawthorn Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna or Crataegus laevigata) is a versatile foraged plant that can be used in spring, summer, and autumn, with each part having
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Ground Elder
Ground Elder Ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria), also known as goutweed, is an invasive plant — but when young, it’s a tasty and nutritious foraged green.
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Rowan / Mountain Ash
Rowan/Mountain Ash Rowan berries (Sorbus aucuparia) are safe to eat when cooked, and Rowan jelly is a traditional preserve in Northern and Central Europe. The
Velvet Shanks
Velvet Shanks Velvet Shank (Flammulina velutipes)One of the few mushrooms to fruit in cold weather (late autumn to early spring). Found in tight clusters on
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Stinging Nettles
Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica) Few wild plants are as instantly recognisable—or as unfairly feared—as the Stinging Nettle. Common along paths, riverbanks, and woodland edges, nettles
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Wild Garlic
Wild Garlic Wild garlic, also known as ramsons or Allium ursinum, is a much-loved springtime plant in the UK, found carpeting damp woodlands with its