Spring Foraging
Spring is makes the beginning of our foraging and each year it gets busier and busier! As the days get longer and the countryside bursts back into life, we head...
Ground Elder – The UK's most overlooked sustainable food?
We’ve been picking loads of ground elder this week to go into our wild garlic and ground elder piri piri sauce. Ground elder is one of those plants most gardeners...
What Picking 240,000 Dandelions Taught Us About Biodiversity
Foraging at Scale: The Myth of “Leave It for the Bees” For years we’ve heard the same thing: 'You can’t forage at scale.' And whenever Dandelions are involved, the next...
Farm Shop & Deli Show 2026 and the Growth of Fruits of the Forage!
Its been 8 years since we last did Farm Shop and Deli show. Bert came across a picture of Fred and himself at the last one we did back in...
Our 2026 Tree Planting Update: Why We Do What We Do
The start of the year is the season we get back into tree planting, here's an update on how we got on the past few months and why we do...
Tree Planting... Roots!
We sat down with Bert to ask him a few questions about the tree planting project Why did you start tree planting? As we travelled, picking fruit from traditional orchards, we noticed the...
Picking Plums in a changing climate
The first plum pick of the year always marks the start of the “proper” foraging season for us. The timing of that first harvest sets in motion trips to Evesham...
Getting out of the office and into the orchard!
On a sweaty midsummer day, a crack team of weeders and whackers headed out from Fruits of the Forage HQ armed with billhooks and sickles. The objective was to suppress...
Silvopasture – producing fruit in harmony with nature
Silvopasture – growing tree crops, be it fruit, nuts or wood alongside grazing animals is nothing new. Examples can be found all over the world; from pigs foraging acorns in...