Fringe : Jesper's Foraging

Fitting in perfectly with this year's festival theme of "Growing Locally" is a food forage on Chorlton Ees, led by local herbalist Jesper Launder.

Jesper has been collecting wild plants to eat for more than 25 years and this workshop will give you the chance to benefit from his vast identification experience and knowledge of local growing places, and will help you spot the first free bounty of spring: green leaves, wild shoots and hopefully even some edible mushrooms! The amble through the Ees will last about two and half hours and will be capped off with some wild food tasting using the results of your foraging.

The food forage sets off from Ivygreen carpark (opposite the Bowling Green pub) at 12.00pm. Don't forget to dress for the weather!

There is a small cover charge of 6 for adults and 3 for children for this event. Advance booking is advisable: call Jesper on 07900 544826.