Foraging guide · Mead maker · Outdoorsman
Learn to work
with nature.
Foraging walks, talks and workshops in Somerset, Wiltshire, South Wales and beyond.
What's on
Guided walks, talks, workshops & retreats.
Learn how to identify plants, work with wild medicine, identify mushrooms and grow your own wild plants at home.
Supporting local woodlands, conservation and community projects.
About me
Hi, I'm Matt.
I'm a professional foraging guide, mead maker and (very part-time) outdoorsman, with interests spanning natural food, medicine, mycology, ethnobotany, brewing and homesteading. For over a decade I have been taking people into the woods on guided walks.
I am a big believer in helping nature, instead of just seeing it as a resource. I work mainly with conservation and community projects, meaning a percentage of each ticket sold actively helps the upkeep of these excellent initiatives.
More about me
Ask not what Mother Nature can do for us, ask instead how we can work together for the betterment of all
TOG Blog
Long & short reads.
Recipes, writings on nature, ethnobotany, explorations of folklore and more.
Rat Cake, Psychedelic Substances and Carl Jung: Why Bruce Parry’s Tribe is an Anthropological Treasure
In 2005, British explorer and TV presenter Bruce Parry became (to my knowledge) the first Westerner to partake in Ayahua…
Brew Mead Like a Wild-Man: A Pictish Recipe
In this recipe, you will learn how to make "Pictish mead", a brew based on ancient highlands folklore and quite a lot of…
A short and easy guide to growing Garden Giants (and other wood-rotting fungi) at Home
Wine Cap Mushrooms, or Garden Giants. Let’s say you are the sort of lazy forager that doesn’t like to walk far to obtain…
Welcome to TOG Blog
**Here's my second attempt at running a blog site to host my writing. Welcome to this little site, and thank you for cas…
Quotes from past students
What people say.
Matt was very knowledgeable and fantastic throughout.
What a fab day with so much learnt.
We learnt lots and probably ate far too much of our foraged foods :)
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