Urban foraging and environmental awareness – a gardener’s perspective
Why shouldn’t you forage wild plants in a city? Can we eat edible plants from treated soils? Damiano, a professional gardener gives his perspective on it.
Author: Daniela Bruderer
I'm a nature geek, it gives me a good balance to my frenetic working and studying life. My mission? Making nature cool again!
All the edible plants you can find on a field in the suburbs
You still think that to forage you need to go into the woods? Not in Switzerland, where you can find plenty of natural fields around the city.
7 Methods on how to preserve wild plants
You want to enjoy the numerous good nutrients of wild plants the whole year long? Here are seven methods on how to preserve wild plants.
Stinging Nettle – The kitchen allrounder
The stinging nettle is a very ancient superfood but very neglected. Not only it has a big variety of nutrients, but when cooking also very versatile. The best? You can find it everywhere.
7 Benefits of foraging for a sustainable lifestyle
There are several benefits you can get out of foraging. If you’re interested in sustainable living then foraging is the way to go, why? Here you can find the answer.
What food you can find around your house
Foraging is not only having very long walks in the woods, but many common plants can be found just in our closest surroundings and used for delicious dishes or herbal medicine.
Chickweed: The unimposing star
Chickweed or in latin called Stellaria media is a tiny and at a first glance an unshiny weed. Once you know the plant you will never let it go again and here are the reasons why. Easy to find Chickweed (Stellaria media) grows from March …
Wild garlic, spring is coming
Wild garlic or bear garlic (Allium ursinum) has it all. You can make wonderful recipes, use it for a vast variety of medicinal purposes and it announces the beautiful spring season!
Instructions I wish I had before starting to forage
You want to take your walks in the green to a further step and are interested in foraging? You are a complete beginner and don’t know with what, how and where to start? Good news, I’m here to give you some useful insights, instructions to …
Foraging: a road to rediscovery of edible plants
What is foraging? It’s about looking for edible plants, cooking and preserving them and creating awareness on our natural environment. Foraging is not a new trend, it has been a necessity for humans and it slowly got lost. It’s rather a rediscovery. Nevertheless, there are …