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Mo Wilde: Free Food

Name: Mo Wilde: Free Food
Start: 2025-06-12T17:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-06-12T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Buccleuch Marquee

Ethnobotanist Mo Wilde reveals how she survived on foraged food for a year—and how wild ingredients can nourish and inspire us.

Friday, 13 June 2025

5:00pm ‐ 6:00pm

Buccleuch Marquee
Harmony Garden and Orchard, St Mary's Road, Melrose, TD6 9LJ

https://tikt.link/mowilde

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The definitive guide from a distinguished ethnobotanist, research herbalist and forager, who lived a full year on food scavenged only from the wild. Learn how to identify the plants, seaweeds, nuts and spices that are safe (and delicious) to eat. Whether you live in the city or in the countryside, a world of amazing, diverse wild food is on your doorstep. Not only is it free and sustainable; it is also packed with nutrients and flavour beyond anything you will find in a supermarket. Beautifully and expertly illustrated, Free Food will have you heading out with a trug to channel your inner hunter-gatherer.